Cyberplat partners with Visa to replenish bank accounts with cash

June 24, 2011

Cyberplat announced yesterday that Visa cardholders in Russia can now replenish their bank accounts using Cyberplat’s cash payment terminals and ATMs. Cyberplat, a competitor of Qiwi, has the second largest payment teminal network in Russia and some of the other former Soviet republics, with over 480,000 machines. In order to replenish their account, users just …

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Better late than never: LinkedIn launches Russian version

October 26, 2016

LinkedIn announced earlier this week that it has launched versions of its website in Russian, Romanian and Turkish. According to the company, the English version of the website already had 400,000 users from Russia and over 1,000 groups related to Russia, reported ComNews.ru, a website covering IT and telecom issues.

Rusnano, Sitronics launch Russia’s first large scale RFID project in X5 retail outlets

June 23, 2011

Sitronics and state owned nanotechnology company Rusnano will launch a pilot project to integrate radio frequency identification tags (RFID) in the retail outlets of Russia’s largest food retailer, X5 Retail Group. The three way agreement was signed at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum held in Russia’s Northern capital last weekend.

Microsoft to supply Sochi Olympics in 2014

June 23, 2011

Moscow – The Russian office of Microsoft Corporation has signed a supply agreement with the organizing committee of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Microsoft reported in a recently published news release. Under the terms of the agreement, Microsoft will provide the organizers of the Olympics with software and services particularly for the technical infrastructure of …

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Russian Post to open 36 automatic mail sorting centers; Siemens expects new contracts

June 22, 2011

St. Petersburg – The Russian Post has announced plans to open 36 new automatic mail sorting centers throughout the country in the coming years, said Russian Post General Manager Alexander Kiselev on Tuesday at a news conference in St. Petersburg. The first sorting center, to be built in St. Petersburg for €50 million, will serve the Northwestern region of …

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Multi-billion dollar investments, tech partnerships and easy visas announced at St. Petersburg International Economic Forum

June 22, 2011

St. Petersburg – Shoring up the slow and difficult transition in the Russian economy from gas and oil to a more knowledge driven paradigm, the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum held in the end of last week in Russia’s Northern capital was replete with innovation related declarations on a massive scale. Innovation was a central theme at the …

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St. Petersburg forum: Medvedev shows willingness but has “no illusions” on the pace of modernization

June 22, 2011

St. Petersburg – In addressing participants at the St. Petersburg Economic Forum last Friday, Russian president Dmitry Medvedev’s speech did not reveal any substantially new position regarding his government’s now established stance on modernization, but innovation was nevertheless put forward as the first and foremost theme in the President’s address. “Modernization is the only way to address …

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WiMax tenders announced as doubts appear on market perspectives

June 21, 2011

The Federal Service for Supervision in the Sphere of Telecom, Information Technologies and Mass Communications (Roskomnadzor) has announced on its website last week that it will conduct three tenders for licenses to provide fixed WiMAX services in the 3.4-3.45GHz and 3.5-3.55GHz frequency bands in 30 Russian regions.

Social network Odnoklassniki.ru reaches 100 million accounts

June 21, 2011

Odnoklassniki has announced the opening of its 100 millionth account last weekend, reported news agency RIA Novosti. The social network now counts 71 million activated accounts – those accounts for which users have provided a valid mobile phone number.

Svyaznoy’s IPO plans gain momentum

June 21, 2011

Newly registered in the Netherlands, Svyaznoy NV has emerged as the owner of a 99.99% stake in the Svyaznoy Group of Companies CJSC, reported Russian business daily Vedomosti. Svyaznoy NV only controls the retail business of Svyaznoy, currently Russia’s second leading mobile phone retailer after Euroset. Other Svyaznoy assets, including a bank and a retail …

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CTC Media clamps down on piracy

June 20, 2011

CTC Media, a leading Russian broadcasting company, has embarked on a joint campaign with Vkontakte, the largest social network in Russian and the CIS, to combat illegal content and promote Videomore, CTC Media’s own licensed player. According to CTC Media, which is backed by MTG, the campaign will have the tools at its disposal to search for …

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