Articles tagged with: Mts and Sistema
MTS may have to pay $170 mln for remaining 49% in Bitel
MOSCOW, Nov 28 (Prime-Tass) -- A unit of Kazakhstan's Alliance Capital, Nomihold Securities, wants to execute a put option, under which mts will have to pay US$170 million for the remaining 49% stake in Tarino Limited, which fully controlled Kyrgyz mobile operator Bitel, mts said in a press release obtained by Prime-Tass Tuesday. more
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MTS' Ukrainian unit gets CDMA license for voice services
MOSCOW, Oct 3 (Prime-Tass) -- Ukraine's second largest mobile operator Ukrainian Mobile Communications, or UMC, a subsidiary of Russia's mts, has received a CDMA-450 license for voice services, UMC's spokesman Vitaly Mukhin said, Vedomosti business daily reported. more
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Russia's Sistema Telecom to hold off on non-CIS acquisitions
MOSCOW, Sep 19 (Prime-Tass) -- Sistema Telecom, the telecommunications arm of major Russian holding AFK Sistema, is likely to hold off on making any large acquisitions outside the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and focus on CIS markets for the time being, Sistema Telecom's General Director Sergei Shchebetov told the Wireless Communications in Russia conference Tuesday. more
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AFK Sistema denies rumors on setting up MVNO in China
MOSCOW, Sep 13 (Prime-Tass) -- Major Russian holding AFK Sistema has denied rumors that it plans to set up a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) in China, Kommersant business daily reported Wednesday. more
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MTS chooses BBR Saatchi & Saatchi for ad campaign
MOSCOW, Aug 10 (Prime-Tass) -- Russia?s largest mobile operator Mobile TeleSystems (mts) has chosen Israeli creative agency BBR Saatchi&Saatchi to head its advertising campaign, mts' PR Department Director Stanislav Fedulov said, Kommersant business daily reported Thursday. more
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FOCUS: Russian operators find expansion success in CIS
MOSCOW, July 24 (Prime-Tass) -- Nearly five years have passed since Russian mobile operators began to expand beyond the domestic market and operators have made great strides in the countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). In the meantime they all failed to have made any non-CIS acquisitions. more
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Russia's MTS to extend re-branding to Belarus next week
MOSCOW, June 22 (Prime-Tass) -- Russia?s largest mobile operator Mobile TeleSystems (mts) plans to extend its re-branding campaign to Belarus next week, mts' President Leonid Melamed told reporters Thursday. more
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PRESS: Sistema bids for 90% in Armenia's ArmenTel
MOSCOW, June 5 (Prime-Tass) -- Major Russian holding AFK Sistema has filed a bid to participate in the tender of a 90% stake in Armenian fixed-line and mobile operator ArmenTel, Sistema's Chairman Vladimir Yevtushenkov said, Vedomosti business daily reported Monday. more
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CEO sees MTS as active player in consolidation of mobile mkt
MOSCOW, May 18 (Prime-Tass) -- Russia?s largest mobile operator Mobile TeleSystems (mts) is likely to become an active player in the consolidation process of the global mobile telecommunications market, mts' acting President Leonid Melamed said in an interview with Prime-Tass. more
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Russia's MTS files bid for Serbia's Mobi 63 mobile operator
MOSCOW, May 16 (Prime-Tass) -- Russia?s largest mobile operator Mobile TeleSystems (mts) has filed a bid in the tender for a stake in Serbia and Montenegroen mobile operator Mobi 63, a spokesperson with mts told Prime-Tass Tuesday. more
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