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As we have reported Armenia is holding a tender for a third GSM licence at some time during this year and according to local newspaper Panorama the tender details are still being confirmed, but will include spectrum in both the GSM900 and GSM1800 bands.
They also cite rumours results will indeed be announced in August [...]
Alexander Isaev, the General Director at Rostelecom, told Interfax that his company is targeting 2008 revenue of about RUB 38 billion according to IFRS accounting standards.
Isaev said, “Under IFRS, where the revenue of the parent company and all the subsidiaries are consolidated, we plan revenue from core operations at about RUB 38 billion”. He added [...]
Not content with simply predicting mobile subscriber numbers, the Belarusian Government has announced its forecasts of the number of broadband Internet users.
Vodafone RO have bought Proton Technologies, a large mobile phone retailer in the country with 73 stores, most of which are in Moldavia. Previously Proton Technologies had been a major retailer for Orange, Vodafone’s largest competition, but Proton will stop selling Orange services within the next few weeks.
Subscriber figures for the 12 countries of South Central Europe for the past 2 years:
1Q06
2Q06
3Q06
4Q06
Q-on-Q Growth
Albania
1,599,524
1,640,466
1,768,965
1,909,279
7.93%
Bulgaria
6,555,710
6,923,277
7,417,799
8,188,778
10.39%
Croatia
3,661,900
3,733,100
4,105,600
4,412,300
7.47%
Czech Republic
11,589,000
11,733,200
11,870,700
12,277,500
3.43%
Hungary
9,224,206
9,250,123
9,337,723
9,718,136
4.07%
Macedonia
1,291,190
1,323,642
1,376,315
1,417,530
2.99%
Moldova
1,081,000
1,136,000
1,226,000
1,322,000
7.83%
Montenegro
527,037
591,546
634,510
696,616
9.79%
Romania
13,766,521
14,478,619
15,317,685
16,985,603
10.89%
Serbia
5,250,000
5,750,000
5,984,000
6,640,000
10.96%
Slovakia
4,519,000
4,553,000
4,601,000
4,892,000
6.32%
Slovenia
1,612,609
1,636,250
1,449,643
1,699,975
17.27%
Center Telecom and SkyLink have signed a general cooperation agreement for the development and implementation of a joint programme in Russia’s Central Federal District.
Due to a conflict of views on the development of the Telekom Slovenije Group and the future of group companies Igor Marinsek has resigned his post as Executive Officer at operator Mobitel.
Comstar has its completed construction of a multiservice IP MPLS-based network in Engels, Saratov.
The construction and commissioning of the network in Engels was done by a daughter company of Comstar in Saratov, Konversiya Svyaz.
MTS have signed an agreement with Kaspersky Lab. to provide its subscribers with Kaspersky Mobile Antivirus free of charge for their Pocket PCs and smartphones.
MTS has posted the application on the company’s WAP site and subcribers may download it for free, although they will have to pay for the traffic.
Each subscriber receives an unlimited license [...]
Russia’s Altimo has filed a claim against Norway’s Telenor for USD 1 billion in damages with an international arbitration tribunal in Geneva. This claim is for alleged breached by Telenor of a Shareholders Agreement relating to Russian mobile company VimpelCom signed by Eco and Telenor to ensure fair and effective management of the assets of [...]