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Microsoft really just want any Internet portal

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Microsoft are reported to be looking at an Internet portal who say they aren’t for sale, not Yahoo, they’ve now moved on from that to the Czech Republic.
According to Czech economic daily Hospodarske noviny, Microsoft is interested in a new Internet portal, a Czech portal called Seznam.cz.

Orange Romania reach 10 million customers

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Orange Romania reported revenues of EUR 307 million in 1Q 2008, up by 8.4 percent year-on-year, and an ARPU of EUR 126.7.
By the end of March, the company had 10,009,975 customers, up 21 percent year-on-year. Wider coverage of the broadband network, redefined mobile data offers and the introduction of complete solutions for broadband Internet access [...]

Mobyland to launch in 2008’s second half

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Poland’s newest MNO, Mobyland, is preparing to launch services in the second half of this year. The company was awarded 1800 MHz spectrum last year and will start preparations for launch this month, when Mobyland will start recruiting staff, choose an equipment supplier and finalise negotiations to connect with the network of one of the [...]

T-Mobile and Cosmofon appeal price cuts

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T-Mobile and Cosmofon have appealed against the recent regulatory cuts to interconnection rates. The Macedonian Agency for Electronic Communications (AEK) forced T-Mobile and Cosmofon to reduce interconnection prices to mobile operator VIP by around 50 percent, however this regulation was not mutual and VIP can continue charging 50 percent higher rates to these companies. The [...]

Top 50 Operators by Subscribers

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The following lists the top 50 operators in Eastern Europe, Russia and the CIS, ranked by subscribers:

Country

Company - Operator

Subscribers 4Q07

1

Russia

MTS

57,430,000

2

Russia

VimpelCom - Beeline

42,221,252

3

Russia

TeliaSonera - MegaFon

35,656,000

4

Ukraine

Telenor - Kyivstar

23,604,000

5

Ukraine

MTS - UMC

20,004,000

6

Poland

France [...]

T-HT report drop in income

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T-Hrvatski Telekom (T-HT), Croatia’s incumbent telco controlled by Deutsche Telekom, has reported a 3.8 percent year-on-year drop in net income to HRK 548 million (USD 116 million) in the first three months of 2008, whilst EBITDA of HRK 927 million was 5.5 percent lower on an annual basis due to investments in its fixed broadband [...]

172 new telecentres for Romania

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ANRCTI, the telecoms regulator of Romania, has announced that AccessNet International, Rartel, National Radiocommunications Company and Vodafone Romania have won the tender for the installation of telecentres in 172 rural localities of Romania which currently have limited or no access to telephone and Internet services.

MT produce high favourable Q1 results

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Hungary’s leading telecommunications group Magyar Telekom released highly favourable first-quarter figures this month, with the following highlights:

Aperto’s PacketMAX station certified for Ukraine

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Aperto Networks, who build WiMAX base stations and subscriber units, announced today that its 5 GHz WiMAX solution has been certified for use in the Republic of Ukraine. This certification applies to their entire line of WiMAX Forum Certified PacketMAX base stations, including the PM 5000 macro base station and the PM 3000 micro base [...]

Turkcell release 1Q results

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Turkcell, a provider of mobile communications services with subsidiaries across Eastern Europe, today announced results for the first quarter ended 31 March 2008. All financial results in this press release are unaudited, prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (”IFRS”) and expressed in USD unless otherwise stated.
Highlights include: