Mobile & Telecom

Twitter reaches 1 million Russian language accounts, but user activity decreases

August 8, 2011 August 8, 2011

The number of Russian language Twitter accounts exceeded 1 million in July, reveals a report by Yandex, the top Russian Internet search company whose offerings include a function that searches blogs and forums. Russian speaking users send 370,000 tweets daily. 8% are retweets and about one third are replies to other tweets. The average tweet …

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Tele2 Russia subscribers can make payments by SMS using bank cards

August 4, 2011 August 4, 2011

Tele2 Russia announced yesterday the launch of Mobilny platezh (“Mobile payment”), which allows its subscribers to make payments from bank accounts with Visa, Mastercard, JCB International, or Diners Club cards.

Infineon launches world’s smallest integrated receivers for GPS and GLONASS applications

August 3, 2011 August 3, 2011

Neubiberg, Germany – August 3, 2011 – Infineon Technologies AG (FSE: IFX / OTCQX: IFNNY) today introduced a new series of Receive Front-End Modules for implementation of Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) functionality in Smart Phones and other handheld devices. The new BGM103xN7 Series devices are the first modules available that support separate or simultaneous …

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DST’s investment in Twitter confirmed

August 2, 2011 August 2, 2011

After weeks of rumors, DST’s investment in Twitter was confirmed officially for the first time yesterday on Twitter’s blog. “Now we have an opportunity to expand [our] reach with a significant round of funding led by the venture firm DST Global, along with the participation of several of our existing investors,” Twitter writes. “We will …

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SmartLabs secures Russian IPTV contract

July 29, 2011 July 29, 2011

London – SmartLabs, a leading Russian provider of digital TV solutions, has started to deploy a large-scale unified IPTV platform for Rostelecom service providers in all Russian Federation regions. Within the project, all separate IPTV platforms currently running in the regions will be replaced by the unified one based on a number of SmartLab products.

Search engine data leaks shocks Russian Internet community

July 29, 2011 July 29, 2011

Russia’s Internet community was shocked by a series of major private information leaks during only one week and amid the adoption of a new law aimed to protect personal data. The vulnerabilities of Russian websites came to light for the first time last Monday, when some 8,000 text messages sent by clients of the Russian …

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Russian government starts accreditation of LTE certification authorities

July 28, 2011 July 28, 2011

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.

Yota launches VOD service accessible from TV sets

July 26, 2011 July 26, 2011

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.

Mobile Internet usage in Moscow

July 25, 2011 July 25, 2011

Key findings: 52% of respondents use mobile Internet several times per day or “almost all the time”, 27% once or twice per day 29% started using mobile Internet less than 1 year ago Mobile Internet is used mostly for information (50%) and communication (45%) purposes. 66% of respondents visit mobile or non mobile sites, 37% check emails, …

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Mobile taxi-booking company funded by Russian-American investor

July 25, 2011 March 2, 2017

Prominent Russian-American businessman Leonard Blavatnik has invested $9.5 million in Get Taxi, an Israeli-based mobile taxi-booking company, together with Get Taxi’s founders, which include Shahar Smirin, a former executive at Comverse in Russia.

Russian mobile app developers challenged to help stop human trafficking

July 22, 2011 July 22, 2011

NetHope, an association of international humanitarian organizations, USAID, and the Demi & Ashton Foundation (DNA) have called upon software developers from Russia and Eastern Europe to design innovative mobile applications to help stop human trafficking.

Russia considers imposing customs fees on GPS receivers without GLONASS support

July 21, 2011 July 21, 2011

Russian authorities are not ruling out the establishment of customs fees on imported hardware equipped with GPS navigators not supported by the Russian national satellite navigation system GLONASS. “Currently the fee is zero. There are plans to introduce customs fees for GPS equipment that is notoriented to GLONASS GPS. It is possible that [the customs …

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