Industry Developments

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

A key component of the ongoing strategy of Latvian incumbent operator Lattelecom has been to transform itself from a traditional supplier of fixed voice services to a fully integrated... 2007-06-14

With over 350,000 net additions since September 2006, Telenor can claim to have made a steady start in Serbia, where it acquired a network in July 2006, beating off competition... 2007-06-13

It appears that Uzbekistan's mobile market will soon mirror the appearance of Russia's - MTS already dominates with VimpelCom also strong, and it would seem that third-ranked... 2007-06-12

Ukraine's smallest mobile carrier Telesystems has announced that it will acquire fellow CDMA operator CST-Invest and operate under the PEOPLEnet brand. The acquisition should... 2007-06-11

Extending its business line to fixed networks in January 2007, Vodafone has announced that it will offer fixed-line connectivity to the internet using ADSL as a result of a contract... 2007-06-08

Russia's Supreme Arbitration Court has spoken and upheld VimpelCom's acquisition of Ukrainian mobile operator URS ruling out a motion by VimpelCom shareholder Telenor. By doing... 2007-06-06

Service revenues for Vodafone's Eastern Europe operations increased by 76% y-o-y during the first three months of 2007. This was very much led by the carrier's unit in Romania,... 2007-06-05

As a result of its recent acquisition of fellow alternative operator eTel for US$120mn, Telekom Austria unit Volný hopes to use its new-found strength to challenge the Czech... 2007-06-04

It is result season for Russia's two largest mobile operators, MTS and VimpelCom - what do they reveal? Results from the first quarter of 2007 show that increasing sales helped MTS... 2007-06-01