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Ericsson Nikola Tesla score big deal

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Ericsson Nikola Tesla, the Croatian telecoms equipment manufacturer, has signed deals worth a total HRK 45.6 million (EUR 6.3 million) for the supply of equipment to companies from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).

VimpelCom launch first BlackBerry service

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VimpelCom has become the first cellco in Russia to launch BlackBerry services. The mobile operator announced its first contract for the service with the Russian unit of British American Tobacco, according to Reuters.

Netia’s Chairman resigns

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Wojciech Sobieraj, Chairman and member of the supervisory board at Polish operator Netia, has resigned from his position.
Sobieraj states that his decision is generated by the excessive scope of his professional activities, which would not allow him to dedicate sufficient time to the proper performance of his duties as chairman. The resignation is effective from [...]

Baltic Mobile Subscriber Stats: 4Q 2007

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Blycroft’s Mobile Network Subsriber Statistics for the Baltic Region covers 3 countries and 8,708,487 subscribers:

Subex land deal with Fintur Group

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Subex have signed a contract with the Fintur Group to deliver their fraud management systems to all Fintur’s group companies across Eastern Europe and Central Asia. This project will be integrated by Gantek Technologies.
Gantek acts as the turnkey solution provider for the whole deployment. The deployments will initially start with Moldcell (Moldova), Geocell (Georgia), Azercell [...]

Azeronline warn of upgrade disruptions

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Azeri ISP Azeronline Ltd. has warned its subscribers of the possible short-duration failure on incoming calls from 11 to 13 April. “This is due to work being upgraded,” Azeronline said.

OTE 100 percent own Cosmote

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Greece’s largest telecom company OTE now owns 100 percent of mobile phone unit Cosmote shares after the conclusion of the squeeze-out period in a tender for minorities we previously reported on.
Cosmote, Greece’s largest mobile phone operator; and an operator in Albania, Bulgaria, Macedonia and Romania, among others; delisted from the Athens stock exchange on 1 [...]

Turkcell vying to make BeST bid

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Turkey’s leading cellco Turkcell TCELL.IS said today (11 April) that it has decided to bid for state-owned Belarussian mobile operator BeST as it seeks to expand its reach in the region.
Turkcell said in a statement: “Our company has decided to begin works to make a bid to shareholders to buy a majority stake in Belarussian [...]

MagtiCom to invest in mobile broadband

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MagtiCom, Georgia’s second largest cellphone operator, is to spend tens of millions of dollars launching high-speed mobile broadband services by the end of 2008, the company’s CEO David Lee told media.