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Turk Telecom has placed a bid for the 78% stake held by the Kyrgyzstan government in national fixed-line operator Kyrgyztelecom, reports Reuters. In July 2008, Kyrgyzstan announced... 2008-08-28


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Vimpel Communications' (VimpelCom) subsidiary in Kazakhstan, KaR-Tel, has signed an agreement to assist in operating and managing the network of Sky Mobile, owner of the largest... 2008-04-18


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According to our recent report on the telecoms markets of Central Asia, BMI ranks Uzbekistan as by far the most attractive telecoms market for potential investors. Intense competition... 2007-06-15


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Russian mobile operator MTS has written off the US$150mn that it paid for Kyrgyzstan's Bitel in 2005. MTS has said that it will seek indemnities and has already filed a lawsuit against... 2007-03-08


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Like all incumbent fixed-line operators in Central Asia, Kyrgyztelecom is controlled by the government. The state directly holds a 77.84% stake in the monopoly operator, with a further... 2006-12-15


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The legal wrangling over Kyrgyzstan's leading mobile operator Bitel has taken a new turn, following an arbitration court ruling that three subsidiaries of Russian mobile company MTS... 2006-12-05


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The telecoms sector in Central Asia is of particular interest to BMI, and to Russia's largest operators. After a few years of spectacular growth earlier in the decade, the Russian... 2006-10-31


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Central Asia appears to be a land of opportunity for operators seeking to escape Europe's stagnating mobile markets. With an average mobile penetration rate of less than 12% in 2005,... 2006-09-25

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