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Articles tagged with: Mts and Volga
Russian Subscriber Growth - On the Brink of a Slowdown?
In the first quarter of 2009, the Russian market surpassed 190m customers and almost reached 135% penetration. The end-quarter total customer base of 190.65m was up by 22.81m year on year and the penetration rate of 134.8% was 16.6pp higher than the year-earlier figure. These are both strong gains, and they seem to indicate that growth is continuing unchecked. However, the quarterly figures suggest that Russia may be on the brink of a slowdown. more
Related Tags: vimpelcom, megafon, tele2, svyazinvest, uralzvyazinform, -sibirtelecom, volga-telecom, Russia
Voice over LTE Initiative Launched
A group of leaders in the wireless industry comprised of Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson, Huawei, Kineto Wireless, LG Electronics, Motorola, Nortel, Samsung, Starent Networks, T-Mobile and ZTE have announced a joint effort, referred to as the Voice over LTE via Generic Access (VoLGA) Forum. The joint effort aims to define a set of specifications within the forum for enabling delivery of voice services over LTE access networks based on the current 3GPP Generic Access Network (GAN) standard. more
Related Tags: t-mobile, 3g, samsung, motorola, huawei, starent-networks, lte, zte, alcatel-lucent, ericsson, nortel, lg, 3gpp, voice-over-lte
Russia's Penetration Over 125% and No Sign of Stopping
The Russian market surpassed 125% penetration during Q3 to finish the quarter on 126.9%, but growth showed no sign of slowing: in fact, the annual growth figure of 14.5% was up 0.7pp compared to the prior twelve-month period. With 179.81m customers, Russia remained the fourth largest market in the world, around 87m behind the USA and 39m ahead of Brazil. more
Related Tags: arpu, megafon, vimpelcom, svyazinvest, volga-telecom, Russia
Five Firms Short-listed for Russian 3G Rollout
Russia's Megafon is reported to have short-listed five companies as suppliers for its US$1 billion 3G network rollout. Local tech publication, CNews names Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson, NEC, Nokia-Siemens and Huawei as the five companies which have been invited to submit formal tenders. more
Related Tags: megafon, huawei, vimplecom, Russia
PRESS: Cyprus' Eventis may sell stakes in 3 Russian mobile cos
MOSCOW, June 8 (Prime-Tass) -- Cypriot company Eventis Telecom may sell its wholly-owned subsidiary Vostok Mobile Volga, which holds stakes in three Russian regional mobile operators, Vladimir Androsik, co-founder of Eventis said, Vedomosti business daily reported Thursday. more
Related Tags: mobile-telesystems, tele2