Cell phones in Belarus
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Telekom Austria Quarterly Profit Drops by a Third Telekom Austria Group has seen a five percent drop in first-quarter revenues to US$1.6 billion primarily due to lower revenues in the landline division. Net profits dropped by 34% to US$116.2 million. ...Telekom Austria Group to Offer Mobile Broadband Services in Belarus The Telekom Austria Group has announced that Velcom, its Belarusian mobile subsidiary, will offer mobile broadband to its customers in cooperation with Belcel, a mobile communication service provider. The service will be based on CDMA 450/EV-DO Rev, a technology with data rates of up to 3.1 Mbit/s....MTS and Sicap Team up to Offer Dynamic SIM Services in Belarus Mobile network operator, MTS Belarus is to launch a SIM upgrade which will continuously display a PrePay customer's balance on their mobile phone display....Telekom Austria Mobile Subscriber Base Nudged 18 Million in 2008 Telekom Austria has reported that its mobile Communication customer base grew by 15.2% in 2008 from 15.4 million customers at the end of 2007 to 17.8 million customers at the end of 2008, with all mobile operations contributing to this subscriber growth....Telekom Austria Group Net Profit Down on Aquisition Costs Telekom Austria Group has reported that during the first half 2008, revenues grew by 7.7% to EUR 2,54 billion (US$3.7 billion) primarily due to the consolidation of Velcom in Belarus and to higher contributions from the other international operations....Turkcell Buys Controlling Stake in Belarus Mobile Operator Turkey's Turkcell has announced that it is buying an 80% stake in Belarusian Telecommunications Network (BeST) for US$500 million with a potential US$100 million when the company breaks into profit....Belarus Planning 3G License Auction It has been reported that Belarus is planning to award 3G licenses in the near future. The BBC Monitoring service, citing a report by the Belapan news agency said that new entrants to the market would be allowed to bid for the licenses....Turkey's largest mobile phone operator Turkcell is continuing with talks to acquire a controlling stake in Belorussian Telecommunication Network (Best) and aims to buy an 80% stake... MTS Belarus Launches Dynamic SIM Services In conjunction with Sicap and Giesecke & Devrient, Sitronics Smart Technologies has developed and delivered a DSTK (Dynamic Sim ToolKit) for deployment of a service platform by the mobile operator MTS-Belarus....Turkey's Turkcell has announced that it plans to bid in the forthcoming sale of state-owned Belarussian mobile operator BeST. Last year, Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko said that the government would sell the GSM network operator and is seeking bids of around US$500 million.... |
