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Beeline launch April fool’s competition

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Beeline, VimpelCom’s federal cellco, and news portal ‘Newslab.ru’ launched a joint contest for funny MMS ‘Laughter in Focus’ in Krasnoyarsk on April Fool’s Day, 1 April.
Any subscriber can send their humorous photos taken with their mobile to phone number 0001, prefaced with his or her first name and surname. The contest photos will be posted [...]

Summa’s law suit refused

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The ninth Arbitration Court of Appeal has refused the claim of the Federal Supervisory Service on Communication, Mass Media and Culture Protection (Rossvyazohrankultura) against the adjudication of the district court to impose interlocutory injunctions regarding the Summa Telecom’s law suit.

MTS Ukraine sign up with iBasis

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iBasis, a KPN affiliate, today announced that MTS Ukraine, the second largest mobile operators in Ukraine, has interconnected with The iBasis Network for international voice services. The interconnection with iBasis enables MTS Ukraine to route its international mobile voice traffic over The iBasis Network and expands iBasis’ ability to complete mobile calls in the country.

Azercell striving forward with roaming agreements

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Azercell Telecom is continuing to increase the number of international MMS roaming partners, the company has reported that it has now put into operation an international MMS roaming service with O2 Telefonica mobile company of Slovakia.“At present Azercell provides MMS roaming service in 22 countries with 20 mobile communication operators,” said Azercell.
Azercell put in place [...]

France Telecom interested in BH Telecom

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France Telecom has expressed interest in the privatisation process for the telecom sector in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Local media reports are indicating that the Federation’s Transport and Communications Minister, Nail Seckanovic, informed FT representatives of the privatisation plan for BH Telecom and HT Mostar, which has yet to be voted on by [...]

Euroset to grow through acquisitions

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Euroset, a mobile phone and electronics retailer and MVNO on the SMARTS network, is considering the possibility of acquiring one of the largest Russian retailers, who remains as yet innominate, Alexey Chuikin, the company’s President, told RBC.

Azerfon investing USD 100 million

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Azerfon LLC (who operate the Nar Mobile network), the third largest cellco in Azerbaijan has signed a contract with Ericsson, under which it will invest USD 100 million in the economy of Azerbaijan.

PeterStar report 2007 figures

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Fixed-line operator PeterStar has reported its financial figures for 2007 with the following highlights:

Vodafone lose Polkomtel fight?

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Several Polish shareholders in wireless network operator Polkomtel have scored a legal victory in a long-running dispute with Vodafone, according to Reuters an arbitration panel ruled they can go ahead with increasing their combined stake.

Data spectrum tender beginning in Slovakia

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The Telecommunication Ministry in Slovakia launched a tender this Monday (31 March) for the country’s fourth telecoms network, they said in a statement.
The spectrum on offer is of the 870 MHz and suitable for data rather than voice transmission. The tender seeks an operator that will use the frequency predominantly for broadband wireless [...]