MTS, Vimpelcom, Megafon and Tele2, the four leading mobile operators in Russia, have all made bids for KT Corp’s 80 percent stake in New Telephone Company (NTC), a major mobile, fixed and IP telephony and Internet operator based in Vladivostok, reports Vedomosti, a Russian business daily.
ST-Ericsson, a world leader in wireless platforms and semiconductors, is launching the world’s smallest receiver to be able to see both GPS and GLONASS positioning satellites, enabling mobile devices to deliver much faster and much more reliable location-based services. Compared to GPS-only solutions, the combination of GLONASS and GPS technology dramatically improves positioning accuracy in …
North-Western Telecom has announced an open tender for $500 million worth of four different lines of credit, the firm said.
National telecom operator VimpelCom, working under Beeline brand, has announced a purchase of 100% shares in Yaroslavl telecom SeverTransCom, working under LANK Telecom brand.
MTS, a leading Russian mobile operator, announced the successful test of a section of its DC-HSDPA 3G network in Moscow. Three times faster than conventional HSDPA networks, the DC-HSPDA features the simultaneous use of two carrier frequencies, providing transfer speeds of up to 42 Mbit/s to subscribers.
Asus, a global manufacturer of electronic devices, and the Center of Navigation Technologies (CNT), a Russian developer of the Navitel navigation systems software, have announced their transition to a new, direct relationship. Cooperation between the two companies was previously limited to Garmin-Asus, a joint venture specializing in the production of Nuvifone smartphones featuring a satellite …
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Telenor, a Norwegian company with mobile operations in countries across Europe and Asia, yesterday commenced arbitration proceedings against VimpelCom, a leading Russian mobile operater in which Telenor owns a 40% stake, and Altimo, a VimpelCom shareholder. Altimo is an invesment company representing Alfa Group, one of Russia’s largest privately owned financial-industrial conglomerates.
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The Russian Ministry of Communications and Mass Media has finally made a move on the deployment of LTE technology, a widely accepted pre-4G mobile network standard. A consortium composed of the so-called “big three” leading national mobile operators, MTS, VimpelCom and MegaFon, in cooperation with state fixed-telephony operator Rostelecom, has been requested to investigate all …
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VimpelCom, a leading Russian mobile operator working under Beeline brand, has announced a purchase of 100% shares of Belgorod region telecom Belgorodskiye Tsifrovye Magistrali (Belgorod Digital Mains) for $14.7 million. Belgorod Digital Mains provide telephone and broadband Internet services under Magistrali Telecom and Belnet brands.
