Articles tagged with: Moscow and Mts
Russia's Mobile TeleSystems (MTS) has announced the launch of the first phase of its 3G network in moscow. The first indoor network was launched in Expocentre, one of the largest exhibition centers in Eastern Europe. more
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Russia's MTS Profits Down on Currency Losses - Delays Network Upgrades
Russia's Mobile TeleSystems (MTS) has reported a 21% drop in 3rd quarter net profits to US$515.6 million, which the company put down to currency losses on its US dollar debt. Consolidated revenues were up 27% y-o-y to US$2.8 billion due to subscriber additions, rising voice traffic and VAS adoption throughout the Group more
Related Tags: edge, capex, hspa, vas, mobile-telesystems, Russia
Russian Operator to Offer Vodafone Branded Services
Vodafone and Russia's Mobile TeleSystems (MTS) has announced a non-equity partnership to offer Vodafone branded services to MTS customers and to collaborate jointly on future technological developments. more
Related Tags: roaming, vodafone, mobile-telesystems, crm, presence, Russia
Siberia Gets its First 3G Services
Russia's MTS has become the first operator to offer 3G coverage in Siberia and the Russian Far East after it expanded its network to include Novosibirsk, Norilsk and Vladivostok. The Company says that it intends to launch 3G networks in at least 14 cities during 2008 and in up to 40 cities in Russia through 2009. more
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Russia & Central Asia Q2 08 - 3G ConnectionsTop Half a Million
The number of W-CDMA 3G connections in the Russia and Central Asia region surpassed half a million in the second quarter of 2008, as Russian market leader MTS joined the fray. Rival MegaFon was the first Russian operator to get next generation services underway at the end of October last year, with MTS entering the market at the end of May and Vimpelcom rolling out its first offerings just a couple of weeks ago. more
Related Tags: w-cdma, megafon, cdma, vimpelcom, st-petersburg, Russia
Stable growth of the mobile telephony market in Russia
A new report by the PMR research and consulting company, demonstrates that the value of the telecommunication market in Russia grew by 27% in 2007, achieving the level of RUB 957 billion (US$39.5 billion). The data transmission and internet services sectors grew dynamically, but the market growth was caused primarily by very high dynamics of the largest sector: mobile telephony. In the last eight years, the market developed at an average annual rate of approximately 31%, primarily thanks to dynamic development of the mobile telephony market resulting from a low saturation of services. more
Related Tags: sim-card, mms, sms, megafon, umts, 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
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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, wcdma, nokia-siemens-networks, mobile-telesystems, network-management
MTS to name first 3G equipment supplier within 2 weeks
moscow, Mar 21 (Prime-Tass) -- Russia's largest mobile operator Mobile TeleSystems (MTS) plans to name the equipment supplier for the first stage of its 3G network within two weeks, company President Leonid Melamed told reporters Wednesday. more
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Russian court rules MegaFon must cut fee for minor mobile cos
moscow, Feb 28 (Prime-Tass) -- The moscow Arbitration Court on Wednesday ruled that Russia's third largest mobile operator MegaFon must reduce the fee for incoming calls from minor operators to 0.95 rubles per minute. more
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