Internet

NetMediaEurope to cover Russian IT sector with East-West Digital News

May 6, 2011 May 6, 2011

East-West Digital News, Russia’s up and coming news and information site covering IT industries in English, has signed a partnership agreement with NetMediaEurope, publisher of more than 40 sites across Europe targeting IT professionals. The partnership includes content exchanges and editorial cooperation. In addition, NetMediaEurope may develop advertising activities in Russia with the help of …

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Oxford University to help two companies from Tomsk

May 4, 2011 May 4, 2011

Isis Enterprise, the business consulting arm of Oxford University’s technology research group, Isis Innovation Ltd, will assist Triaxes Vision and Tomanalyt, two innovative companies from Tomsk, in their efforts to market their products internationally. Isis has entered into a three-year agreement with the two companies.

Thousands of Internet professionals attended RIF, Russia’s yearly must-attend industry event

May 4, 2011 May 4, 2011

Every Spring since 1996, for three days, the Russian Internet incarnates into a sprawling mass of living high tech energy — the Russian Internet Forum at Lesnye Dali (Far Woods), a hotel complex located in a picturesque pine forest 38 km northeast from Moscow. From Moscow and far beyond, RIF attracts virtually all those who count …

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Industry reverberations at the Russian Internet Forum

May 4, 2011 May 4, 2011

Some 500 speakers at the annual three-day Russian Internet Forum (RIF) participated in dozens of conferences and forums on virtually everything from SEO, online PR and non-standard advertising to usability, group buying, payment systems, and online monetization issues. Those concerned with legal issues and regulation were served with conferences on author’s rights, children’s Internet safety …

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Rostelecom to invest 10 billion rubles in national cloud computing program

May 3, 2011 May 3, 2011

Rostelecom, Russia’s national telecommunications operator, intends to invest more than ten billion rubles (approximately $357 million) into the development of a national cloud computing platform through 2015. Rostelecom was appointed by the Russian government to develop the platform in March.

Broadband Internet accessibility increases across Russia

May 3, 2011 May 3, 2011

Internet access fees in Russia’s regions have fallen by 30-60% in one year, according to a study by Yandex, the leading Russian search engine. The lowest prices are in the Urals Federal District, while the most expensive network access remains in the Far East. Despite falling prices, Internet penetration rates in the regions are still …

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Western and Russian investors bring $1 million to hotel booking site

May 2, 2011 May 2, 2011

Ostrovok.ru, an online hotel booking service launched last summer, announced last week it had raised $1 million from General Catalyst Partners, a US-based venture capital and growth equity firm, Kite Ventures, a Russian venture fund, and business angels who founded online travel services in the US and China such as Kayak and Qunar.com. The founders say …

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Yandex warns against threats from state and oligarchs; Considers international expansion

May 2, 2011 May 2, 2011

Yandex, the Russian search giant that filed a registration statement with the SEC for a proposed IPO on NASDAQ last week, warned potential investors in its prospectus that it was as “vulnerable to politically motivated actions” as any other high-profile businesses in Russia. In the prospectus, Yandex acknowledges the risk of “other parties” perceiving its …

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Digital TV operator offers satellite Internet access

April 30, 2011 April 30, 2011

Russia’s largest operator of satellite television, Tricolor TV, announced its commercial launch of asymmetrical satellite Internet access, Vedomosti reported.

Facebook reaches 5 million active users in Russia

April 29, 2011 April 29, 2011

Facebook representatives announced this week that it now counts 5 million active users in Russia, reported news agency RIA Novosti. That figure, however, represents a mere one Internet user out of ten, and Facebook still lags behind Russia’s social networking behemoths Vkontakte (23 million unique users in February 2011, according to TNS), MoiMir (20 million), …

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Yandex prepares IPO; hopes for $9 billion valuation

April 28, 2011 April 28, 2011

Russia’s leading search engine Yandex announced that it has filed a registration statement with the SEC for a proposed IPO on NASDAQ, TechCrunch reports. According to the filing, the proposed maximum aggregate offering price amounts to $1 billion. A portion of the shares will be issued by Yandex, and a portion will be sold by certain …

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Kazan’s IT-Park opens business incubator

April 28, 2011 April 28, 2011

A business incubator has opened in IT-Park, the high-technology technopark in Kazan, in the Republic of Tatarstan, Interfax reports.

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