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Rostelecom’s backbone network to transmit digital TV content across Russia

May 13, 2011

Rostelecom, Russia’s national telecommunications operator, together with Russian Radio Broadcasting Network (RRBN) signed a cooperation agreement to organize the terrestrial transmission of digital content to the RRBN transmitters across the country, thus enabling the broadcasting of eight federal TV channels (Channel One, Channel Two Russia, Russia-24, Channel 5 – St. Petersburg, Sport, Russia-K, NTV, and …

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Digital TV launched in Sakhalin region in test mode

May 12, 2011

Digital TV broadcasting has been launched in Sakhalin region in testing mode, regional officials report. The digital TV stations have been installed in 12 out of 19 municipal districts in the region. In the city of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk and some other municipalities test broadcasting is delayed due to technical difficulties in equipment installation.

VimpelCom acquires Vladivostok-based mobile operator

May 11, 2011

VimpelCom, a leading international telecom group and Russian mobile operator, signed agreements last week for the acqusition of a 100% stake in New Telephone Company (NTC) from Korea Telecom and Sumitomo Corporation for $420 million, reported Kommersant, a Russian business daily.

Mobile digital TV given a new chance in Moscow

May 7, 2011

Sistema Mass-Media (SMM), part of financial corporation Sistema, announced it would resume the project of creating a mobile digital television system in DVB-H standard in Moscow, reported Vedomosti, a Russian business daily. Digital Television and Radio Broadcasting (DTB), a wholly owned subsidiary of SMM specializing in automobile digital TV, will take up the project in …

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Where are the Russian technology success stories? Try looking in Perm

May 7, 2011

“Where are the Russian technology success stories?” As a foreigner, this question often sounds like an odd question.  There are many Russian success stories in the IT sector, ranging from world-class software outsourcing companies like EPAM and Luxoft, to Russian software product companies that have international success, like Kaspersky Labs, Abbyy and Parallels. However, simply …

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Rostelecom to set up innovation center in Belgorod

May 6, 2011

Russia’s national telecommunications operator Rostelecom and authorities in Belgorod region have signed an agreement to set up a regional innovation center, the company reports. The regional innovation center Aurora-Park is reportedly to be located in the South-Western district of Belgorod.

TTK-NN to provide cable TV services in Nizhny Novgorod region

May 6, 2011

Telecom company TTK-Nizhny Novgorod (TTK-NN) has received a license on provision of cable TV services in Nizhny Novgorod region, the company reports. Under the license agreement, the company is to start providing services before March 2013. The license expires on March 23, 2016.

Krasnoyarsk industrial park to be completed in 2015

May 6, 2011

Construction of the long-planned industrial park in Krasnoyarsk is now scheduled to begin in 2012, according to Deputy Minister of the Economy and Regional Development Vladimir Osipenko. The project has already received private investment. The government expects that the park should be fully operational by 2015.

Oxford University to help two companies from Tomsk

May 4, 2011

Isis Enterprise, the business consulting arm of Oxford University’s technology research group, Isis Innovation Ltd, will assist Triaxes Vision and Tomanalyt, two innovative companies from Tomsk, in their efforts to market their products internationally. Isis has entered into a three-year agreement with the two companies.

VimpelCom’s IPTV subscribers will soon be able to watch TV on their Xbox 360 consoles

May 4, 2011

VimpelCom, a leading Russian mobile operator, announced yesterday that they will soon offer Internet Protocol TV on Microsoft’s popular Xbox 360 gaming device in the 23 Russian cities where VimpelCom currently offers IPTV, reports Russian business daily Vedomosti. VimpelCom’s standard set-top box for IPTV costs roughly 7,990 rubles ($292), only about 2,000 rubles ($73) less than an …

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Thousands of Internet professionals attended RIF, Russia’s yearly must-attend industry event

May 4, 2011

Every Spring since 1996, for three days, the Russian Internet incarnates into a sprawling mass of living high tech energy — the Russian Internet Forum at Lesnye Dali (Far Woods), a hotel complex located in a picturesque pine forest 38 km northeast from Moscow. From Moscow and far beyond, RIF attracts virtually all those who count …

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