The М2М activities of Russia’s three leading mobile operators are developing quickly. At MTS, one of the three operators, M2M-related revenues could grow almost sevenfold in 2011, compared with the previous year, generating 1.7% of the company’s overall revenues, estimates an unnamed internal source. According to this source, that percentage could exceed 3% in 2013.
Rusnano has signed an agreement to invest in the production of LTE base stations in the Tomsk region, with Mikran, a Tomsk-based company, and the local administration as its partners. Nokia Siemens Networks equipment will be used for production.
Russian telecommunications regulator Roskomnadzor announced last Friday changes in the conditions of four tenders to allocate GSM frequencies, to be held in April.
Sberbank and VTB bank have been announced the winners of an open tender, held by the interregional telecom operator North-Western Telecom, for loan contracts worth a total of $528 million, the company reports.
Authorities in the Republic of Bashkortostan have announced an open auction to sell 60.46% shares in Ufa-based telecommunications systems manufacturer BETO at starting price of $13.7 million. The participants bids are accepted before April 4, and the auction is scheduled to be held on April 8, 2011.
Tele2 Russia, a subsidiary of a European telecommunications holding based in Sweden, intends to invest over 1.25 billion rubles ($43 million) building cellular base stations in Krasnodar region, report regional officials and Tele2.
A handful of mobile and telecom operators in Russia signed a memorandum last week, in the presence of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, to establish a joint venture for developing an LTE network. The companies involved are VimpelCom, MTS, and MegaFon, the leading Russian mobile operators; Rostelecom, Russia’s national telecom operator; and Scartel, operator of the …
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CountryCom, a Russian telecommunications operator offering a variety of services, announced its launch of an MVNO covering the Moscow regions using the network of Skylink, a leading Russian 3G operator.
Mobile phone retailer Svyaznoy announced the imminent opening of a department dedicated to Android-supported devices in one of its Moscow outlets. Such departments may appear in other Svyaznoy stores in Moscow and Russian regions as well.
VimpelCom, a leading Russian mobile operator with headquarters in Amsterdam, welcomed yesterday the decision of the English Commercial Court allowing its March 17, 2011 shareholder meeting to go forward as planned.
Ten licenses for GSM in 1800 MHz standard are to be offered in Kamchatka, the Koryak District, the Chukotka Autonomous District and the Sakhalin Region. Applications for participation have been filled out by seven companies, including leading mobile operators VimpelCom and MegaFon, as well as New Telephone Company (NTC), Tele2 (from Siberia and Chelyabinsk, Ural) …
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MTS, a leading Russian mobile operator and retailer, announced yesterday it will offer Foursquare check-in points at its 3,200 outlets throughout Russia, beginning in Moscow and St. Petersburg.
