Mobile & Telecom

Tinkoff Digital launches first Russian mobile RTB platform

March 11, 2013

Tinkoff Digital, а Russian developer of innovative internet and mobile advertising technologies, has launched MADNET, the first real-time bidding (RTB) platform in Russia for mobile devices. Tinkoff Digital is Google’s first partner in Russia providing mobile advertising impressions through Google DoubleClick Ad Exchange, and has also signed agreements with leading international mobile networks including SMAATO, …

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St. Petersburg regional fund supports innovative payment solution developer

March 7, 2013

A state-supported venture fund in St. Petersburg (“The St. Petersburg regional venture fund for investment in small businesses in the scientific and technical sphere,” in Russian officialese) has announced an investment of an undisclosed amount in Breeze Technology, a startup developing innovative payment methods for public transportation. Breeze Technology has provided St. Petersburg and Moscow …

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Smartphone OS: Android and Windows Phone enjoy fast growth; Symbian in free fall

November 19, 2014

Windows Phone powered smartphones gained the third largest market share in Russia in the fourth quarter of 2012, a study by IDC Russia/CIS found, outshining Nokia’s Symbian after having surpassed Apple’s iOS in the previous quarter. Windows enabled mobile devices accounted for 7% of the Russian market, trailing only Google’s Android, the undeniable leader with 69.6%, …

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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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Moscow 3G networks not good enough for Medvedev, but better than London’s

March 1, 2013

A few weeks after Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev lambasted the quality of mobile communications in Moscow, VTB Capital, the investment arm of the Russian financial group VTB, has published a report on the issue. According to the research, Megafon comes in the lead for the quality of 3G services in the capital, with an average …

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Brilliant mobile payment startup raises $8 million but faces many unknowns

March 1, 2013

uBank, a mobile payment startup launched in late 2011, announced earlier this week an $8 million capital injection – its first round of funding – from Runa Capital, a Moscow-based venture fund that operates internationally. uBank’s valuation has not been disclosed, but its CMO Evgeniy Kozlov told East-West Digital News that the founders have kept a …

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Russia to push GLONASS in negotiations with international chipset makers

March 1, 2013

“We’ve set for ourselves the goal of holding negotiations with all chipset manufacturers to openly support GLONASS as soon as this year,” Russia’s Minister of Telecom and Mass Communications Nikolai Nikiforov told journalists at Barcelona’s Mobile World Congress yesterday. These chipset manufacturers have already set up the corresponding production lines, the news agency RIA Novosti …

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No legal green light for Russian use of Russian-made Nokia Siemens telecom equipment

February 28, 2013

According to Russian law, the LTE equipment developed and manufactured jointly by Nokia Siemens Network and Micran in Tomsk, Siberia, is not considered “Russian-made.” This legal definition has prevented Vainakh Telecom, a telecom operator in the Republic of Chechnya, in Russia’s Northern Caucasus area, from launching its new 4G network because the network has been built using …

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TTK consolidates assets, becomes major Russian telecom operator

November 19, 2014

Russian telecom operator TTK has announced the completion of an across-the-board buyout of 18 regional subsidiaries previously owned by Russian Railways, the national rail operator and TTK’s sole shareholder. To accomplish the task, TTK in December sold 1.069 billion rubles (about $36 million) worth of new shares to Russian Railways, which paid with its stakes …

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Russia emerges as “clear fiber leader” in Europe’s FTTH deployment

November 19, 2014

Russia outpaced the entire European Union in new fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) subscribers in the second half of 2012, laying the foundation for a “head start” on deploying cutting-edge fiber-enabled technologies, an industry organization announced last week. In its latest study, published on February 20, the FTTH Council of Europe found that, between July and December of last …

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VimpelCom partners with Microsoft, Google and Facebook

February 26, 2013

VimpelCom, an international telecom provider operating in Russia under the Beeline brand, announced last week that its customers will be able to use their mobile accounts to buy digital content from the Windows Phone Store. The cost of any purchased application, game, or music track will be deducted from a customer’s prepaid credit or added …

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