Authorities in Tomsk region have announced plans to allocate $40 million from the regional budget to support innovation sector in 2011. Under plans, the funds are to be used to support start-ups, as well as to finance guarantee, pledge and venture funds.
At an international conference dedicated to ERA-GLONASS held in Moscow yesterday, Russian national navigation services provider Navigation Information Systems (NIS) signed agreements with T-Systems, a German operator of ICT systems, Zatix, a Brazilian tracking company, and Upaya, a Brazilian consultancy.
The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) made public yesterday a list of 30 Internet and physical markets in various countries which “have been the subject of enforcement action connected with counterfeiting and piracy, or may merit further investigation for possible intellectual property rights (IPR) infringements.” Among them are Vkontakte.ru, Russia’s leading social …
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Authorities in the Republic of Chuvashia have announced plans to allocate $63 million to finance a profession education system development program. Under the program, the funds are to be used to set up a chain of modern centers to train professional specialists for high-tech innovation businesses.
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.
Russian startup yaM Labs attracted $500,000 from Foresight Ventures, a Russian venture fund. yaM is a SaaS application supporting meetings at all stages – from planning to results. The application can be used for any type of meeting, either face-to-face, telephone call, telephone conference or video conference and for any type of user, from individuals …
Gazprom Media and its subsidiary TNT, a Russian television channel, yesterday launched a paid, video-content website named Now.ru. Sony Pictures, Disney, Warner Brothers, Lions Gate, Nickelodeon, MTV Networks, BBC and Playboy Enterprises will provide the portal with top content.
Mail.ru Group is in discussions with other owners of Vkontakte.ru with a view to take full control of this leading social network, said Dmitry Grishin, the group’s general manager.
The Russian Ministry of Economic Development unveiled last week an online map of the country’s investment projects, proposals and sites as well as special economic, socio-economic indicators, logistical infrastructure and educational centers.
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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Yandex.Dengi, a leading Russian electronic currency operator, announced yesterday that users can now register their banking cards to make online purchases using Yandex.Dengi.
Begun announced that it was the most highly trafficked advertising network on the Russian Internet, based on figures provided by TNS Russia. Begun’s audience – 26.6 million unique users in January 2011 – is close to those of Yandex and Mail.ru, the two most visited Russian-language sites.
