Mobile & Telecom

Russia and India mull production cooperation in GLONASS navigation

November 18, 2014

Russia and India are considering setting up joint production of modules for Russia’s GLONASS satellite navigation system, the Russian news agency RIA Novosti quoted Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin of Russia as saying. “We have agreed to discuss cooperation in outer space over the next few weeks, including outstanding issues regarding manned space exploration, the …

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YotaPhone 2 dual-screen smartphone gets its debut December 3 in London

November 18, 2014

Smartphones are mostly similar, barring differences in performance, attention to detail and features that these days can seem pretty minor, especially on paper. YotaPhone is a different kettle of fish, a device from a Russian company that boasts a fairly standard smartphone display on one side, but also comes complete with a power-saving e-ink screen on the …

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Mail.ru Group acquires OpenStreetMap-powered Maps.me

November 13, 2014

Today LSE-listed Russian Internet group Mail.ru Group announced it has acquired popular mapping app Maps.me. With its Android, iOS and BlackBerry apps, Belarus-based Maps.me allow users to download detailed maps for any location around the world and use them even when offline. The service pulls data provided by OpenStreetMap, the open-source, project dedicated to create a crowdsourced, highly detailed world …

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Nizhny Novgorod to host youth innovation festival with support of Richard Branson

November 7, 2014

During three weeks, from November 18 to December 12, InnoFest will bring together more than 1,000 young scientists from among university students and postgraduates, as well as research fellows representing research institutes from the Nizhny Novgorod region. High-level government officials and business people from both the domestic and international entrepreneurial communities are also expected. Put …

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Are Steve Jobs and Tim Cook dangerous gay propagandists?

December 10, 2020

The destiny of an electronic monument in memory of Steve Jobs in St. Petersburg has attracted public attention this week after its owner, a Russian company named “West-European Financial Union” (ZEFS in Russian), withdrew it in an expression of its radical anti-US and anti-gay stance. The monument had been placed last year in the yard of the St. …

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Geomagnetic alternative to satellite navigation created in Saratov

November 4, 2014

Scientists in Saratov, in the Lower Volga area of Russia, have developed the country’s first navigation system that uses the Earth’s magnetic field. According to Russian news agency ITAR-TASS, the new system can be fully self-contained and is capable of providing an alternative to satellite-based navigation systems. The technology and the software have all been …

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Microsoft scraps Russian schools tablet program over Rotenberg blacklisting

November 3, 2014

Microsoft has suspended plans to provide tablets to Russian schools under a deal expected to benefit a textbook publisher headed by Kremlin ally Arkady Rotenberg, citing “concerns” over Western sanctions, a news report said. According to an agreement signed in late September, Microsoft would “provide free of charge, to [publisher] Prosveshcheniye, the same type of technical assistance that [it] provides at no cost to thousands of schools and publishers worldwide,” Microsoft said …

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Fast-deployment LTE technology can connect Russia’s Arctic

November 3, 2014

Telum, the developer of the Ranberry family of mobile products in Russia, has developed technology that enables users to quickly deploy a 4G/LTE wireless broadband network for voice, video and data transmission. The project, called Ranberry B1000, incorporates products by Telum and by Intel. Telum is a resident of Skolkovo, the international tech hub under …

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Social alarm clock Wakie secured $1 million from Leta Capital and Titanium Investments

October 23, 2014

Leta Capital, the venture arm of Russian IT security solution provider Leta Group, and Titanium Investments, an international venture fund with Russian connections, have invested $1 million in Wakie, the developer of a social alarm clock. The deal, which was closed in August, has just been revealed by Russian tech blog Firrma.ru, which refers to an …

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Flint Capital takes part in $2 million round for Israeli mobile analytics startup Appsee

October 9, 2014

Flint Capital, a Moscow-based venture fund launched last year, has invested $1 million in Appsee, an Israeli mobile analytics company, as reported by Russian tech blog Firrma.ru. The $2 million Series A round also involved Israeli venture fund Giza VC and business angel Moshe Lichtman, who already invested $1 million in Appsee one year ago. Founded in …

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Russian mobile network solution provider Fairwaves joins US accelerator Techstars

September 26, 2014

Russian project Fairwaves has announced on its website that in August it joined US accelerator Techstars. According to Russian business publication RBC, Techstars has invested $118,000 in Fairwaves in exchange for a 6% stake. The company previously received $80,000 investment from the Dutch fund NLnet, $260,000 from the New America Foundation Open Technology Institute, around $50,000 from the …

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Virgin Connect confirms commitment to doing business in Russia, opens new regional headquarters in Nizhny Novgorod

September 22, 2014

Last week Trivon AG, which does business through its subsidiaries under the Virgin Connect brand in Russia, confirmed its commitment to doing business in Russia and unveiled its latest results during the official opening of its new Nizhny Novgorod regional headquarters. Speaking to regional and local government officials, key customers and members of the press, Istvan Kovacs, …

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