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Archive for April, 2008

O2 challenge decision

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Telefonica O2 Czech Republic announced on Monday that it will challenge an earlier decision from a lower Czech court in the Country’s constitutional court over repossession of property in a long-running dispute with the local unit of T-Mobile.

Azercell launch new tariff info service

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Azercell Telecom, the largest cellco in Azerbaijan, offered its clients a new service called 1005CELL enabling all its prepaid subscribers to get information on the current status of their numbers, the company reported.

Russian Mobile Subscriber Stats: 4Q 2007

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Blycroft’s Mobile Network Subsriber Statistics for Russia covers 8 companies and 157,839,452 subscribers:
Russian Mobile Subscribers by Operator:

VimpelCom to raise bonds

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Open Joint Stock Company Vimpel-Communications announced its intent to raise, subject to market and other conditions, debt financing by the issuance of notes in the international bond markets. The terms of the notes, including aggregate principal amount, interest rate and maturity date, have yet to be determined. The Company intends to use the net [...]

Turkmenistan to get GPRS and WiMAX

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MTS has become the first private Internet provider in Turkmenistan by launching GPRS and WiMAX services; they must still however comply with the strict local rules of Internet traffic monitoring.

Telenor sued again

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Telenor’s Russian unit is once again being sued over the Kyivstar debacle, this time for USD 3.8 billion in a Siberian court by a minority shareholder in Vimpelcom. The claim is very similar to the USD 1 billion claim made by Russia’s Alfa Group in March.

Bulgartel rolling out Infinera’s network

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Bulgarian teleco Bulgartel has selected the Infinera Digital Optical Networking system for a nationwide Bulgarian optical network. The new network will enable Bulgartel to provide greater capacity and new services to its customers within Bulgaria and to customers requiring international connectivity, as Bulgaria becomes an increasingly important hub for international communications. System integrator [...]

France Telecom admit interest in TeliaSonera

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France Telecom has said it has taken ‘exploratory steps’ to pursue its interest in Nordic operator TeliaSonera and sought to explain a renewed interest in large-scale mergers and acquisitions that has sent its share price plunging.

Google say no to data rention cuts

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Google has rejected calls from the EU in Article 29 Data Protection Working Party which wants online search providers to cut data retention limits from 18 months to just 6.

Azercell network down due to improvements

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Subscribers of Azercell Telecom suffered from planned failures attributed to the improvement of quality of network, which they were warned of previously, yesterday and today (17-18 April). The company carried out such works in order to improve the quality of the network.