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Articles tagged with: Comstar
Russian Government May Buy Svyazinvest Stake
Russia's telecoms market faces a shake-up after further details emerged that could result in conglomerate, Sistema swapping a quarter of landline firm, Svyazinvest and half of CDMA operator, SkyLink for a 23% stake in Moscow landline operator, Moscow City Telephone Company (MGTS) along with the cancellation of debts of around US$826 million owed to Sberbank. more
Related Tags: svyazinvest, mts, vimpelcom, megafon, sistema, Russia
Svyazinvest Planning to Merge Russian Mobile Networks
Russia's Communications and Press Minister Igor Shchyogolev has confirmed that Svyazinvest is planning to merge its separate mobile network operator subsidiaries into a single company. The move is expected to make it easier for the state-controlled company to compete with the three main private networks who dominate the market. more
Related Tags: svyazinvest, mts, vimpelcom, megafon, sistema
Russia's MTS Gets Approval to Buy Landline Operator
Russia's Mobile TeleSystems (MTS) says that it has received approval from the Federal Anti-Monopoly Service (FAS) to acquire the Russian landline operator, comstar UTS, based on its application filed on May 22, 2009. more
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Comstar to Launch Moscow WiMAX Network in May
Russia's comstar has announced that the test phase of its mobile WiMAX network project has been completed, and the network will be fully launched from next week. A discounted tariff plan for internet access with the data transmission volume of 2 Gigabits will be offered for WiMAX test participants for a subscription fee of US$6 per month. more
Related Tags: moscow, wimax, nortel, Russia
Comstar Soft Launches WiMAX Network in Moscow
Russia's comstar has soft launched a wireless broadband network in Moscow, which is based on standard 802.16e WiMAX technology. The full commercial launch of the wireless network using the 2.5-2.7 GHz frequency range and based on Nortel technological solutions is expected to be implemented in the second quarter of 2009. more
Related Tags: wimax, mobile-wimax, rsa, nortel, moscow, unified-communications, 802.16e, wireless-broadband, Russia
Comstar Launches WiMAX Network in Armenia
Russia's United TeleSystems (comstar) says that it has launched its WiMAX network in Armenia and introduced the "comstar" brand in the local market. The creation and commercial launch of the wireless network using the 3.6-3.8 GHz frequency range was implemented by Cornet-AM, an Internet service provider in Armenia, and a part of comstar Group. more
Related Tags: base-station, wimax, cisco, airspan-networks, Armenia
Nortel Wins Moscow WiMAX Contract
Russia's comstar-United TeleSystems has chosen Nortel as the supplier for its WiMAX network in Moscow. The market for WiMAX in Russia is growing quickly with companies like comstar leveraging its speed, capacity, and cost-effectiveness to expand their businesses and address the demand for wireless broadband. Rethink Research Associates estimates that the number of WiMAX subscribers in Russia will grow to 1.7 million in 2010 and 4.3 million 2012. more
Related Tags: mobile-wimax, wimax-forum, nortel, base-stations, Russia
Nortel Providing WiMAX Kit for Moscow Network
Russia based comstar has selected Nortel equipment to develop the first mobile WiMAX network in Moscow. 160 base stations are expected to be built in Moscow by the end of 2008. The overall investments in the project are expected to amount to approximately US$20 million in 2008. more
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Comstar Completes Building First WiMAX Network in Armenia
Russia based, comstar has announced that its Armenian subsidiary, Cornet-AM, an Internet services provider has built the first mobile WiMAX network in the Republic of Armenia. The wireless broadband network, based on the 802.16e standard, consists of 24 base stations which are connected to each other via radio relay lines and rented telecommunications channels. Airspan Networks has provided network equipment. more
Related Tags: mobile-wimax, cisco, 802.16e, base-stations, airspan-networks, wireless-broadband, Armenia
Europe Telecom Giants Call the Shots Again as M&A Picks Up
As the global financial crisis nears its one-year anniversary, Europe's top telecom operators are rediscovering an appetite for deals and preparing to pounce on vulnerable rivals, armed with solid balance sheets and needled by a rising threat from newcomers like Google and Apple. more
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