On July 21, the members of the Russian State Duma approved in the third reading three bills to regulate Internet and telecom services in Russia. After the almost unanimous vote of Russia’s senators today, the laws are now pending approval by President Putin. [Update: The President signed the laws on July 30.] No more access to …
It’s time for the big G-20 summit in Hamburg, and Russian phone customizers Caviar are commemorating the occasion with a very special Nokia 3310 (the new one). Encased in the best metals, titanium, and gold, the back features a touching double profile of Trump and Putin. Only 149,000 rubles, or about $2,500. “Wait,” you say. …
Mobile marketing agency Zorka.Mobi has just released the results of a research about salary levels in the Russian, Belarusian and Ukrainian mobile industries. More than 400 people participated in the survey — from designers to engineers and developers, to media buyers, to top managers and other professionals. Here are the key findings: The average salary …
Survey: Salaries in the mobile industry are well above market average Read More
As the fifth largest app market in the world based on iOS and Android downloads, Russia offers great opportunities for global publishers eyeing international expansion. There are more than 62 million mobile users in Russia (1), so it is no wonder that this audience is highly attractive for global app publishers. myTarget, an advertising platform …
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Russian cell phone operator MTS will be the first company to start storing users’ data under controversial new anti-terror laws. MTS will be running a pilot program in an unnamed Russian city, Russia’s Vedomosti newspaper reported Wednesday. The trial run will test whether existing technology could be used to enforce the laws. The storage equipment needed for …
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The sixth edition of the International Mobile Conference for Business MBLT17 will take place on April 25 in Moscow. The event will bring together experts from such tech giants as Google, Facebook, Shazam, Uber, AppAnnie, Statsbot, Qlean, AppMetrica, Aviasales and a number of other industry players to discuss a variety of the latest trends of …
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Devout Russian Christians will soon be able to sign up to the country’s very own Orthodox mobile operator. As well as deals on mobile internet and calls, Blagovest will let users sign up for added bonuses such as text alerts from the Russian Patriarch, the business daily Vedomosti reported Tuesday. The company’s website also contains a special …
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Russia’s Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) announced today the end of a two-year legal procedure with the involved parties reaching a voluntary settlement in a Moscow arbitration court. “The settlement will help eliminate the violations of the antimonopoly legislation previously detected and will ensure competition on markets of mobile applications, especially mobile search,” stated the FAS. In a case launched in February 2015 by …
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Yesterday NFWare, a startup with Russian roots that develops virtualization solutions for network infrastructure, announced that it raised $2 million from Sistema_VC and its existing investors Almaz Capital, Maxfield Capital, and Telefonica Open Future. “As telecom operators, Internet companies and data centers have to invest continuously to enhance the capacity of their network infrastructure, NFWare offers a technologically elegant and effective solution to reduce the costs …
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The amount of malicious software on mobile devices around the world tripled in 2016 compared with 2015, reaching 8.5 million, according to a report by Kaspersky Lab, the cyber security company, the RBK daily reports. The root of the problem is virus-containing malware that users inadvertently install on their devices, for example, when buying a dubious app in a shop. Russia …
International cybersecurity ranking: Russia takes the ‘gold’ in mobile banking viruses Read More
Russia’s new “anti-terrorist” legislation could come into force in 2019 only (instead of 2018 as initially planned), allowing operators to implement it in better conditions. Examining this controversial legislation adopted last year, an official expert group led by Mikhail Abyzov, Russia’s Minister for Open Government affairs, has recommended that significant changes be brought to make its implementation less costly and more rational. …
Implementation of Russia’s ‘Big Brother law’ could be postponed Read More
Russia’s Sistema Asia Fund has just led a $6 million round of financing for Wooplr Technologies Pvt. Ltd, which runs an eponymous fashion discovery app for women. The news was reported on Monday by Vedomosti, a leading Russian business daily, based on exchanges with a fund representative. An unnamed source close to the fund added that Sistema …
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