Articles tagged with: Moscow and Ict

Russian Court Refuses to Delay Vimpelcom Shares Seizure

A court in Russia has refused to delay the seizure of the 29.9 percent stake in local telco, Vimpelcom that is owned by Norway's Telenor. Earlier this month, a Russian bailiff working with Farimex, an obscure firm with just 0.002 percent stake in Vimpelcom had arrested Telenor's shares in Vimpelcom by serving an arrest order on the National Registry Company, Vimpelcom's moscow share registrar.  more

Related Tags: itu, alfa, telenor, vimpelcom, farimex, Russia

Alfa Held in Contempt by US Court - Telenor's VimpelCom Shares Arrested in Russia

Telenor has issued a statement announcing that a US federal court in New York yesterday held four Alfa Group companies in contempt for the second time for their failure to comply with the court's orders confirming the Kyivstar arbitration award. Shortly after the hearing ended, Telenor heard rumours that a Russian bailiff acting on behalf of Farimex Product, had arrested all of Telenor's shares in Russian mobile operator VimpelCom. This was confirmed this morning.  more

Related Tags: sim, eu, alfa, telenor, turkcell, alfa-group, vimpelcom, farimex, kyivstar, altimo, storm, new-york, Russia

Cisco Powers Mobile WiMAX Network in Moscow and St. Petersburg

Russia's Scartel (trading as Yota) has launched a Mobile WiMAX network within the Sadovoye Ring in moscow and at the Vassilyevsky Island and Petrogradsky District in St. Petersburg. The entire Yota core transport network is powered by Cisco service provider technologies.  more

Related Tags: wimax, mobile-wimax, cisco, core-network, yota, interoperability, 4g, Russia