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.
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.
Rostelecom, Russia’s national telecommunications operator, intends to invest $15.3 million in the development of telecommunications networks in Tomsk region in 2011, up 34.4% from 2010, news agency RIA Novosti reports.
MTS, a leading Russian mobile operator, has acquired full ownership of Inteleca, an alternative operator providing broadband Internet and cable TV services in Barnaul and Biysk in the Altai region. The sale of the company came to $19.2 million, according to MTS.
Rostelecom, the national telecommunications operator, was appointed last Monday by the Russian government to implement important parts of the federal program Information Society 2011–2020, including the “creation of a national platform for distributed data treatment in which computing resources are provided to users as Internet services” – or cloud computing in simpler terms.
South Telecommunications Company (STC) has announced plans to invest $21.2 million in network development in Stavropol region in 2011, up 26.5% on 2010.
The South Telecommunications Company (STC) has announced plans to build a $34-million fiber-optic communication line along the Black Sea shore in Russia.
Three of the largest international satellite equipment manufacturers – Hughes, ViaSat and Newtec are competing for the right to participate in a Russian state project to provide high-speed access to information networks via satellite to remote regions of Russia.
Rostelecom, Russia’s national telecommunication operator, has expanded 16-fold the capacity of its backbone network in the international section between Kaliningrad and Lithuania – from 2.5 Gb/s to 40 Gb/s with the possibility of further expansion. Source: CNews.ru
Sibirtelecom, a leading telecommunications operator in Siberia, announced that its Tvist Internet and digital TV packaged service is now available to subscribers in the Altai Republic. The service is based on IPTV technology and is designed for the mass consumer market.
