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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%