The Russian Federal Communications Agency (Rossvyaz) has started accreditation of organizations that will test and certify LTE equipment, the agency announced on Monday. Accredited organizations will carry out tests of infrastructure related LTE equipment, either imported or produced in Russia, and issue certificates required for using the equipment in the country.
Russia’s leading WiMax provider Scartel, working under the Yota brand, announced last week the launch of Yota Play, an video on demand (VOD) service accessible from Samsung and LG TV sets, Samsung’s blu-ray players and home entertainment systems, as well as from regular computers with an Internet connection.
London – MTS, a leading Russian mobile operator, has launched a commercial mobile TV service covering the entire country. Known simply as Mobile TV or MTS TV, it offers viewers eight Russian federal channels and over 100 channels from 17 countries and in 26 languages.
Two investment proposals filed with the Russian government by national telecom operator Rostelecom have received support from Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, Russian daily Vedomosti reported. The proposals aim to modernize Rostelecom’s networks in Russia’s Central Federal District by 2013 in order to provide all the District’s 7 million households with landline and wireless Internet, telecom …
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Leading Russian mobile operator MTS recently signed cooperation agreements with several major producers of TV sets, including Panasonic, Philips and Samsung, to deliver content from Omlet.ru, an MTS subsidiary, to their TV sets. The news was reported last week by Russian newspaper RBC Daily from unnamed sources.
Soyuz LTE, the consortium of Russian telecom operators formed to investigate the conditions for the deployment of LTE and LTE Advanced infrastructure in Russia, submitted its report with conclusions to the State Commission on Radio Frequencies (SCRF) on July 1 as planned. The consortium was requested by the Russian Ministry of Communications and Mass Media …
Russian Phone Company (RPC), the retail wing of major mobile operator MTS, announced last week that it had filed a number of lawsuits against the world’s four major mobile handset makers. According to the lawsuits, Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Samsung and LG are accused of systematically violating deadlines in contractual obligations for non-functional handsets. The four …
The Skolkovo Foundation confirmed last Friday a broad cooperation agreement with Nokia Siemens Networks, a leading global enabler of telecommunication services. Among other items, the deal included provisions for a Smart Lab on the premises of the innovation hub under construction near Moscow.
New Federal legislation on payment systems was adopted by the Russian Duma on June 14 and signed into law by President Medvedev on June 27. The new law establishes the legal and organizational foundation for the country’s payment system and regulates the procedure for rendering payment services. The law recognizes four types of players who …
Rostelecom shares jumped 17% in June amid statements from senior Russian officials that the Russian national telecommunications operator might be at least partially privatized. The Russian Federal Government owns a controlling stake in Rostelecom, 53.23%, through the auspices of state owned telecom holding Svyazinvest and investment corporation Vnesheconombank. Rostelecom recently completed a large reorganization and …
VimpelCom, a mobile operator initially focused on Russia but which has grown into an important international telecom group, is considering a new acquisition in Italy, a source in the Italian government told Russian business daily Vedomosti. Through its merger last April with Italian mobile operator Wind Telecom, VimpelCom already controls 23% of the Italian market. …
IBM has opened Telecom Solutions Lab in Moscow, its first solutions center for telecommunications companies in Central and Eastern Europe, the firm reported last week at a news conference. The new research and development facility will allow IBM and its partners to develop, test and deploy software services demanded by client telecom companies. The lab …
