Russian fixed-line telco Center Telecom, part of the state-backed Svyazinvest group, has posted a 28.9 percent year-on-year increase in net income to RUB 2.43 billion (USD 97 million) in the first six months of 2008, on revenues that increased by 3.84 percent to RUB 16.94 billion, compared to RUB 16.31 billion in the [...]
Vodafone CR has purchased wireless broadband Internet firm BroadNet for an undisclosed fee from Comcast Corporation of the US. Vodafone intends to absorb BroadNet’s products and services into its own portfolio.
BroadNet has focused on building its own wireless network infrastructure and is not dependent on national incumbent Telefonica O2 CR. It offers [...]
The government of Macedonia is looking to licence three more firms to offer 3G mobile services in the country so as to liberalise the market and stimulate competition. The Ministry of Transport says the tender process for the 3G awards will be prepared in the coming months with starting prices for each concession [...]
Belarus’ second largest mobile operator by subscribers Mobile Digital Communications (Velcom) added a net 169,000 new subscribers in the second quarter of 2008 raising its base to 3.369 million by the end of June.
The operator, a subsidiary of Telekom Austria Group, contributed revenues of EUR 71.1 million (USD 103.4 million) and EBITDA [...]
Telekom Slovenije, a state-controlled Slovenian telecommunications firm, has agreed to buy a cable TV operator called Netkom in the Serb-dominated part of Bosnian-Herzegovina for EUR 1.3 million (USD 1.9 million), the company said on Tuesday.
The purchase of cable-firm Netkom will help Telekom Slovenije offer consumer Internet services, including telephone and multimedia, and [...]
Russia’s second largest cellular operator by subscribers, VimpelCom, has reportedly launched its first 3G services.
Networks have been switched on in the cities of St. Petersburg, Nizhny Novgorod, Samara and Chelyabinsk according to a report from Bloomberg, with around 40 cities expected to be covered by the end of this year.
VimpelCom is one [...]
Albania’s Minister of Telecommunications Sokol Olldashi has announced that the country’s three mobile network operators will have reduced their tariffs by 20 percent by October. The reduction follows a decision by the Telecommunication Regulation Agency (ERT) which lowers interconnection rates between mobile operators.
The Minister also announced the opening of an international tender [...]
Albanian Mobile Communications, an Albania mobile provider and Cosmote group company, registered a total of 1.3 million customers at the end of the second quarter, up 17.3 percent from 1.09 million customers one year earlier (as shown below). AMC reported net additions of 56,886 customers in the second quarter.
Revenue increased 12.6 [...]
Samsung and Russian telecommunications operator Scartel have launched a mobile WiMAX network to users in Russia. Scartel has deployed the networks in 2.5-2.7 GHz frequency in Moscow and St. Petersburg with population coverage of 20 million people and plans to expand the network to other cities this year.
For this, Samsung is providing [...]
The National Agency for regulation in the field of electronic communications and information technology (NAREKIT) in Moldova issued the first license for providing 3G communication services to operator Orange Moldova (a France Telecom subsidiary).
Under the terms of the licence Orange’s 3G network must cover the Chisinau and the Balti region by [...]