Operators & Networks

MTS to acquire St. Petersburg Internet and telecom operator

January 24, 2012 January 24, 2012

The Russian Anti Monopoly Service allowed MTS, a leading Russian operator, to acquire 100% of the shares of SkyNet, Russian business daily Vedomosti reported yesterday. The target of the acquisition provides Internet access as well as fixed line telephony services in St. Petersburg. MTS competes with other players such as mobile operator Megafon and telecom operator Rostelecom, …

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First Russian LTE network launched in Novosibirsk

December 21, 2011 December 21, 2011

Leading Russian WiMax provider Scartel operating under the Yota brand announced yesterday that its first LTE network was ready for commercial use in Novosibirsk, Siberia. A limited number of users will test the network until the official launch, which is planned for January 15. 63 base stations have been deployed in the city so far, …

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Rostelecom, Sitronics and Mastercard issue first bank card with e-government access

December 19, 2011 December 19, 2011

Russia’s national telecommunication operator Rostelecom and Bank Saint Petersburg announced last Thursday the issue of their first co-branded bank cards with microchips containing the electronic signature of the cardholder. Certified by the FSB, Russia’s Federal Security Service, the cards are being produced in partnership with Mastercard and Sitronics, the largest producer of microelectronic devices in the …

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Megafon and Visa present new virtual payment card

December 19, 2011 December 19, 2011

Major Russian mobile operator Megafon and global payment card giant Visa presented the Megafon-Visa Online Card last week. Megafon subscribers need only send an SMS request to receive the virtual card, which allows them to pay for any goods or services offered online using the money available on their mobile account.

New shareholders to invest $100 million in Yota Del Peru

December 19, 2011 December 19, 2011

Russia’s leading WiMax provider Scartel, working under the Yota brand, has sold 100% of its stake in Yota Del Peru, a subsidiary it created in 2010 with Multinet Group, a discrete Russian company operating 4G networks in African and Asian countries, among other telecom activities. The acquiring parties included ICT Group, one of the largest …

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Megafon acquires Internet and cable TV provider in Western Siberia

December 13, 2011 December 13, 2011

MegaFon, a major Russian mobile operator, made a further step last Friday towards business diversification and regional expansion by acquiring Yugratel, a broadband Internet and cable TV provider operating in the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous District of Western Siberia. Yugratel was sold through an auction sale by the local authorities for 2.4 billion rubles, or approximately $76 …

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Production of LTE base stations starts in Tomsk

December 6, 2011 December 6, 2011

Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) and Micran, a producer of microwave telecommunication and measurement equipment, announced last week that Micran’s plant in Tomsk, Siberia had produced its first base stations for LTE networks. These universal base stations can also be used for 2G and 3G networks. NSN’s ambition is to capture a 30% share of the …

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MegaFon revives OTT project

December 2, 2011 December 2, 2011

The Russian mobile operator MegaFon has revived an OTT TV project that had previously been frozen earlier this year. The news was given by Denis Nochevnov, the company’s director of new technologies and services, and quoted by AKTR and Digit.ru. Work on the OTT project, which also involved the software company Netris, began in 2010 …

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Beeline TV reaches 500,000 subscribers

December 1, 2011 December 1, 2011

The Russian IPTV platform Beeline TV, which is owned by leading mobile operator Vimpelcom, now has over 500,000 subscribers. Launched in Moscow in May 2009 and currently present in 34 large Russian cities, its take up has grown five-fold in less than a year. Beeline TV has proved to be a driver for the company’s …

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MTS and NEC open business app store in Belarus

November 28, 2011 November 28, 2011

MTS, a leading Russian mobile operator and retailer, and NEC Neva Communications Systems, a subsidiary of Japanese NEC Corporation, launched a cloud business applications store in Belarus earlier this month through the local subsidiary of MTS. The SaaS business applications are available to MTS subscribers via the MTS Belorussian portal without installing any additional software. …

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Rostelecom considers acquisitions in CIS countries

October 26, 2011 October 26, 2011

Russia’s national telecom operator Rostelecom is interested in acquiring mobile operators in Russia’s neighboring countries, Alexander Provotorov, the company’s president, said yesterday during informal remarks given at the ITU Telecom World 2011 forum in Geneva. “There isn’t much left to buy in Russia, so we are looking at CIS countries,” news agency RIA Novosti quoted …

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MTS acquires pay TV and telephony service operator in Tatarstan

October 25, 2011 October 25, 2011

MTS, a leading Russian mobile operator, announced today it has acquired TVT, a leading provider of cable TV and fixed broadband services in the republic of Tatarstan. The purchase price amounted to $162.9 million, in addition to $17.1 million in net debt assumed by MTS. “The acquisition allows MTS to strengthen its leadership position in …

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