Samsung smartphones to feature Yandex search and preinstalled Yandex apps

October 27, 2011

As early as next month, Yandex services for mobile devices will come preinstalled on all Samsung Bada-powered smartphones sold in the CIS countries, the Russian search giant announced on Tuesday. In addition to the Yandex search engine, the agreement with Samsung will include the preinstallation of Yandex.Maps, Yandex.Mail, Yandex.Metro, Yandex.Market, and a number of other …

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Moscow startup aims to become Russia’s LastMinute.com

October 26, 2011

Muscovites can now easily escape the noise and pollution of the Russian capital for a spontaneous week-end trip thanks to Travelata.ru, a new website specializing in short range impulse travel that launched its beta version on Monday. The site offers tours on weekends or short holidays in Russia, near abroad countries like Turkey or Latvia …

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Russian state invests in US clouds

October 26, 2011

Russian Venture Company (RVC), the state owned fund of funds dedicated to innovation, announced last week it has been an indirect participant in a $250 million series B financing for Dropbox, a leading US cloud storage startup. The investment was made through Institutional Venture Partners XIII (IVP), a prominent later stage venture capital and growth …

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Rostelecom considers acquisitions in CIS countries

October 26, 2011

Russia’s national telecom operator Rostelecom is interested in acquiring mobile operators in Russia’s neighboring countries, Alexander Provotorov, the company’s president, said yesterday during informal remarks given at the ITU Telecom World 2011 forum in Geneva. “There isn’t much left to buy in Russia, so we are looking at CIS countries,” news agency RIA Novosti quoted …

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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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Russian VoIP service Sipnet stronger than Skype on the domestic market

October 25, 2011

Sipnet, a Russian VoIP service provider, reached a 52% share of the Russian VoIP market in 2010 in value, according to J’son & Partners, a telecom market research and financial consulting firm operating in Eastern Europe. Skype held second place in Russia with a 32% market share. The total market size for VoIP doubled since …

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First international startup accelerator opens in Moscow

October 24, 2011

The Russian startup scene took another step towards becoming an international platform last week with the launch of TexDrive, Moscow’s first international mentor-led startup accelerator program. Among TexDrive co-founders are startup accelerator veteran Jon Bradford from Cambridge, UK, and Andrey Kessel, a Russian born entrepreneur and investor also living in Cambridge. Joining them is Alexander …

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Jon Bradford of TexDrive on Russian startups: “One of the main challenges is cultural”

October 24, 2011

Startup accelerator veteran Jon Bradford is a co-founder of TexDrive, Russia’s first international mentor led startup accelerator program currently launching its operations in Moscow. He shared with East-West Digital News his vision on the issues startups face and how accelerators can help entrepreneurs in Russia and elsewhere.

NTV+ seeks more subscribers

October 24, 2011

Russia’s longest established DTH platform NTV-Plus is to start offering reception equipment free of charge to some of its subscribers in order to increase take-up of the service. According to Russian business daily Vedomosti, as part of a three-month offer starting in November, new customers who opt for pay-per-view channels will have the cost of purchasing …

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iPhone 4S combines GPS and GLONASS satellite location systems

October 21, 2011

The iPhone 4S, Apple’s newest smartphone, supports both GPS and GLONASS satellite based location systems, according to the tech specs page devoted to the phone updated yesterday on the Apple website. According to ifixit.com, whose authors have taken the smartphone apart, this dual capacity is provided by the Qualcomm MDM6610 baseband chip. Qualcomm has declined …

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Sitronics increases its presence on the Indian market

October 21, 2011

Leading Russian microelectronic device maker Sitronics signed a commercial agreement earlier this week with Tech Mahindra, a major provider of solutions and services to the telecom industry. Tech Mahindra will promote the OSS/BSS-solutions of Sitronics India on the local market and may participate in the Russian company’s R&D programs, Sitronics announced. Sitronics has also set up a …

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