Russia
Industry
Sweden's Tele2, which has operations across Europe, has sold its operations in Russia to the country's second largest bank VTB Group, for around US$3.6bn. Although BMI had long believed...
2013-03-28Industry
South Africa-based internet media and commerce specialist Naspers has agreed to transfer its two Russian online classified sales businesses to rival Avito.ru in return for an 18.6%...
2013-03-12Industry
Russia's communications authorities are planning to migrate mobile network operators' 1800MHz licences to a technology-neutral footing, according to local media reports. If taken forward,...
2013-03-07Industry
Ericsson has won a five-year managed services contract from Russian telecoms operator VimpelCom to cover 41 locations in Siberia and the Urals. Managed services contracts have gained...
2013-02-15Industry
Russian long-distance telecoms operator TransTeleCom (TTK) has announced that the number of subscribers using its broadband service surpassed 1mn at end-2012.
2013-02-08Industry
Deutsche Telekom may invest in Wi-Fi operator Fon as part of a broader strategy to divert rising volumes of data traffic off its core mobile networks and thus reduce bottlenecks and...
2013-01-28Industry
MegaFon, Russia's third largest mobile network operator in terms of subscriber numbers, has reported a strong set of financial and operational results for the third quarter and nine-month...
2012-11-09Industry
Microsoft and MTS have announced a partnership to promote the new range of Windows 8 smartphones, notebooks and tablets. Microsoft is looking to utilise MTS' extensive customer relationships...
2012-11-07
