Industry Developments

Although four LTE licences will be up for grabs in Russia, BMI believes that Sweden's Tele2 will not be one of the winners, which would leave the firm with a bleak long-term outlook... 2012-05-31

Turkmenistan's subscribers may see competition return to the mobile market within three-four months as Russian mobile operator MTS prepares to resume operations. The mobile market was... 2012-05-23

Local daily Poslovni Dnevnik reported that Croatia is likely to rescind its mobile tax in June 2012, according to sources from the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Maritime Affairs,... 2012-05-22

Russia's four largest telecoms operators MTS, VimpelCom, MegaFon and Rostelecom will partner to build an 8Tbps submarine cable to connect Russia's Far East region with Sakhalin Island.... 2012-05-21

Russia's Rostelecom announced in mid-May that it has revamped its IPTV service and it aims to capture 500,000 new subscribers by end-2012 to bring its total to 1.4mn. One of the key... 2012-05-17

Incumbent operator Slovak Telekom has stated that it 'emphatically disagrees' with the preliminary findings of the European Commission's statement of objections, which alleges it abused... 2012-05-10

Romania's regulator ANCOM has published a set of regulatory guidelines to facilitate the entrance of MVNOs into the market. The document outlines the necessity of efficient economic... 2012-05-09

Mobile markets in Europe are among the most developed in the world as a result of technological innovation, technophile consumer bases and a proactive regulatory matrix operating at... 2012-05-04

In late April 2012, leading Russian cable operator ER-Telecom secured six-year, RUB6.5bn of financing from Sberbank. The financing is needed to fund ER-Telecom's aggressive strategy... 2012-05-02

In the Szell Kalman Plan 2.0, Hungary's budget for addressing its deficit, the government announced proposals for new usage-based taxes on the telecommunications sector. BMI believes... 2012-05-01