AlterGeo, a Russian startup inspired by the Foursquare concept, announced yesterday it has closed a third round of financing with Intel Capital, prominent Russian venture fund Almaz Capital — sometimes called the Almaz-Cisco fund, and U.S. angel investor Esther Dyson, who is involved in several Russian IT projects.
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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Twitter officially launched new Russian and Turkish language versions of its web and mobile interfaces on Tuesday. The microblogging service launched in the US in 2006 only started to gain notice and popularity in Russia about two years ago.
Svyaznoy, Russia’s second largest mobile retailer, has just launched a mobile advertising campaign using the geotargeting capacities of AlterGeo, a Russian startup inspired by the real time interactive map and navigation of Foursquare. The campaign promotes Samsung’s new Galaxy Gio handset among AlterGeo users who come within the vicinity of a number of Svyaznoy’s physical …
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CountryCom, a Russian telecommunications operator offering a variety of services, announced its launch of an MVNO covering the Moscow regions using the network of Skylink, a leading Russian 3G operator.
MTS, a leading Russian mobile operator and retailer, announced yesterday it will offer Foursquare check-in points at its 3,200 outlets throughout Russia, beginning in Moscow and St. Petersburg.
Oslo, Norway – Opera Software today announced that Mobile TeleSystems OJSC (“MTS” – NYSE: MBT), the largest mobile phone operator in Russia and the CIS, will now provide a co-branded version of the Opera Mini browser for its subscribers, who can download it on their mobile phones at mini.opera.com. Subscribers of MTS will get access …
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MTS, a leading Russian mobile operator, announced the successful test of a section of its DC-HSDPA 3G network in Moscow. Three times faster than conventional HSDPA networks, the DC-HSPDA features the simultaneous use of two carrier frequencies, providing transfer speeds of up to 42 Mbit/s to subscribers.
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