Cell phones in Russia
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Khanty-Mansiysk ruling Against Telenor cancelled by Omsk Court The Eighth Arbitrazh Appellate Court in Omsk in Siberia has cancelled the US$2.8 billion judgment issued against Telenor last August in Khanty-Mansiysk. The Omsk court said it will reconsider the case from the beginning on 19 February at 10 am....Russia's Penetration Over 125% and No Sign of Stopping The Russian market surpassed 125% penetration during Q3 to finish the quarter on 126.9%, but growth showed no sign of slowing: in fact, the annual growth figure of 14.5% was up 0.7pp compared to the prior twelve-month period....UK Airline Tests SMS Service on London-Moscow Flights UK based airline, BMI has announced that it is to start trials of in-flight text messaging from mobile phones on flights between London and Moscow. ...Russian Mobile Ad Agency Trademarks the Emoticon ;( Oleg Teterin, president of the mobile ad agency, Superfone has secured a trademark on the emoticon (or smilie) within Russia and plans to try and enforce his rights against large companies. ...Painful Slide In Global Economy Puts Hurt On Carrier VimpelCom Hammered by the falling value of Russia's currency, wireless firm VimpelCom aims to battle the global financial crisis by slashing capital spending....Phone numbers presented in Politkovskaya trial Defense lawyers in the trial of three men charged in the killing of Russian investigative reporter Anna Politkovskaya said Monday that prosecutors' evidence is insufficient. Prosecutors called two friends of the accused Monday who gave evidence about cell phones the suspects allegedly used to call each other on the day of the Kremlin critic's killing....MTS Expands Russian 3G Coverage Russia's Mobile TeleSystems (MTS) says that it has launched 3G networks in Chelyabinsk and Irkutsk, bringing the total count of cities covered to ten....Tele2 Buys Mobile Network in Kaliningrad Tele2 says that it has acquired Digital Expansion's mobile network in the region of Kaliningrad for approximately SEK150 million (US$18.8 million) on a debt free basis. ...Fitch Revises Russia's MTS Debt Ratings Outlook to Negative Fitch Ratings has affirmed Russia-based Mobile TeleSystems's (MTS) Long-term Issuer Default rating (IDR) at 'BB+'. The Outlooks for the Long-term IDR and National Long-term rating have been revised to Negative from Stable....Omsk Court Postpones Hearing of Telenor's Appeal in Farimex Case The Eighth Arbitrazh Appellate Court in Omsk in Siberia has postponed until 12 December 2008 the hearing of Telenor's appeal of the US$2.8 billion judgment issued against the Norwegian company last August in Khanty-Mansiysk.... |