Telecom company TTK-Nizhny Novgorod (TTK-NN) has received a license on provision of cable TV services in Nizhny Novgorod region, the company reports. Under the license agreement, the company is to start providing services before March 2013. The license expires on March 23, 2016.
The construction of the first complex of the Skolkovo innovation center outside Moscow is scheduled to begin in 2012 and be completed in early 2014, news agency RIA Novosti reports citing a source in the Skolkovo Fund.
A business incubator has opened in IT-Park, the high-technology technopark in Kazan, in the Republic of Tatarstan, Interfax reports.
MTS, a major Russian mobile operator and retailer, has announced plans to pay out $1.08 billion in 2010 dividends, which accounts for 70.08% of the company’s net profit for the year. The company’s dividend policy reportedly implies to direct at least 50% of profit on dividends.
MTS, a leading Russian mobile operator, intends to invest $14.4 million in telecom network modernization in Lipetsk region in 2011, reports CNews.ru, a site covering IT and telecoms issues. Under plans, the company is to replace radiosubsystem and commutation equipment, renew software and expand transport network. The program is scheduled to be carried out till …
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MTS, a leading Russian mobile operator, intends to purchase Bashkortostan’s telecom operator Ufanet, Russian business daily Kommersant reports. In the fall of 2010 Megafon wanted to buy Ufanet but in the last moment changed decision because of the price of $170-$180 million.
Megafon, a major Russian mobile operator, is considering purchasing St. Petersburg Internet provider Web Plus, Russian business daily Kommersant reports. The deal price has yet to be disclosed, but, according to experts, the price will be “symbolic”, since Web Plus is a loss-making firm with $4 million debt, the newspaper said. The seller is Telecominvest.
National telecom operator Rostelecom is considering building a $110 million submarine communication line between St. Petersburg and Kaliningrad region, reports ComNews.ru, a site specializing in the Russian telecom and IT markets. The company might carry out the project with partner investors or on its own, ComNews.ru says.
Russia’s national telecommunications operator Rostelecom intends to develop 4G network in the Republic of Chuvashia, Kommersant reports. Investment in the project has yet to be disclosed but is estimated by experts at $40-$50 million. The network construction is scheduled to start this year.
MTS, a leading Russian mobile operator, intends to purchase Republic of Tatarstan TV and Radio Company TVT (TRC TVT) for $180 million, Kommersant reports. TRC TVT, the largest cable TV operator in Tatarstan, is currently 100% owned by TAIF group. It provides services in 15 municipalities and covers over 650,000 households.
Rostelecom, Russia’s national telecommunications operator, has announced plans to build a fiber-optic communication line (FOCL) to Sakhalin Island in the Far East district.
A total of $21.2m is to be spent on development of telecommunications services in the villages in Samara region, regional officials report. The project is reportedly expected to be financed under private-public partnership, with half of the funding to be allocated from the regional budget, and another half to be invested by the region’s telecom …
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