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q_and_a_content += '<p><b>Q. What are the greatest physical obstacles to building the actual network in severely underdeveloped regions?</b>';
q_and_a_content += '&nbsp;The typical physical restrictions that deploying networks in less developed regions involves are: ';
q_and_a_content += '<a href="qa.html" class="bluelink">View Entire Answer</a>';


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ticker_content[ticker_content.length] = '<a href="http://www.motorola.com/mediacenter/news/detail/0,,6367_6316_23,00.html" class="bluelink">Motorola Speeds Commercialization of AdvancedTCA and MicroTCA Communications Servers by Launching a Suite of Professional Services&nbsp;&nbsp;Learn More &gt;&gt;</a>';
ticker_content[ticker_content.length] = '<a href="http://www.motorola.com/mediacenter/news/detail/0,,6370_6319_23,00.html" class="bluelink">Motorola Launches Communications Server Alliance<br />Learn More &gt;&gt;</a>';
ticker_content[ticker_content.length] = '<a href="http://www.motorola.com/mediacenter/news/detail/0,,6374_6323_23,00.html" class="bluelink">Motorola Teams with Interphase to Accelerate Deployment of AdvancedTCA and MicroTCA Communications Servers&nbsp;&nbsp;Learn More &gt;&gt;</a>';
ticker_content[ticker_content.length] = '<a href="http://www.motorola.com/mediacenter/news/detail/0,,6376_6330_23,00.html" class="bluelink">Motorola to Demonstrate the Power of Communications Servers at 3GSM World Congress&nbsp;&nbsp;Learn More &gt;&gt;</a>';
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ticker_css_style     = "width: 285px; height: 50px;";



var pause_length     = 2000;
var total_fade_steps = 20;
var fade_step_length = 40;
var ticker_text_color = new Array(102,102,102);
var ticker_link_color = new Array(0,51,102);
var ticker_bg_color   = new Array(255,255,255);





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var is_dom     = document.getElementById;
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    fade_text(1);
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}

var timeout;

function fade_text(step) {
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}

function show_ticker() {
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}