Articles tagged with: Moscow
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
Related Tags: intel, mobile-wimax, sitronics, nortel, comstar, 802.16e, base-stations, airspan-networks, ieee, Russia
Virgin Group Launches WiMAX Network in Russia
Richard Branson's Virgin Group has launched a WiMAX network covering 20 cities in Russia - through an agreement with Swiss based telecoms investors, Trivon. The WiMAX network will be branded as Virgin Connect. more
Related Tags: Russia
Russian CDMA Operator to Offer Hosted BREW Services
Russian CDMA operator, Sky Link is to commercially launch BREW wireless data services in 31 regions of the Russian Federation, as well as in countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and Eastern Europe, including Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia. Under the terms of the agreement, Sky Link will not only deliver BREW services to subscribers within its network of licensed territories, but also host BREW services on behalf of regional operators to deliver advanced mobile content to millions of people. more
Related Tags: roaming, cdma450, cdma2000, ev-do, Russia
VimpelCom Gets GSM License Extension
Russia's VimpelCom has announced that its licenses for GSM 900/1800 mobile radio telephony communications in 50 regions of the Russian Federation have been extended by issuance of new licenses. The licenses have been extended pursuant to the Federal Law On Communications and on the basis of order of the Federal Service for Supervision over Mass Communications, Telecommunication and Protection of Cultural Heritage of December 6, 2007. more
Related Tags: vimpelcom, volga, Russia
Russian Military to Permit 3G Services in Moscow
Russia's Defense Ministry has agreed to allow 3G frequencies to be used in the moscow region - finally permitting the launch of 3G services by the end of this year. The Ministry had blocked the launch of 3G services as it used some of the frequencies for its own missile warning system. more
Related Tags: megafon, mts, vimpelcom, Russia
Glu Buys 3D Mobile Games Developer
Mobile games developer, Glu Mobile says that it is to buy rival Superscape for approximately $36 million. The acquisition of Superscape will considerably expand Glu's US presence and add significant development and publishing capabilities to Glu's existing resources. more
Related Tags: verizon-wireless, alltel, mobile-games, glu-mobile
Russia is One of the Worlds Top-5 WiMAX Opportunities
According to a new report from the market research and industry analysis firm Maravedis, the Russian Federation remains among the world's top five Wireless Broadband opportunities. The Russian economy is flourishing. GDP per capita has risen from $4000 in 1999 to $12,000 in 2006 . The demand in telecom services is rapidly outpacing the capacity of legacy infrastructure. Even now, investment in telecom is mostly coming into large cities, still leaving many places without coverage. more
Related Tags: mms, mobile-email, mobile-wimax, maravedis, alfa, sistema, bwa, enforta, Russia
Boingo Secures Wi-Fi Roaming in Moscow
The Wi-Fi aggregator, Boingo Wireless says that it has signed a roaming agreement with Golden Telecom, to include the Golden Wi-Fi network in moscow officially recognized as the world's largest metropolitan Wi-Fi network. The addition of Golden Telecom's Wi-Fi network marks Boingo's first expansion into Russia. The metropolitan Wi-Fi network gives Boingo blanket coverage of moscow through more than 7,500 Wi-Fi access points integrated into a single network. more
Telenor: Russia Court Undermines Minority Shareholder Rights
STOCKHOLM -(Dow Jones)- Telenor Tuesday said the Presidium of the Supreme Arbitration Court of the Russian Federation has dismissed Telenor's claim seeking to invalidate the Sept. 14, 2005 VimpelCom shareholders meeting that purported to approve VimpelCom's acquisition of Ukrainian Radio Systems. more
Related Tags: alfa, telenor, vimpelcom
Nokia Siemens Building 3G Network in Moscow
Russia's Mobile Telesystems (MTS) and Nokia Siemens Networks announced today their cooperation in building a turnkey 3G network in the moscow region. more
Related Tags: core-network, mts, wcdma, nokia-siemens-networks, mobile-telesystems, network-management
