Revenues for the leading Russian mobile service providers are expected to grow an average of 10% over the next 3-4 years, according to a JPMorgan report cited by Russian business daily Vedomosti. Operators spent the previous year recovering from the crisis, but from Q3 2009 the average growth rate for revenues increased from 1.5 to …
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Norilsk Telecom (NT), one of the largest fixed-line and broadband operators in the Krasnoyarsk region, is up for sale again. The company’s only shareholder, investment bank KIT Finance, hopes to sell the asset before the year’s end. A few potential buyers have emerged.
According MForum Analytics, Russian sales of touch screen phones increased fourfold in one year, rising from 2.94 million devices sold in 2009 to 11.93 million in 2010. At the end of 2010, touch screen phones accounted for about 30% of all phones sold in Russia, but could reach as much as 50% or more by …
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Representatives of the mobile operators involved in the discussions with the State Radio Frequency Commission (SRFC), speaking under conditions of anonymity to Vedomosti, reported that the creation of the consortium is being delayed and the July 1 deadline for completing the investigations on frequency conversion is unlikely to be met.
Moscow, Russia – “COMSTAR – United TeleSystems” JSC (“Comstar”) (LSE: CMST), the largest integrated telecommunications provider in Moscow and 84 Russian cities, with a presence in Ukraine and Armenia, today announces that, following the announcement on 24 December 2010 that Comstar shareholders had approved the merger of Comstar into Mobile TeleSystems OJSC (“MTS”) pursuant to which …
South Telecommunications Company (STC) has announced plans to invest $21.2 million in network development in Stavropol region in 2011, up 26.5% on 2010.
Mobile operator MTS has announced plans to invest $3.4 million in network development in the Megino-Kangalassky Ulus in the Republic of Yakutia in 2011.
Fiber-optic communication provider TTK will launch a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) to serve its main shareholder, the state owned Russian railways (RZD). By using its backbone network for mobile data traffic, TTK intends to get discounts from mobile operators. The project is being discussed with the three leading Russian mobile operators: MTS, VimpelCom and MegaFon.
Igor Shchegolev, the Russian minister of Communications and Mass Media, announced that future tenders for mobile frequencies will include stipulations obligating operators to deploy their networks in regions with low population density.
The Bashkir subsidiary of MTS, a leading Russian mobile operator, has agreed with the Bashkir government to invest over 2 billion rubles ($67 million) in developing its network in Bashkortostan between now and the end of 2012.
Russian satellite operator Rusat has agreed to provide Panasonic Avionics with a satellite broadband link. Panasonic will use the satellite band to provide services in the aircraft of international carriers crossing Russia.
Oslo, Norway – Opera Software today announced that Mobile TeleSystems OJSC (“MTS” – NYSE: MBT), the largest mobile phone operator in Russia and the CIS, will now provide a co-branded version of the Opera Mini browser for its subscribers, who can download it on their mobile phones at mini.opera.com. Subscribers of MTS will get access …
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