Kuzbassky Technopark to get $28.4 million federal government finance
Kemerovo region’s Kuzbassky Technopark is to get $28.4 million financial aid from the federal budget in 2011-2014, regional officials report.
VimpelCom buys Yaroslavl’s SeverTransCom for $12 million
National telecom operator VimpelCom, working under Beeline brand, has announced a purchase of 100% shares in Yaroslavl telecom SeverTransCom, working under LANK Telecom brand.
MTS enters broadband battlefield with HDSPA+ in Moscow
MTS, a leading Russian mobile operator, announced the successful test of a section of its DC-HSDPA 3G network in Moscow. Three times faster than conventional HSDPA networks, the DC-HSPDA features the simultaneous use of two carrier frequencies, providing transfer speeds of up to 42 Mbit/s to subscribers.
Russian business angels join European association
The National Association of Business Angels (NABA) announced their having joined the European Trade Association for Business Angels (EBAN), the leading European association of business angels.
Asus and Russian systems developer CNT extend cooperation
Asus, a global manufacturer of electronic devices, and the Center of Navigation Technologies (CNT), a Russian developer of the Navitel navigation systems software, have announced their transition to a new, direct relationship. Cooperation between the two companies was previously limited to Garmin-Asus, a joint venture specializing in the production of Nuvifone smartphones featuring a satellite …
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Norway’s Telenor and Russia’s VimpelCom in dispute over deal with Italy’s Wind
Telenor, a Norwegian company with mobile operations in countries across Europe and Asia, yesterday commenced arbitration proceedings against VimpelCom, a leading Russian mobile operater in which Telenor owns a 40% stake, and Altimo, a VimpelCom shareholder. Altimo is an invesment company representing Alfa Group, one of Russia’s largest privately owned financial-industrial conglomerates.
Rambler considering Google search engine
Rambler, a major Russian Internet portal, is holding talks with Yandex, Russia’s leading search engine, and Google regarding replacing its search engine with a partner tool. Yandex management says the company is interested in big sites with high-density traffic. Rambler is most likely to opt for Google’s search system. According to information already available, Rambler …
Natalya Kasperskaya and Igor Ashmanov launch web reputation management project
Ashmanov describes the project as a service dedicated to monitoring and analysis of positive and negative references to a company, brand or person, with follow up recommendations for corrective action. The service will affect search engine results and blog ratings to boost positive articles and restrain negative ones.
US company buys shares in Kaspersky Lab
General Atlantic, a US-based private equity fund, has bought a large stake in Kaspersky Lab. Though no details of the deal have been disclosed by the parties, it is known that General Atlantic has become the second-largest shareholder in the Russian computer security company. Evgeny Kaspersky, who owns a controlling stake in the firm, will …
First criminal case for copyright violation on a leading social network opened
The Russian Interior ministry announced that a criminal case has been opened against a 26 year-old Muscovite for having “replicated and disseminated” 18 copyrighted music recordings from his personal page on Vkontakte.ru. This followed a complaint from Nikitin, the Russian music company that owns the rights.
Mobile Internet in Russia
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Japanese corporation buys stake in Russian Qiwi payment system; US expansion considered
Japanese holding company Mitsui & Co. has bought a 15% share in Qiwi, Russia’s leading operator of offline electronic payment terminals. Existing shareholders Mail.ru Group, the operations branch of DST investment, and Qiwi management both sold shares to complete the deal and now hold 21.4% and 63.7% respectively. No official information on the value of …
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