Operators & Networks

Gemalto supplies MTS Russia with UpTeq NFC SIM for mobile transport services

May 27, 2013

Amsterdam – Gemalto (Euronext NL 0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, is supplying Mobile TeleSystems (MTS), Russia’s largest network operator with over 70 million subscribers, with its UpTeq NFC high-end SIM cards for a mobile phone-based public transport ticketing solution in the city of Novosibirsk. Produced and personalized at Gemalto’s Moscow service center, the …

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Russian authorities in search of new suppliers for e-government

May 13, 2013

Russia’s government prefers to take its time before signing a new contract with an outside service provider to support its electronic infrastructure, including systems of interdepartmental collaboration, the government services portal Gosuslugi.ru, and a unified system of identification and authentication. So far, the government’s provider for these projects has been Rostelecom, Russia’s leading telecom operator, …

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Rumors dispelled: Richard Branson’s mobile business still alive in Russia – and “expanding aggressively”

April 15, 2013

In an exchange with East-West Digital News, a top official of Virgin Connect has denied the rumors circulating in the Russian press that Virgin is shutting down its mobile projects in Russia. Virgin’s founder and chairman Richard Branson was reported to be “definitely upset with Russia” and his local company had supposedly dropped plans to …

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Rostelecom to breathe new life into national search engine project

April 5, 2013

Russia’s national telecom operator Rostelecom is said to be working on a new search engine, CNews.ru reports. According to the publication’s sources in one of the Russian Internet companies, the national search portal has been christened Sputnik, with the corresponding domain already registered to Rostelecom’s subsidiary RTCOMM. The Internet search market in Russia is dominated …

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Sweden’s Tele2 yields Russian subsidiary to VTB, Russia’s Alfa Group puts $4 billion in counter offer

March 29, 2013

In what could be the beginning of an international imbroglio, the Swedish telecom group Tele2 AB announced Wednesday that VTB Group, a leading state-owned Russian bank, would acquire its subsidiary Tele2 Russia, for $3.55 billion in cash and debt. With 2G licenses to operate in 43 regions, Tele2 Russia stands as the country’s 4th largest …

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MegaFon launches LTE in South Ossetia

March 21, 2013

The roll out of 4G in Russia, which started last year in Novosibirsk, Moscow, and a few other privileged urban areas, is now reaching the country’s remote regions. Last week, MegaFon, a major Russia mobile operator, announced the launch of an LTE network throughout the Republic of South Ossetia. Located in the Caucasus region, South …

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Stocks of Yandex, MegaFon and Rusnano are changing hands

March 20, 2013

The ownership of three major Russian tech companies – the search giant Yandex, the state-owned nanotechnology corporation Rusnano, and the mobile operator Megafon – is being affected by significant changes. Yandex, which raised $1.3 billion in its IPO back in May 2011, announced yesterday the closing of a secondary public offering of Class A ordinary …

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Undeterred by debt, VimpelCom eyes “interesting opportunity” in Canada

November 19, 2014

VimpelCom, a leading Russian mobile operator, is considering a North American expansion amid negative market sentiments over the company’s already weighty debt level. VimpelCom CEO Jo Lunder told Bloomberg earlier this year that his company “has an interesting opportunity in Canada” and may consider organic growth or acquisitions there. He declined to elaborate, however, leaving …

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Russia’s Sistema wins key mobile licenses in India

March 11, 2013

Sistema, a large publicly-traded diversified holding company in Russia and the CIS, announced yesterday that the its Indian telecom subsidiary, Sistema Shyam Teleservices Limited (SSTL) has won a spectrum in the 800 Mhz band in 8 circles following its participation in a licence auction. The circles won by SSTL include Delhi, Kolkata, Gujarat, Karnataka, Tamil …

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Leading Russian mobile operators to pool efforts for NFC promotion

November 19, 2014

Russia’s leading mobile operators are considering jointly promoting the Near Field Communication (NFC) standards in Russia. To support the effort, the mobile giants envision establishing an alliance similar to such international NFC-focused industry unions as Oscar in the UK or ISIS in the U.S. In an interview with the Russian business daily Vedomosti, Alexander Popovsky, …

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MTS boosts Windows 8 through “demo zones” in outlet network

November 19, 2014

Weekly sales of Windows Phone powered smartphones at MTS’ new “demo zone” feature outlets have grown a sturdy 2.5 times over the past four months, and tablet PC sales have shown a 30% increase, MTS announced last week. Such are the early results of a strategic initiative the Russian mobile phone operator launched with Microsoft last November …

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