Russian Telecom articles from June 2001

Russian Telecom archives from June 2001

Construction of New Fiber Optic Link Completed.(by JSC Electrosviaz)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... JSC Electrosviaz has completed construction of a 270 km zonal fiber optic link connecting Kaluga-Vorotynsk, Peremyshi, Kozelsk, Sukhinichi, Duminichi, Zhizdra, Ludinovo, and Kirov. The fiber optic link will provide an extension of the telecom...

JSC Uraltelecom Establishes Two New Subsidiaries.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... JSC Uraltelecom has formed two new subsidiaries in Ekaterinburg. JSC Uraltelecom subsidiaries were established under the program of telecom companies restructuring, which is developed by JSC Sviazinvest specialists. The first subsidiary of...

Lucent to Deliver Telecom Equipment to MGTS.(Moscow City Telephone Network )(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Lucent Technologies has signed a contract for the delivery of over $5-million worth of telecom equipment for Russia's major telecom operator, Moscow City Telephone Network (MGTS). Under the contract with MGTS, the American company will...

Airspan Networks to Provide High-Speed Internet Services to Beeline Service.(contract information)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Airspan Networks Inc., a worldwide provider of fixed wireless DSL networks, has signed a contract with Beeline Service-Samara, a subsidiary of VimpelCom, the largest mobile operator in Russia, to supply high-speed Internet access services to...

Thuraya to Operate in Russia.(telecommunications industry)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Thuraya, the United Arab Emirates-based satellite mobile operator, has struck its first deal with a Russian service provider, TM SAT. Both companies will begin offering services this year. However, TM SAT has yet to acquire the blessing of...

LG Electronics to Export GSM Phones to Russia.(contract information)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... LG Electronics will export 10,000 global system for mobile communication (GSM) phones to Russia this month. The flip-type LG-500 model is equipped with a wireless application protocol (WAP) browser for Internet service and has various functions...

Corning Leaf Fiber Chosen as the Optical Backbone for TransTeleCom's Russian Network Expansion.(contract information)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Corning Inc., a world supplier of optical fiber, announced that TransTeleCom has again selected Coming Leaf fiber, this time as the optical backbone for the next phase of its long-haul network. Coming will continue to supply Leaf optical fiber...

Russian Telecommunications Joint Venture for First Capital International Inc.(with OOO LANK)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... First Capital International Inc., an international telecommunications company, has signed a preliminary joint venture agreement with OOO LANK, an Internet company in St. Petersburg, Russia. "This agreement will allow us to enter the highly...

VimpelCom, Telenor, and Alfa Group Form Strategic Partnership.(contract information)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Open joint stock company, Vimpel-Communications, a provider of telecommunications services in Russia, has signed an agreement with Eco Telecom Ltd., part of the Alfa Group of companies in Russia, to purchase strategic ownership interests in...

Sonera Unit to Operate International Service in US.(license information)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Sonera Corp. US, a unit of Finnish communications provider, Sonera Corp., has received regulatory approval to operate as an international telecommunications carrier in the US. Sonera said it will initially offer services between the East...

Delta Telecom Introduces New Internet Service.(new services introduction and information)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Delta Telecom announced implementation of a new service, Internet-Balance. Using Internet-Balance, subscribers can now monitor their accounts through the Internet. A subscriber can view his or her current account and information on provided...

About 15 Percent of Russians to Use Internet by 2006.(online services forecasting and industry information)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... About 15 percent of Russian population will use the Internet by 2006, Ivan Kurnosoydeputy head of the information department of the Ministry of Communications and Information, forecast at the recent Russia on the Way to the New Economy:...

Russian Regulator Approves Purchase of Telekom XXI.(Mobile TeleSystems)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Russian's Anti-Monopoly Ministry approved Mobile TeleSystems's purchase of St. Petersburg GSM operator, Telekom XXI, clearing the first entry of a Moscow operator on that market, a source close to the deal said. "Permission has been...

Russian Mobile Operators Vow to Avoid Europe's 3G Mistakes.(mobile communications industry)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Russian mobile phone operators are tentatively moving to roll out third-generation cellular technology but swearing they will avoid the trap of debt and inflated expectations that snared Western operators. Moscow-based Mobile TeleSystems...

Third GSM Cellular Network to Launch in the Third Quarter.(Sonic Duo)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Moscow cellular market newcomer, Sonic Duo, said its network would go live in the third quarter, delaying the launch by a quarter and giving a few months reprieve to Moscow's two existing GSM operators. "The network is completely ready for...

Internet VIP and Polykvart Telecom Create a Russian Joint Venture that Will Generate Millions Annually.
June 1, 2001... The management of Internet VIP Inc. has joined with Polykvart Telecom to create PT-Intertel XX1, a joint-venture 51 percent held by the company offering telecommunications services to and from Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States...

Five Firms Bid for Bosnia's Third GSM License.
June 1, 2001... The international Communications Regulatory Agency (CRA) has opened bids for Bosnia's third GSM license, despite the government's request that a deadline for the submission of bids be extended. The head of the CRA announced the bidders for...

TeleDanmark Raises Czech Radiokom Stake to US$300 Million.(acquisition information)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Danish telecoms group, TDC, substantially raised its bid for a controlling stake in Czech telecoms group, Radiokomunikace, to around $300 million. Radiokomunikace shares soared on the news, which raised hopes the flagging privatization of...

Czech Cabinet Seeks Advisers on UMTS Auction.(mobile phone licenses)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... The Czech government voted to hire an adviser within the next few weeks for the planned auction of four third-generation (UMTS) mobile phone licenses later this year. Telecoms Minister, Jaromir Schling, told journalists after a cabinet meeting...

EMT to Offer GPRS Services.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Estonian Eesti Mobiiltelefon (EMT) has said it will launch high-speed data carrying GPRS services that offer always-on Internet and wireless application protocol (WAP) on July 1. Head of information at EMT, Kaja Pino, said only around 100...

Tele2 AB Increases Its Holding in OU Levicom Broadband.
June 1, 2001... Tele2 AB (Tele2) an alternative pan-European telecommunications company, has increased its stake in OU Levicom Broadband, which operates fixed telephony, Internet, and cable TV services in Estonia under the Tele2 brand, from 19.9 percent to 60...

Nokia Wins GPRS Network Deal.(mobile operator)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Nokia has won a deal from Radiolinja Eesti to upgrade the Estonian mobile operator's GSM network to support GPRS and supply GPRS core-network equipment. No financial details were disclosed. Nokia said the GPRS equipment has undergone...

Motorola to Upgrade Altel's Analog Network to Digital CDMA Technology.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Altel, Kazakhstan's first cellular communications operator, has awarded Motorola's Global Telecom Solutions Sector a contract to upgrade its existing nationwide analog system to a home location register (HLR) 41/Authentication system. This...

Lithuania Tells Telekomas to Halt Internet Telephony Service.
June 1, 2001... Lithuania's communications regulator has asked the country's fixed line telecommunications operator, Lietuvos Telekomas, to suspend its Internet telephony service. "The communications regulatory authority holds the opinion that Lietuvos...

Netia Signs Domestic Long-Distance Interconnect Agreement with TPSA.(Telekomunikacja Polska S.A.)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Netia Holdings SA, Poland's largest alternative fixed-line telecommunications services provider, announced that its subsidiary, Netia 1, has signed an interconnection agreement with Telekomunikacja Polska SA in the presence of the president of...

Poland's Netia and TPSA Sign Key Long-Distance Deal.
June 1, 2001... Netia has signed a key agreement with former telecom monopolist, TPSA, that allows it to begin offering long-distance services beginning in August. The deal, brokered by Poland's recently created Office of Telecoms Regulations, will allow...

Three Firms Awarded FWA Telecoms Licenses.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Three firms have been awarded Slovakia's national fixed wireless access (FWA) telecom licenses - Nextra Wireless, GiTy COM, and Callino - the country's Telecommunications Office said. Callino is a unit of US company, Formus Communications....

Slovenia Opens Second Tender for Three UMTS licenses.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Slovenia said that it would open the second tender for three UMTS mobile phone licenses, asking a minimum of 22 billion tolars (US$86.1 million) for a license after the first tender failed earlier in May. In the first tender, the government...

No Interest in Slovenian 3G.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Slovenia's auction of three third-generation (3G) mobile licenses looks to be on the verge of collapse after just one bid was received, from state-owned operator, Mobitel. The Ministry of Information Technology requires at least two...

Daewoo Invests US$30 Million in Uzbekistan GSM Network.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Uzbekistan's largest GSM mobile telecoms operator, Daewoo Unitel, aims to spend $30 million to widen its network in major cities of the Central Asian country. Daewoo Unitel, a subsidiary of South Korean industrial conglomerate, Daewoo...

Ukraine Firm Plans Chernobyl Mobile Phone Network.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Mobile phone group, Ukrainian Mobile Communications, said it would set up a GSM network in the exclusion zone around Chernobyl to help work on decommissioning at the infamous nuclear power station. Reactor number four exploded at Chernobyl...

Government to Sell 51 Percent Stake in UMC Telecom Company.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Ukraine's government will sell a 51 percent share package in the Ukrainian Mobile Communications company and hopes to raise some $200 million from the sale, officials said. The sale order was signed by former Prime Minister Viktor...

Ukraine's Mobile Phone Users Double.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
June 1, 2001... Mobile communication (MC) users in Ukraine have almost doubled from September 2000 to February 2001, and their number is approaching one million users. MC providers anticipate that by the end of 2001 the number of MC customers may reach 1.7-2...