The Moscow metro will hold a competition to create a unified mobile network throughout the city’s sprawling underground transport system, a source familiar with the metro’s plans told Itar-Tass on Monday. The planned competition was confirmed by two mobile operators, and a source close to the Moscow Department of Information Technology said that the winning …
Earlier this month Keepgo, a Tel Aviv-based mobile data roaming startup operating globally, announced its first venture funding round: $1.3 million at an undisclosed valuation. The capital was brought in by IMI.vc and AltaIR, two Russian funds backed by serial entrepreneurs Igor Matsanyuk and Igor Ryabenkiy. Keepgo presents itself as a mobile data operator with …
VimpelCom, an international NASDAQ-listed telecom group and a leading Russian mobile operator under the Beeline brand, is stepping up its Russian-wide LTE presence. Last Friday, the operator started an active regional 4G expansion by announcing the launch of a LTE network in Russia’s westernmost enclave of Kaliningrad. The FDD LTE standard network works in a …
The Ruby, a mobile LTE hotspot developed by Moscow’s Yota Devices, is debuting outside Russia. Talk Point, a German electronics retailer, is expected to launch sales of the device to both individual customers and other retailers in Germany via its own outlets and partner stores, Yota Devices CEO Vlad Martynov told the Russian business daily …
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Andrey Korkunov, the founder of a leading candy company, has invested $1 million in Apps4all in exchange for a 15% stake, the Russian business daily Vedmosti reported yesterday. Launched in 2011, Apps4all brings together a community of mobile app developers with a variety of media, event, training, research, and advertising activities. The startup – which …
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Cyber security company McAfee has released the report “Free apps, freedom, and free money,” which explores consumer mobile trends in June 2013. According to the research, Russia is seen as the most frequent source of mobile malware, while China is the main victim of the five most common threats. The report also highlights that the …
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In cooperation with Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC), VimpelCom – one of the world’s largest integrated telecommunications services operators – has launched LTE services in Moscow. VimpelCom LTE FDD services are now accessible within the central Sadovoye Ring area of the city, and are expected to be available throughout the Russian capital by the end of 2013.
Earlier this month, Yandex released a report which compiled data from various sources on Internet trends across the country. The report’s insights on Internet access in the regions are particularly interesting. The Internet audience continues to grow across the country, notes Yandex, but the rate of growth is slowing: from autumn 2011 through autumn 2012, …
MegaFon, a leading Russian mobile operator that went public a few months ago, plans to invest no less than 15 billion rubles (approximately $500 million) by the end of next year to deploy LTE networks. The company’s Sales and Service Director, Sergey Maistrenko, told the Russian news agency RIA Novosti that 4G has already been …
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Value added and multimedia services continue to develop in Russia. Telecom carriers seek for opportunities to offer bundles, including pay TV and mobile internet, which allow for both increase ARPU and reduce churn. Among other important segments of the mobile VAS and multimedia market last year were SMS payments and ringback tones, which will be …
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A few weeks after Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev lambasted the quality of mobile communications in Moscow, VTB Capital, the investment arm of the Russian financial group VTB, has published a report on the issue. According to the research, Megafon comes in the lead for the quality of 3G services in the capital, with an average …
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According to a research report by J’son & Partners (J&P), the number of Russian smartphone owners using mobile Internet services on a monthly basis jumped to 22.5 million last year, up 88% from 2011. The number of users connecting to the Internet via tablets grew more than eight-fold, reaching 2.5 million. But even more mobile …
