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Bosnia & Herzegovina’s three cellcos, BH Telecom, HT Mostar and Telekom Srpske, are all preparing for the introduction of 3G services, with commercial services expected to be launched by the end of 2008 by BH Telecom, which is apparently further through roll out than the other two companies.
Under regulations issued by the Council [...]
Serbian telco Telekom Srbija are set to launch an IPTV service on 15 October, reports local news portal Tanjug.
According to Vladimir Lucic the service will be offered to the telco’s ADSL customers free of charge during a promotional period lasting until the start of December, offering 80 domestic and foreign channels. This [...]
Uzbek cellco and TeliaSonera subsidiary Ucell have used Nokia Siemens Networks’ (NSN) services to launch a trial W-CDMA/HSPA network in Tashkent and Samarkand.
The NSN solution allows for theoretical download speeds of up to 7.2Mbps and upload speeds of 1.4Mbps, enabling services such as video calling, mobile TV, video on demand and high [...]
Telekom Slovenije is interested in tabling a bid for state-owned BH Telecom, according to comments from Telekom Slovenije chairman Borjan Dremelj.
Telekom Slovenije has already invested in companies in Bosnia & Herzegovina, including ISP Blic.Net and Aneks, a firm providing fixed-line services alongside network development and system integration. The Slovenian company merged [...]
Russia launched a Proton-M satellite at its Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Saturday for Telesat Canada reports the Russian news agency RIA-Novosti reported.
The 4,850-kilogramme (10,670-pound) Nimiq-4 satellite, constructed by EADS Astrium, was launched for to improve the quality of television broadcasts across Canada during its 15-year expected lifespan, the news agency [...]
The CDMA Development Group (CDG) announced today that CDMA450 is rapidly expanding across all regions, thanks to its ease of deployment, affordability and designation by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) as an IMT-2000 3G service.
The reports mentions Russia as a prime example of CDMA450 development where up to 34 operators seek [...]
The Europeon Union has declared telecommunications regulators in Lithuania and Latvia (as well as Sweden) too weak and not independent enough and has opened legal proceedings against the three countries.
“National regulatory authorities are the backbone of the E.U. telecoms rules and are therefore central to fair regulation in our single telecoms market,” [...]
The following charts the growth in subscribership in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia over the past 2 years.
Armenia’s subscribers figures 3Q06-2Q08:
VivaCell and ArmenTel are owned by the two largest cellcos in Russia, MTS and VimpelCom respectively, although two years ago they had around the same number of subscribers, since then VivaCell has grown [...]
Poland will not sell its remaining stake in former fixed line incumbent TP Group during the company’s current share buyback programme, preferring to wait until 2009 instead, reports Reuters. Treasury Minister Aleksander Grad was quoted pn the matter, saying: “We are interested in receiving a premium and such a scheme (share buyback) prevents it.”
Poland said earlier it [...]
Telekom Srbija’s wireless arm MTS has selected Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) for the extension of its 2G and 3G networks. Vladimir Lucic of Telekom Srbija said: “Over the years, Nokia Siemens Networks has proved to be a strong, competent and most reliable partner for us. They understand our needs and provide [...]