A $10-million Phase 1 silicon chip production site has been announced for Novosibirsk’s science area of Akademgorodok, Newsib.ru reports. The future market for the new production will reportedly be power electronics, communications and optoelectronics makers in Novosibirsk, Tomsk, Omsk and other Siberian cities.
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.
Dreaming to see the Hermitage’s impressionist collection but wary of catching a cold in a St. Petersburg winter blizzard? Longing to commune with Rublev’s icons in the Tretyakov Gallery but daunted by the expense of travel to the Russian capital? Now art lovers anywhere can realize their dreams of getting a closer look at major …
Microsoft has completed the most recent round of its piracy-monitoring program in Russia, a program that monitors the levels of unlicensed software in retail computer sales. Of 3,229 audited retail outlets in 94 Russian cities, about 20 percent offered pirated software to customers. Eleven percent of the audited retail outlets allowed preinstallation of pirated software.
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.
The National Association of Business Angels (NABA) announced their having joined the European Trade Association for Business Angels (EBAN), the leading European association of business angels.
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.
Rambler, a major Russian Internet portal, is holding talks with Yandex, Russia’s leading search engine, and Google regarding replacing its search engine with a partner tool. Yandex management says the company is interested in big sites with high-density traffic. Rambler is most likely to opt for Google’s search system. According to information already available, Rambler …
Ashmanov describes the project as a service dedicated to monitoring and analysis of positive and negative references to a company, brand or person, with follow up recommendations for corrective action. The service will affect search engine results and blog ratings to boost positive articles and restrain negative ones.
