Samsung is presenting its “flagship 4-inch chic smartphone,” the Wave 3, along with other new models, at IFA 2011, a global trade show for consumer electronics that begins today in Berlin. Samsung seems to be the first major international handset manufacturer to offer a mobile phone with a GLONASS+GPS supported satellite location system. But the …
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US Foursquare announced yesterday it launched localized versions of its social geolocation service in Bahasa Indonesian, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, and Thai. The new versions have been made available through the company’s iPhone, Android, and BlackBerry applications as well as through its web interface. The Russian press also reported rumors that Foursquare is considering hiring a country …
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The manufacturer of the soon-to-be-introduced Ë-Mobile (pronounce Yo-Mobil), the much-hyped Russian hybrid car, announced it will use the Android OS to expand the car’s functions. Ë-Mobile owners will thus benefit from a range of practical and entertainment services and will keep in touch with the latest IT technologies, according to the Ë-Mobile official blog .
The ICT Group – one of Russia’s largest privately owned investment and industrial companies – announced last Monday its new status as the largest shareholder in Italian Wi-Max operator ARIA S.p.A., with a 28.6% stake.
The loss of the Express-AM4 communication satellite earlier this month has exposed the substantial difficulties facing the deployment of the DVB-T broadcasting network in Russia. Made by EADS Astrium, Express-AM4 satellite was equipped with transponders operating in C-, Ku-, Ka- and L-bands. These transponders were designed to provide DVB-T broadcasting and broadband Internet coverage across the …
Sunnyvale, CA. – Infinera (NASDAQ: INFN), a US-based leading provider of digital optical communications systems, has established its Russian headquarters in Moscow. Infinera Russia will focus on marketing, sales operations and work closely with local partners to expand the company’s manufacturing presence and capabilities in the region. The new entity has been created to support …
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Leading Russian payment operator Qiwi is in talks with Western European mobile operators, including Orange, Vodafone and Telefonica, about launching a new, offline payment system for mobile phone bills in Europe. The Russian operator is also considering entering the US market, Russian daily RBC Daily reported yesterday.
Drchrono, a Silicon Valley based startup offering an electronic health record (EHR) platform for the iPad, announced last week it has received an additional $650,000 in seed funding from prominent startup investor Yuri Milner, founder of DST Global, along with venture capital firm General Catalyst.
Starting September 1, 2011, the MSCI Russia Index will integrate the stock of Rostelecom, Russia’s national telecom operator, with a weight of 3%, Russian business daily Vedomosti reported yesterday. Rostelecom was originally included in the index until its reorganization process started in 2009.
MegaFon, a major Russian mobile operator, has confirmed its acquisition of St. Petersburg Internet provider Web Plus last June, according to the company’s quarterly results. Megafon bought the loss making firm, which owns $4 million in debt, for $2.5 million.
According to Svyaznoy, a major mobile retailer, the Russian smartphone market expanded by a whopping 78% in the first six months of 2011, reaching an estimated value of 30.7 billion rubles, or $1.1 billion. Sales for the period reached 2.8 million devices – a figure confirmed by MTS, a leading mobile operator and retailer – up …
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National telecom operator Rostelecom and Irkutsk city authorities signed an agreement last week for the deployment of Rostelecom’s e-government solutions in the city, TASS-Telecom reported citing company sources. Similar agreements have been signed earlier with municipal authorities in Siberian cities of Novosibirsk, Kemerovo, Krasnoyarsk and Omsk.
