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Latest Telecoms News from Belarus
Belarus Awards 3G Radio Spectrum to Operators
Two of Belarus' network operators are to be granted 3G radio spectrum, the local official news agency reported....
Related Tags: mts, velcom, 3g-license, security, radio
Belarus Company Develops Radiation Shielded Clothing
A clothing company in the East-European country of Belarus is reported to have developed a range of school uniforms that come with a radiation shielded pocket for children to carry their mobile phone in. ...
Related Tags: levi-strauss, radiation-shield
ZTE Wins 3G Contract in Belarus
China's ZTE has won a contract to build a 3G network in Belarus for the Byelorussian Telecommunication Network (BeST). The UMTS network will serve mobile service operator life:), the trading name for BeST....
Related Tags: zte, byelorussian-telecommunication-network, turkcell, 3g, umts, telekom
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. ...
Related Tags: telekom-austria-group, velcom, telekom-austria, telekom
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....
Related Tags: telekom-austria, cdma-450, belcel, velcom, telekom-austria-group, telekom, ev-do
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....
Related Tags: prepay, sim, eu, apple, tim, mts, ovi, billing, sicap
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....
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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....
Related Tags: capex, turkcell, telekom-austria, 3, telekom
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....
Related Tags: 3g-license, mts, turkcell, 3g-licenses