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Rostelecom to acquire broadband Internet provider in Moscow

October 12, 2011

Rostelecom, Russia’s national telecommunications operator, is to acquire Qwerty, a Moscow broadband Internet provider, Russian business daily Kommersant revealed earlier this week referring to unnamed sources. Qwerty is indirectly owned by Svyazinvest, Rostelecom’s main shareholder. Its value has been estimated at 1.2 to 1.4 billion rubles, or around $40 million, by Raiffeisenbank analyst Sergey Libin, Kommersant …

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Russia goes for DVB-T2

September 29, 2011

Russia has decided to opt for the DVB-T2 standard for its digital terrestrial services and will now set up pilots in eight cities. Several local reports say the decision was made last week by a government commission chaired by Igor Shuvalov, the deputy PM.

Moscow city fund to support up to 70 innovation projects by the end 2011

September 15, 2011

Mosventure, a fund owned by the Moscow city administration and focused on small and medium sized scientific and technical projects, plans to support up to 70 projects before the end of the year. These plans were announced last week by the fund’s executive director Alexey Kostrov in an interview with Russian news agency RIA Novosti.

Korean venture capitalists hunt for Russian IT companies

September 6, 2011

Representatives of 15 Korean venture funds, including KDB Capital, STIC Investments Inc. and L&S Venture Capital, visited Moscow last week intending to invest up to $10 million each in local IT companies.

Infinera expands with Russian headquarters in Moscow

August 30, 2011

Sunnyvale, CA. – Infinera (NASDAQ: INFN), a US-based leading provider of digital optical communications systems, has established its Russian headquarters in Moscow. Infinera Russia will focus on marketing, sales operations and work closely with local partners to expand the company’s manufacturing presence and capabilities in the region. The new entity has been created to support …

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IBM to create academic competence center for intelligent transportation systems

March 2, 2017

The Moscow State Automobile and Road Technical University (MADI) and the Scientific Center for Complex Transportation Problems of the Ministry of Transport have reached an agreement with IBM for the creation of an academic competence center dedicated to IBM solutions in the area of intelligent transportation systems.

Moscow government adopts multibillion dollar informatization program amid sharp criticism

August 9, 2011

Moscow’s city government formally adopted last week a $11 billion informatization program, following one month of public discussions. Moscow mayor Sergey Sobyanin underlined the “systemic” approach of the program. He pledged to provide Muscovites with electronic access to “practically all public services, from medical appointments to applications for pensions and subsidies.” In addition, “the regular publication …

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Mobile Internet usage in Moscow

July 25, 2011

Key findings: 52% of respondents use mobile Internet several times per day or “almost all the time”, 27% once or twice per day 29% started using mobile Internet less than 1 year ago Mobile Internet is used mostly for information (50%) and communication (45%) purposes. 66% of respondents visit mobile or non mobile sites, 37% check emails, …

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Moscow to be ready for electronic elections by 2016

July 22, 2011

Muscovites will be able to vote in the 2016 elections through the Internet. “We will be technologically ready to conduct electronic elections in 2016 and we will offer such opportunity,” the head of the city’s information technologies department Artem Ermolaev told Russian news agency RIA Novosti.

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