IT infrastructure

Russia to provide advanced telecom and Internet solutions to Bangladesh

January 16, 2013

4G, Internet access, and online services were among the topics discussed by Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina during her meetings yesterday with top Russian officials. “Russia is ready to share its knowledge, experience, and technologies with Bangladesh,” said Nikolai Nikiforov, Russia’s Minister of Telecom and Mass Communications. “In particular, we have gained a huge and …

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Rostelecom strengthens presence in Armenia

December 25, 2012

GNC-ALFA, a leading Armenian telco owned by the Russian national telecom operator Rostelecom, will enlarge its service offer and operate under its mother company’s brand. Earlier this month the Armenian operator launched Rostelecom-branded landline telephony and broadband Internet sales, and is gearing up for retailing interactive TV services to private customers at a later date.

Report: Russian cloud market to top $460 million by 2016

September 25, 2012

Russia’s public and private ‘cloud’ computing service market mushroomed a healthy 417.3% last year to reach $59.38 million and is poised to continue to burgeon in increments of over 50% a year, IDC Russia/CIS reports in its most recent Cloud Services Market 2012–2016 Forecast and 2011 Competitive Analysis research. In 2011, the IaaS (Infrastructure as …

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Russian print-on-demand startup teams up with Germany’s DigiFoto for European expansion

September 6, 2012

Moe Izdanie, a Russian print-on-demand startup that launched less than one year ago under the Albooka brand, has announced plans to expand to EU countries through a partnership with DigiFoto, a leading German photo service company. Albooka mixes social networking, online editing, and print-on-demand services. Users can layout and edit virtual books and photo albums …

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BT to work with Rostelecom to improve network reach in Russia

August 31, 2012

BT announced yesterday a new network interconnection agreement with Rostelecom, Russia’s national telecommunications operator. “The agreement will significantly improve BT’s ability to serve its corporate customers across all regions of Russia with its BT Connect portfolio of intelligent network services,” the British operator stated.

Megafon and Scartel form holding for LTE leadership

July 11, 2012

Having received the green light from the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) last month, Megafon, a leading Russian mobile operator, and Scartel, the WiMAX provider switching to LTE and operating under the Yota brand, are to become part of the same holding. The news, which Russian business daily Vedomosti reported yesterday from a source close to both …

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EBRD to invest $30.5 million in Russian Internet broadband provider

July 5, 2012

The European Bank of Reconstruction and Development announced yesterday its intention to invest up to $30.5 million in Trivon AG, an internet broadband provider operating in Russia under the Virgin Connect brand. The financing will allow the company to expand the coverage of Trivon’s internet broadband services in the Russian regions through the acquisition of …

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Yota stops activities in Bielorussia

June 11, 2012

Scartel, the leading Russian WiMAX and LTE operator operating under the Yota brand, stopped operations in Bielorussia yesterday, just six months after it launch in this country of almost 10 million inhabitants. Scartel had deployed 38 LTE base stations deployed in Minsk, the capital, and Grodno, a major city.

IFC partners with IXcellerate to expand access to IT infrastructure in Russia

May 30, 2012

Moscow, Russia — IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is making a $2.6 million (RUB 83 million) equity investment in datacenter operator IXcellerate to support the construction of a major data facility, expanding access to information technology infrastructure for businesses in Russia. Construction of a new top-tier datacenter with an internationally experienced management …

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Government-sponsored cloud platform offers software, infrastructure and development solutions

May 16, 2012

Rostelecom, the state-owned telecom operator, has completed phase one of “Project 07,” the national cloud computing platform to be fully put together by 2015 as part of the federal Information Society program. The platform, launched in beta version in March under the o7.com domain name, offers cloud-based software, infrastructure and development platform services (SaaS, IaaS …

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