Russian Telecom articles from January 2001

Russian Telecom archives from January 2001

Preliminary Report of Telecommunication Service Market Development in Russia Approved.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... A preliminary draft of telecommunication service market development in the Russian Federation was approved in general at the meeting of the Russian Government on December 21, 2000. Leonid Reiman, Minister of Communication and Information of...

Russia Plans US$33 Billion Telecom Investment over Ten Years.(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2001... The Russian government approved a ten-year plan to invest US$33 billion in restructuring the country's telecom infrastructure. However, how the funds will be generated, given that the plan is long overdue and the country is not a draw for...

Russian Railway Ministry Commissions Fiber Optic Communication Network.(for East Siberian Railroad)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2001... The Railway Ministry of Russia and TransTelecom Ltd. will commission a fiber optic communication network in an extended section of the East Siberian Railroad this year. Nikolai Byvaltsev, director of the Irkutsk regional office of TransTelecom...

Telecom Operators' Expenses on Servicing Privileged Persons to Be Repaid.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... The Russian Government approved the regulations of compensation for telecom operators' expenses on servicing certain categories of privileged persons in 2000. Such categories of privileged persons include veterans entitled to telecom...

Guidelines for Development of Telecommunication Network of Russia Until 2015.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... By the order of the Ministry of Communication and Information of Russia, the Central Research Institute of Communication (CRIC) has begun to prepare a draft of the document, "Guidelines for Development of the Interconnected Telecommunication...

Development Concept of Cable Television Networks and Broadband Access Systems Approved by Board of Ministry of Communication and Information.(Russia)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... The board of the Ministry of Communication and Information approved the concept of developing of cable television networks and broadband wireless access systems of MMDS, LMDS, MWS (MVDS) types in Russia until 2015. The resolution taken by the...

Official Forecasts Telecommunication Development in 2010.(Ministry of Communication and Information of Russia's Evgeniy Chechelnitskiy)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2001... The number of Internet users in Russia won't make up 10 percent of the total population for another 10 years, according to Evgeniy Chechelnitskiy, deputy head of the economic and investment policy department of the Ministry of Communication and...

Nortel Networks Granted Russian Manufacturer Status.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... The Ministry of Communication has granted Russian manufacturer status to the Russian-Canadian company Ron-Telecom, which manufactures switches under license to Nortel Networks. The plant is located in the city of Trekhgorny in the Chelyabinsk...

CNN Founder Ted Turner in Talks to Buy Stake in Russia's NTV.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... US media magnate Ted Turner, founder of the CNN news network, has entered into talks with a view to buying a stake in the Russian television channel NTV, owned by prominent Kremlin critic Vladimir Gusinsky, ITAR-TASS said. Turner,...

Mobile Phone Manufacturers Join Forces to Curb Illegal Imports into Russia.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Major mobile phone manufacturers have joined forces to curb soaring illegal imports of their products into Russia. The unprecedented move follows an increase in sales of cellular phones after sharp setbacks caused by the 1998 ruble crash. ...

Russian Cellular Communication Operators Extend International Roaming.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... The Monitor received reports on expansion of international roaming by cellular communication operators from various regions of Russia. Kuban GSM partnered with the Faeroes (Faroece Telecom, a GSM-900 operator), as well as with Yugoslavia...

Russia's Cellular Communication Services Increases.(Oct. 2000)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2001... According to the Ministry of Communication and Information, the number of cellular communication subscribers grew in October, 2000, from 1.25 million people to 2.5 million. The experts of the International Data Corp. (IDC), a research company,...

Payment Issues Hinder Russian E-Commerce.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2001... A lack of efficient on-line payment systems is hampering the growth of Russia's nascent e-commerce market. Analysts from International Data Corp. (IDC) estimate that e-commerce revenues in Russia reached just US$ 90 million in 2000, up from...

Moscow Cellular Communication Puts Short Messaging Service and Privileged Phone Numbers into Service.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... A new service, a short messaging service (SMS) will become available to subscribers of Moscow Cellular Communications (MCC). This feature, until now available to subscribers of GSM networks only, allows transmission/reception of...

Zenith Bank Begins to Trade in Securities through Internet.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Zenith Bank completed testing and commissioning of its own system to trade in securities through the Internet. This system, named ZENITr@de and based on the Dixi+ information complex, allows participation in transactions in the government and...

RosNIIROS Modernizes Moscow Internet Exchange.(Russian Research Institute of Public Network Development)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... The Russian Research Institute of Public Network Development (RosNIIROS) has announced completion of modernization of the Moscow Internet Exchange structure. With gigabit switchboards manufactured by Cisco Systems and installed at a few...

IP-Telephony and Internet Service Provider Grants Billings to Regions.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Corporation O.S.S. Ltd. will install the OSS-2000 automatic billing system (ABS) for one workplace free of charge for all operators who connect to the OSS-Net network until March 31, 2001. The OSS-2000 automatic billing system allows...

JSC Kyivstar Introduces a New Service.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... The closed-end JSC Kyivstar GSM, GSM cellular network operator working at a frequency of 900 MHz, has introduced a new service for Ace & Base prepaid service users, providing access to the Internet from cell-phones "Mobile Internet -- common...

Ericsson Wins US$100 Million First GPRS Contract in Ukraine.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Ericsson has been awarded an exclusive contract from Kyivstar for the first GPRS system in Ukraine. The contract will expand Kyivstar's coverage and includes the addition of GSM 1800 for dual-band enhanced capacity. Under the terms of the...

Uzbekistan's Internet Use Gains Ground.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... The Internet is gaining ground in Uzbekistan, the most populous Central Asian republic. According to the Uzbek Government (GOU), the number of Internet service providers (ISP) has grown threefold and currently there are more than 50 Internet...

Latvian Internet Use on the Increase.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... The number of Internet users in Latvia rose by 50 percent last year to approximately 150,000, according to the Latvian Internet Association. The association attributed the increase to Latvia's improved environment for Internet development...

Ericsson Wins US$300 Million Order in Yugoslavia.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Ericsson and Mobtel will sign a contract for a major expansion and upgrade of Mobtel's GSM network in Yugoslavia. This GSM 900/1800 contract is for US$300 million. Ericsson will supply equipment enabling Mobtel's network to more than...

Arthur Andersen to Formulate Development Policy for Rostelecom.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... JSC Rostelecom concluded a contract with Arthur Andersen for provision of consulting services and preparation of recommendations in respect to the business policy of the company for the next 5 years. Under the contract, Arthur Andersen will...

Central Telegraph Expects Suppliers to Deliver Communication Equipment.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... The Central Telegraph Company is planning to send six foreign telecommunication equipment manufacturers (Ericsson, Nokia, Cisco, Lucent, etc.) invitations to participate in a closed bid competition to select the supplier for the communication...

WAP-Banking Added to New iBank 1.8 System.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... The new version of the iBank 1.8 system, with a WAP-banking module added, has been released by BIFIT. Now, the iBank system enables banks to provide Internet-banking and WAP-banking services for their clients. The new module has been added...

Distinguished in Computer Telephony Contest.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... The iClover product developed by Vocord Telecom became the winner in the "Distinction and Originality of the Idea, Sensation of the Year" category of the Computer Telephony Contest. iClover, a new telecommunication service based on the...

Smarts Launches First Stage of GSM-900/1800 Network.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... The first stage base stations of the Smarts GSM900/1800 combined network have gone on air in Togliatti, with their set-up currently under way. The new base stations will provide cellular communication for residents of the Avtozavodski...

IBM, North-West Group and Servocomp Launch Joint Billing Project.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... The aim of the new joint project of IBM, North-West Group and Servocomp is to offer a ready billing solution to companies that provide Internet access and IP-telephony services on the Russian market. A complete fault-tolerant...

FORA Communications Makes Plans for 2001.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... FORA Communications, a St. Petersburg based operator of cellular communication, has announced its plans for this year. In its message to subscribers, FORA Communications promises better quality of services with the same rates. It has been...

JSC Electrosviaz Offers Videophony Service.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... JSC Electrosviaz of the Irkutsk region has been offering a public videophony service based on the Picture Tel equipment to its subscribers. Alexander Yurasov, an official of the marketing department of JSC Electrosviaz, said that JSC...

Number of Subscribers of Digital Network in Barnaul Increased Threefold.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... With the introduction of digital ATXs, subscribers of the Barnaul city telephone network can enjoy the services of an integrated service digital network (ISDN) whose client number tripled in 2000 and amounts to 250. Currently, ISDN...

Traffic Statistics Analysis System Presented by SoftPro.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
January 1, 2001... SoftPro announced the release of a new product of the CBOSS family, Traffic Engineering (CBOSSte). This system is based on the OLAP technology developed by Oracle and is designed to analyze statistics received from the switching equipment....