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Third GSM licence going to Russia’s third giant?

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As we have reported Armenia is holding a tender for a third GSM licence at some time during this year and according to local newspaper Panorama the tender details are still being confirmed, but will include spectrum in both the GSM900 and GSM1800 bands.
They also cite rumours results will indeed be announced in August […]

Rostelecom expecting RUB 38 billion revenue

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Alexander Isaev, the General Director at Rostelecom, told Interfax that his company is targeting 2008 revenue of about RUB 38 billion according to IFRS accounting standards.
Isaev said, “Under IFRS, where the revenue of the parent company and all the subsidiaries are consolidated, we plan revenue from core operations at about RUB 38 billion”. He added […]

Belarus predicting broadband Internet growth

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Not content with simply predicting mobile subscriber numbers, the Belarusian Government has announced its forecasts of the number of broadband Internet users.

Vodafone boosting northern retail presence

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Vodafone RO have bought Proton Technologies, a large mobile phone retailer in the country with 73 stores, most of which are in Moldavia. Previously Proton Technologies had been a major retailer for Orange, Vodafone’s largest competition, but Proton will stop selling Orange services within the next few weeks.

South Central Europe subscribers 1Q06-4Q07

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Subscriber figures for the 12 countries of South Central Europe for the past 2 years:

 

1Q06

2Q06

3Q06

4Q06

Q-on-Q Growth

Albania

1,599,524

1,640,466

1,768,965

1,909,279

7.93%

Bulgaria

6,555,710

6,923,277

7,417,799

8,188,778

10.39%

Croatia

3,661,900

3,733,100

4,105,600

4,412,300

7.47%

Czech Republic

11,589,000

11,733,200

11,870,700

12,277,500

3.43%

Hungary

9,224,206

9,250,123

9,337,723

9,718,136

4.07%

Macedonia

1,291,190

1,323,642

1,376,315

1,417,530

2.99%

Moldova

1,081,000

1,136,000

1,226,000

1,322,000

7.83%

Montenegro

527,037

591,546

634,510

696,616

9.79%

Romania

13,766,521

14,478,619

15,317,685

16,985,603

10.89%

Serbia

5,250,000

5,750,000

5,984,000

6,640,000

10.96%

Slovakia

4,519,000

4,553,000

4,601,000

4,892,000

6.32%

Slovenia

1,612,609

1,636,250

1,449,643

1,699,975

17.27%

Center Telecom and SkyLink sign cooperation deal

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Center Telecom and SkyLink have signed a general cooperation agreement for the development and implementation of a joint programme in Russia’s Central Federal District.

Telekom Slovenije Group Executive Officer quits

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Due to a conflict of views on the development of the Telekom Slovenije Group and the future of group companies Igor Marinsek has resigned his post as Executive Officer at operator Mobitel.

Comstar complete multiservice network

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Comstar has its completed construction of a multiservice IP MPLS-based network in Engels, Saratov.
The construction and commissioning of the network in Engels was done by a daughter company of Comstar in Saratov, Konversiya Svyaz.

MTS offering free antivirus

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MTS have signed an agreement with Kaspersky Lab. to provide its subscribers with Kaspersky Mobile Antivirus free of charge for their Pocket PCs and smartphones.
MTS has posted the application on the company’s WAP site and subcribers may download it for free, although they will have to pay for the traffic.
Each subscriber receives an unlimited license […]

Altimo suing Telenor for USD 1 billion

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Russia’s Altimo has filed a claim against Norway’s Telenor for USD 1 billion in damages with an international arbitration tribunal in Geneva. This claim is for alleged breached by Telenor of a Shareholders Agreement relating to Russian mobile company VimpelCom signed by Eco and Telenor to ensure fair and effective management of the assets of […]