Articles tagged with: Moscow and Euroset
Arrest Warrent Issued for Russian Phone Millionaire
Russian oligarch, and co-founder of the huge Euroset mobile phone retailer has fled the country and arrived in the UK, following allegations of kidnapping and phone smuggling. According to the Guardian newspaper, the Russian police have now issued an international warrant for Chichvarkin's arrest. more
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Russian Police Arrest Phone Retail Staff over Smuggling Allegations
Russia's dominant mobile phone retailer, Euroset says that it will vigorously defend allegations of phone smuggling and an alleged kidnapping by one of its employees. Investigators at the Russian Prosecutor General's Office detained two suspects, both apparently employees of the company. more
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Samsung, LG open warehouses for cell phones in Russia"
moscow, Oct 26 (Prime-Tass) -- South Korean consumer electronics producers Samsung and LG have opened their own Russian warehouses for mobile handset storage, a source said, Vedomosti business daily reported. more
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Chairman says Euroset may make IPO in 2007 or 2008
moscow, Sep 27 (Prime-Tass) -- Russia?s largest mobile handset retailer Euroset may make an initial public offering (IPO) in June-August 2007 or in March-May 2008, the company's Chairman Yevgeny Chichvarkin told a news conference Wednesday. more
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Russian authorities return some of seized handsets to Euroset
moscow, Aug 24 (Prime-Tass) -- Russian authorities have returned to Russia's largest mobile handset retailer Euroset 117,500 Motorola mobile handsets seized by police in March, Motorola, a U.S. producer of telecommunications equipment, said Thursday. more
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FOCUS: MVNOs fail to advance in market dominated by major operators
moscow, May 29 (Prime-Tass) -- Mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs), which have become widespread in Europe, are unlikely to make inroads on the Russian market in the near future due to the lack of the necessary regulations for virtual operators, the absence of operational niches and the unwillingness of traditional mobile operators to provide the newcomers with network capacities, analysts said. more
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Russian prosecutors open criminal case on Euroset's cellphone imports
moscow, April 14 (Prime-Tass) -- moscow regional prosecutors' office has opened a criminal case in connection with an illegally imported batch of mobile handsets that belonged to Euroset, the largest Russian mobile handset retailer said in a statement Friday. more
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Russia's Euroset says police seize 167,500 handsets, cites violations"
moscow, Mar 31 (Prime-Tass) -- Russian police have seized 167,500 mobile handsets worth 530 million rubles from Russia?s largest mobile handset retailer Euroset, Euroset said in a statement Friday. more
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FOCUS: Sales of cell phones in Russia seen slowing down in 2006
moscow, Mar 9 (Prime-Tass) -- In all likelihood, 2005 was the last boom year for mobile handset sales in Russia. The government crackdown on illegal imports of handsets and lower demand are likely to result in slower sales although the average price of phones is likely to increase, analysts said. more
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