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MTS and Rostelecom to share network infrastructure

February 23, 2012

MTS, a major Russian mobile operator, and Rostelecom, the national telecom operator, have agreed to share part of their network infrastructure, including towers (antenna masts) and optical fiber cables, reported Russian business daily Vedomosti. Rostelecom has the largest network infrastructure in Russia, extending about 500,000 km, or 310,685 miles, covering even remote and underdeveloped territories …

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Transtelecom acquires regional Internet provider Electro-Com

February 23, 2012

Transtelecom, or TTK, has purchased 100% of the shares of Electro-Com, an Internet provider working under the Spark brand, Telecom Daily reported earlier this week. The deal will reinforce TTK’s positions in the broadband Internet access markets of Rostov-on-Don, Ryazan, Taganrog, Volgodonsk, and Kaluga. It will also introduce TTK to the Tula, Krasnodar, Bryansk and …

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Yota to offer voice services countrywide

February 22, 2012

Scartel, the Russian WiMAX provider operating under the Yota brand, plans to offer voice services in the near future as a logical consequence of its switch to LTE. The company has just obtained a license for such services and another one to operate as an MVNO. Scartel is in discussions with Megafon, a major mobile operator, …

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Reiman’s Prostor Capital invests in video-focused Dulton

February 22, 2012

Prostor Capital, a fund co-created in 2011 by former Russian telecom minister Leonid Reiman, announced last week the investment of an undisclosed sum in Dulton Media. Focusing on online video solutions, Dulton is developing such projects as YaTV, a video broadcasting and video on demand service, and Eagle.Platform, a platform for creation and monetization of …

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Vkontakte.ru too “passive” with copyright infringement, says arbitration court

February 22, 2012

Last week, the St. Petersburg Arbitration Court offered long-awaited explanations about the decision it issued in January of last year regarding an alleged copyright infringement involving Vkontakte.ru, the leading social network in Russia. The Gala Records record label had accused Vkontakte of having illegally offered online copyrighted recordings by the Russian band ‘Infinity’. Vkontakte claimed …

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US cloud computing firm gets $7.5 million from VTB Capital

February 21, 2012

The invest abroad trend among Russian financial institutions was demonstrated again yesterday by a $7.5 million capital injection in Eccentex, a California-based cloud computing solutions provider for dynamic case management. The round of financing was led by VTB Capital, the investment arm of VTB Group, a leading Russian state-controlled financial group. Neither the terms of the …

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Poland’s InPost and Russia’s Qiwi launch postbox network for parcel delivery

February 20, 2012

InPost, a Polish operator of postboxes for parcel delivery, Qiwi, the famous Russian payment operator, and iTech Capital, a Russian venture fund, are deploying a network of self-pickup points to deliver parcels from distance selling and e-commerce companies. The network, named Qiwi Post, started operating in early February with 15 locations in Moscow, nearby malls, …

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GlobeCast Hot Bird 8 satellite to broadcast CTC-International

February 20, 2012

CTC Media, a leading Russian media company listed on the NASDAQ, announced last week an agreement with GlobeCast to broadcast the international Russian-language version of CTC, “CTC-International,” via GlobeCast’s Hot Bird 8 satellite. A subsidiary of France Telecom, GlobeCast is a global provider of content management and worldwide transmission services for professional broadcast delivery. Hot …

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Yandex e-currency enables fund transfers to Visa and MasterCard accounts

February 17, 2012

The users of Yandex.Dengi, which translates to Yandex.Money, can now transfer funds from their Yandex electronic currency accounts to any bank account with a Visa or MasterCard card. Funds can be transferred to the user’s own account or to any other account of their choice, the Russian search giant Yandex announced last week.

W3C opens representative office in Russia

February 16, 2012

W3C, the international consortium developing web standards, announced today the launch of its Russia Office in Moscow. The office is hosted by the Higher School of Economics (HSE), which will help W3C strengthen ties to both industry and research in Russia and abroad.

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