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Articles tagged with: GSM Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan Operator Commissions 3,500th Base Station
Kazakhstan based mobile network operator, Kcell says that it has commissioned its 3,500th base station - expanding its coverage to all villages with a population of more than 5000 people and in 85% of villages with a population of more than 2000 people. At the moment Kcell has the largest coverage area of its network including almost 2000 cities and villages all over the country. more
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KazakhTelecom to Sell Mobile Network Subsidiary
Kazakhstan's dominant landline operator, KazakhTelecom has announced plans to sell its 51% stake in its mobile phone network subsidiary, Mobile Telecom-Service. KazakhTelecom has appointed RBS Corporate Finance as its financial adviser, and is seeking outside investors to take the stake. more
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Kazakhstan - Chance of 100% by the end of the year
The penetration rate in the Kazakh mobile market is rapidly catching up with that in Russia, with another 6pp being added in Q2 08. At the end of June the total reached 89%, almost 30pp up on the rate recorded 12 months earlier. In absolute terms this translated to a total connection base of 13.65m at the end of the second quarter, up 0.93m from 12.72m at the end of the first. more
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Kazakhstan - K'CELL Consolidates Lead as Penetration Reaches 83%
The number of mobile connections in Kazakhstan reached 12.7m at the end of Q1 08, an increase of 4.7m or 58.3% year on year. Although this is slightly below the annual growth rates recorded in Q3 (72.1%) and Q4 07 (69.2%), it is nonetheless an impressive figure, and it is a considerable increase on the 40.0% recorded in the prior twelve months. Penetration reached 83.1% at the end of the quarter, by far the highest rate in Central Asia. more
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Kazakhtelecom launches own GSM mobile operator
ASTANA, Feb 15 (Prime-Tass) -- Kazakhstan's national fixed-line telecommunications operator Kazakhtelecom launched its own GSM mobile operator on Wednesday, Sauat Mynbayev, chairman of Samruk holding, told Prime-Tass Thursday. more
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Kazakhtelecom to launch GSM network in early 2007
ASTANA, Nov 9 (Prime-Tass) -- Kazakhstan's national fixed-line telecommunications operator Kazakhtelecom plans launch a GSM mobile network in early 2007, Beibit Akhabayev, an executive with Samruk holding, said during a news conference late Wednesday. more
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FOCUS: Kazakhtelecom may get GSM license, remain state-owned"
MOSCOW, Apr 5 (Prime-Tass) -- Kazakhtelecom, the key fixed-line operator in Kazakhstan, is increasingly looking to diversify its activities and get a GSM license this year, but the government may not be interested in the privatization of a major cash cow although a lot depends on the will of the ruling clan headed by President Nursultan Nazarbayev. more
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GSM Kazakhstan mobile operator sees 2006 investment flat on yr
ALMATY, April 3 (Prime-Tass) -- Kazakhstan?s leading mobile operator GSM Kazakhstan plans to invest at least U.S. $140 million in 2006, flat on the year, the company's CEO Serdar Canogullari told a news conference Monday. more
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Official sees Kazakh mobile user base doubling by 2009
MOSCOW, Feb 28 (Prime-Tass) -- The mobile service subscriber base in Kazakhstan is expected to increase to 7.5 million users in 2008 from 3.8 million users as of now, Rizat Nurshabekov, deputy director of Kazakhstan?s IT and communications agency, told Prime-Tass Tuesday. more
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PM says Kazakh govt to auction GSM 1800 frequency license 2006
ASTANA, Nov 7 (Prime-Tass) -- The Kazakh government plans to hold a tender for a GSM 1800 frequency license in 2006, Kazakh Prime Minister Daniyal Akhmetov said at a joint meeting of the country's two houses of parliament Monday. more
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