Tatarstan

New technopark empowers Tatarstan startups “to conquer the world”

August 27, 2012

IT-Park, the technopark launched in 2009 in Tartartan’s capital city of Kazan, has opened a new 23,000 sq. meter branch in Naberezhnye Chelny, the second largest city in this autonomous republic of the Russian Federation. Rustam Minnikhanov, the president of Tatarstan, and Nikolai Nikiforov, the Russian Minister of Telecommunications and Mass Media, attended the opening …

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Tatarstan startup contest sees six winners; government grants issued

July 31, 2012

Six projects have won the “Startup-Sabantuy!” contest organized by Kazan’s IT-Park and the venture fund Runa Capital. Two thousand participants from 13 cities of the Volga Federal District presented 130 projects in an “elevator pitch” format. Thirty selected projects then took part in the next stage – a five-day Startup Camp that included business training …

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Siberia on its way to create its own analog of Silicon Valley

March 29, 2012

One of Russia’s leading business monitors, RBC daily, pooled efforts earlier this month with the St. Petersburg Politics Foundation and the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy in putting together a ranking of Russia’s regional innovation activity for the first two months of this year. The four leaders in this ranking are the Krasnoyarsk, Tomsk …

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Second IT park, new IT village in Tatarstan

March 26, 2012

Russia’s second fastest-growing regional innovation economy in 2011 according to business monitor RBC Daily, is stepping up efforts to assert itself as one of the country’s most business-friendly ecosystems. Less than three years after the regional capital city of Kazan opened IT Park, reportedly eastern Europe’s biggest techno-park, plans are now being laid for a …

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Startup from Tatarstan launches first Russian cloud music storage service

January 10, 2012

10tracks.ru, Russia’s first cloud music storage site, launched a few days ago, with up to 3 gigabites of storage space available free of charge. Users can listen to their music using a web player or download it onto smartphones or computers to listen to it anywhere. The mobile version is available using an Android application …

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MTS acquires pay TV and telephony service operator in Tatarstan

October 25, 2011

MTS, a leading Russian mobile operator, announced today it has acquired TVT, a leading provider of cable TV and fixed broadband services in the republic of Tatarstan. The purchase price amounted to $162.9 million, in addition to $17.1 million in net debt assumed by MTS. “The acquisition allows MTS to strengthen its leadership position in …

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Tatarstan to invest $315 million in Skolkovo-style IT village

October 11, 2011

The Republic of Tartarstan has laid plans for the construction of an IT village providing housing and modern infrastructure, including golf and ski facilities, for up to 20,000 IT professionals near the capital of Kazan. The planned community is intended to house a total population of 50,000. The project – nicknamed “Tatarstan’s Skolkovo” by the Russian press, in reference to the innovation …

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Russia and Singapore to develop IT projects

September 15, 2011

Senior Russian and Singaporean representatives meeting at bilateral commission in Moscow on Tuesday have agreed to develop cooperation in the information technology sector – in particular in the sphere of personal data security.

Tartarstan confirms momentum on Russian Internet scene

June 15, 2011

During a visit to Kazan yesterday, Google Russia representative Vladimir Dolgov praised Tatarstan for its Internet penetration rates, which stand among the highest in Russia. Having noticed the large quantity of schools with Internet connections and local WIFI hotspots, Dolgov said that Tatarstan “has all the necessary foundations for further development of Internet and online …

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