Russian Telecom articles from March 2001

Russian Telecom archives from March 2001

Active Internet Users (14+) in Russia, 2000-2004.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2001... Active Internet Users (14+) in Russia, 2000-2004 Millions 2000 2.9 2001 3.8 2002 5 2003 6.4 2004 7.9 Source: eMarketer, 2000

Primary Access Location of Internet Users In Russia, 2000.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2001... Primary Access Location of Internet Users In Russia, 2000 Percent Work 48 Home 41 Source: Kan, Galina, "The Internet in Russia," Vanderbilt University

MCC Offers New Tariff Packages to Subscribers.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Moscow Cellular Communications (MCC) has presented new service packages: 2+8, 4+16, and Universal. These packages will allow subscribers to use all resources of the operator company -- cellular communications, additional services, long-distance...

Dominix Inc. Announces Joint Venture with Telenet.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Dominix Inc. announced that its eClubRoyal subsidiary will serve the ever-increasing Russian telecommunications market. eClubRoyal entered into an agreement with Telenet to build out the network infrastructure in order to serve the growing...

iBasis Selected for Expansion of International Services.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... iBasis Inc., a provider of advanced Internet-based voice communications, announced it has signed an interconnection agreement with Baltic Communications Ltd. (BCL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Metromedia International Group Inc. and a...

Adicom Wireless Secures Contract.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Adicom Wireless announced that it received a major purchase commitment for its wireless access systems, which will be deployed throughout Russia. The commitment for 75 SI2000 Aditus Systems came through its OEM partner, Iskratel. The two...

Cisco Wins First Russian Broadband Contract.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... IP-Net will build what is considered to be Russia's first residential broadband access network -- covering nine million users in St. Petersburg and Moscow -- in a US$10 million contract with Cisco Systems. The vendor giant is providing...

SONET Enters Market of Federal Phone Numbers.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Personal Communications announced the introduction of new tariff rates with federal phone numbers. SONET No.75 and SONET No.16 tariff plans, in addition to the low cost of each minute of connection, use second-based charging beginning from the...

MGTS to Use Siemens Equipment.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Moscow City Telephone Network (MGTS) and Siemens have concluded a contract for the delivery of switching equipment for city ATXs. Under the contract, until the end of the year Siemens is to deliver and install 130,000 ports to equip remote...

Golden Telecom Reports Positive Fourth Quarter Results.(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2001... Golden Telecom (GTI) an integrated provider of telecommunications and Internet services across Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), reported its results for the fourth quarter and full year 2000. "Our financial...

New Modems for Internet Service Providers Enter Russian Market.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Megabit Modems 410F and 420F manufactured by ADC Telecommunications have entered the Russian market. Megabit Modems 410F and 420F provide owners of corporate data transmission networks with high-speed solutions based on xDSL technologies....

Sovintel Opens Internet Shop of Telecommunications Services.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Sovintel has announced the opening of its own Internet shop to sell telecommunications services. As soon as a necessary service is chosen at the shop and paid, all data required to use such service will be available for a client on his or her...

Rostelecom Puts New Fiber Optic Link into Operation.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... JSC Rostelecom has commissioned a new fiber optic link 657 km in length between Perm and Izhevsk. The link is a part of the digital ring Moscow-Kazan-Izhevsk-Perm-Ekaterinburg-ChelyabinskSamara-Moscow. This ring is designed to ensure...

Network Development Project Launched.(Sonic Duo)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... The Russian-Finnish joint venture, Sonic Duo, the third GSM-900/1800 cellular communications operator in the Moscow license zone, has launched its network development project. Ericsson has supplied equipment for the assembly of 100 base...

JSC Personal Communications Establishes New Network.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... JSC Personal Communications, an operator of the SONET cellular network, has announced the completion of a new network and beginning of full-scale commercial operation of the new equipment. Last year, a decision was made to completely...

MTU-Inform Puts New International Internet Channel into Operation.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... A new channel to access Internet with transport capacity of 45 Mb/s has been placed in service by MTU-Inform. The channel has been provided by Teleglobe and is connected to the joint basic network of the largest Internet service providers...

Alliance Formed to Develop HPNA Applications in Russia.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... D-Link, Sviazkomplekt, and Company 2COM, an Internet service provider, have combined their efforts to develop solutions for the commercial use of HPNA equipment. The partnership is aimed at development of HPNA-based solutions promising for the...

Comstar Transfers Internet Access Modem.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... In order to improve the quality of Internet-accessing services via telephone lines in the dial-up mode, Comstar transferred its modem pools to the S7 channel-wide signaling (OKS-7) that is standard in the European community, the USA and Canada....

RSCC Concludes Contract with Belgian Company.(Russian Satellite Communications Co., Space Checker NV)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... The Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC) has concluded a contract with Space Checker NV, a Belgian company that provides narrow-band data transmission services in Europe (positioning, localization of mobile subscribers, virtual...

Digital TV Broadcasting Started.(TeleMedium Ltd.)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... TeleMedium Ltd. started a test broadcasting of the first digital TV channel in Saint-Petersburg. Specialists of TeleMedium completed installation of the digital TV broadcasting equipment on the Saint-Petersburg television tower. The 34th...

Telros Continues Technological Modernization of JSC Kirov Plant.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Telros concluded a contract with JSC Kirov Plant for a delivery and installation of telecom equipment for the first start-up complex of the newly established telecommunications network of the plant. Telros will supply, install, and commission...

Global One Develops Solution for IP-Telephony Operators.(internet protocol)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Global One presented a solution for IP-telephony operators to transmit voice traffic via data transmission networks (VoIP) at the Norvecom-2001 exhibition. The IP-telephony center includes a Cisco AS5300/3640 router; a HP E-60 server with...

Vodafone's Panafon Awarded Albania GSM License.(Vodafone Group PLC, Panafon Hellenic Telecom Co. SA)(Global System for Mobile Communication)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Panafon Hellenic Telecom Co. SA, the Greek mobile phone operator which is 55 percent owned by Vodafone Group PLC, said it was awarded Albania's second GSM license in the recently concluded international tender. Panafon, which was bidding in...

Croatia Plans New GSM and UMTS Licenses.(Global System for Mobile Communication, Universal Mobile Telecommunications System)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Croatia plans to a grant a third GSM mobile telephone license this spring and sell three UMTS licenses by the end of the year. "The third GSM will definitely go before the summer and the UMTS is planned five months after that," said Ante...

Floware's WALKair System Selected for Deployment in the Czech Republic.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Floware Wireless Systems Ltd., a provider of broadband wireless access (BWA) communication systems, disclosed that Nextra Wireless Ltd. selected Floware as BWA supplier during the fourth quarter of 2000. Nextra Wireless will be using...

Czech Government to Award Four UMTS Licenses.(universal mobile telecommunications system)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... The Czech government said it will sell four third-generation (UMTS) mobile phone licenses at five billion crowns (US$135 million) each, despite warnings from current operators that the price is far too high. Government spokesman, Libor...

Czech Telecom Net Profit Falls Short of Expectations.(Cesky Telecom)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2001... Cesky Telecom said net profit rose a lower-than-expected three percent last year as costs at its mobile phone arm and higher write-offs cut into the bottom line. The company, slated to be completely privatized later this year, said in a...

Teradyne Wins $4.5 Million Contract from Czech Telecom.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Teradyne, the world's largest manufacturer of automatic telecommunications and electronics test equipment, announced that the company has received a $4.5 million order for its 4TEL II Voice Customer Care Test System from Czech Telecom, the...

Motorola Awarded $7 Million Contract for Magticom's GPRS/WAP Expansion in Georgia.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Magticom has awarded Motorola Inc. a $7 million contract to expand its general packet radio service (GPRS) and wireless application protocol (WAP) services in the Republic of Georgia. Motorola, through its alliance with Cisco Systems Inc.,...

Estonia Parliament Reduces Telephone Interconnection Fees.(Eesti Telekom)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... The Estonian parliament passed legislation forcing the national telephone company, Eesti Telefon, to reduce interconnection fees for new entrants to the country's liberalized telecom market. The amendments lower how much Eesti Telefon can...

Telefon to Launch Wireless Service.(Eesti Telekom)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Eesti Telefon (ET) said it will start providing wireless leased-line Internet access in May. The move will merge voice and data services and is aimed at boosting client numbers, ET said in a statement. The company added it plans to invest...

Marconi Wins SDH Order from Omnitel.(UAB Omnitel orders Marconi Communications' synchronous digital hierarchy equipment)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Wireless operator, UAB Omnitel Lithuania, has agreed to buy synchronous digital hierarchy (SDH) equipment from UK-based communications systems vendor, Marconi, in a bid to meet the country's demand for high-speed Internet and next-generation...

Telekomas and Omnitel Sign Net Deal.(Lietuvos Telekomas; Omnitel Pronto Italia S.p.A.)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Lithuania's fixed-line telecom monopoly, Lietuvos Telekomas, has signed a fixed-rate Internet access provision deal with local mobile phone service network provider, Omnitel. "Lietuvos Telekomas and Omnitel have signed agreements for...

Mobilkom Takes Control of Slovenian Operator.(Mobilkom Austria GmbH invests in Simobil)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2001... Austrian mobile phone operator, Mobilkom, a subsidiary of Telekom Austria, has signed an agreement to buy a controlling stake in Slovenia's second-largest mobile communications provider, Simobil. Mobilkom will invest over 50 million Euros...

Mobitel Seeks Capital to Expand.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Mobitel said it would need about US$100 million in fresh capital this year to support its domestic development and plans to expand to the former Yugoslav states. Finance Minister, Anton Rop, said in February that the government was...

Slovenia to Open Tender for UMTS Licenses.(universal mobile telecommunications system)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Slovenia will open a tender for three UMTS mobile phone licenses, asking a minimum of US$116.9 million for each license. The tender will last until May 14 and the licenses will be awarded according to the offered price, expected size and...

Telekom Austria Group Enters the Slovenian Mobile Market.(acquires Si.Mobil)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Telekom Austria's mobile subsidiary, Mobilkom Austria, has signed the purchasing agreement for the acquisition of a controlling stake in the Slovenian mobile communications provider, Si.Mobil. Under the terms of the transaction, Mobilkom...

Slovakia Set to Sell Globtel Stake.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... The Slovak government is poised to sell its 36 percent stake in Globtel, the country's leading mobile telephone operator, to a consortium of financial investors led by a fund run by AIG, the insurance group. Credit Suisse First Boston --...

Government Approves Creation of New Operator.(Energotel)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... The Slovak government approved a plan to set up a telecom company by March 1, 2001, pooling the existing cable networks of six utilities, Economy Ministry spokesman, Peter Bencurik, said. Slovakia currently has fixed-line operator,...

AIG Heads Group to Buy Slovak Mobile Firm.(Globtel)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... A consortium of private equity investors led by insurer AIG has secured the exclusive right to buy a 36 percent stake in Slovakia's largest mobile phone provider, Globtel, a spokesman said. The 36 percent stake, held by state-owned utility...

Slovakian Fixed Wireless Auction Set for April.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... The Slovak Telecoms Office (TU) said it has set April 3, 2001 as the deadline for final bids in a tender for three fixed-wireless access (FWA) licenses. It had previously set the deadline for March 30, 2001. The Telecoms Office said on February...

Globtel's GSM Wireless Network Upgraded.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Tellabs will play a key role in helping Slovakian mobile communications operator, Globtel, deliver superior voice quality to its wireless customers. Globtel will use Tellabs' voice-quality enhancement solution in its national global system for...

Ukraine Plans to Sell off Majority Stake in Major Mobile Phone Company.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... The State Property Fund (SPF) intends to propose that the state commission for privatization of Ukrtelekom consider the sale of a 51 percent state-owned stake in the Ukrainian Mobile Communications (UMC) joint venture to fill the gap in the...

Fiber Optic Line in Operation.(Ukraine)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... The first phase of the Tavria fiber optic communications line (connecting Nikolayewith Kherson and Simferopol) has begun operations, bringing the total length of operating fiber optic communications lines to nearly 2,500 km. Under an integrated...

IP-Telephony Licenses to Be Introduced.(Internet protocol telephony in Ukraine)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Ukraine's State Communications and Information Committee intends to introduce licenses for IP-telephony services in order to legalize this business and identify every operator. IP-telephony services are offered in Ukraine by some twenty...

Netia Receives Deferral in License Payments.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Netia Holdings SA, Poland's largest alternative fixed-line telecommunications services provider, announced that, pursuant to a regulation issued last year applying to operators in local license territories, the Polish Ministry of Communications...

Euronet Worldwide Signs Mobile Phone Voucher Agreement with Polkomtel SA.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Euronet Worldwide, a provider of secure electronic financial transaction solutions, and mobile operator, Polkomtel SA, have announced an agreement that enables consumers to purchase prepaid mobile phone vouchers at approximately 420 Euronet...

Island Areas of Vladivostok to Be Telephonized Using CDMA Standard.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Telephonization of island areas of Vladivostok can be achieved with CDMA radio telephones and this issue is currently discussed with Vladivostok City Telephone Network. Three villages located on the Russki island will be probably...

JSC Electrosviaz Intends to Develop Personal Radio Paging System.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Implementation of a personal radio paging system based on the existing infrastructure of ground communications with mobile objects is one of the top-priority lines of activity of JSC Electrosviaz of the Kemerovo region. Recently, a license for...

First Digital Telephone Exchange Starts Operation.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... The first digital telephone exchange on the Kola Peninsula started its operation. The exchange is based on fiber optic communications. The new ATX will provide dwellers of Murmansk with 16,000 phone numbers, additional 6,400 phone numbers...

JSC Belsviaz Tests Telephone Service Cards.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Testing of telephone service cards (TSC) to access the Internet is currently underway at the Belgorod telephone and telegraph exchange. The telephone service cards system allows clients to make international, long-distance, and local calls...

Cellular Communications to Become Available in Magadan.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... JSC Magadans viazinform intends to begin to provide cellular communications services in 2001. According to the plan, a total of 500 phone numbers will be placed in service this year. This is a decrease as compared to 2000, when 922 city...

GSM-900 Network Scheduled for Commissioning in Salekhard.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... JSC Yamalelectrosviaz is planning to commission a GSM-900 cellular communications network in March. A mobile phone must be a GSM-900 one and have a certificate of conformity. JSC Yamalelectrosviaz is expected to provide further information on...

Dmitrov Telephone Network Modernized.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Replacement of telecommunications equipment is underway at the long-distance and document communication shops of the Dmitrov telecommunications center. Analog-digital equipment is being replaced with a fiber optic one. This will increase...

JSC Electrosviaz to Install Corporate Network.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... JSC Electrosviaz of the Irkutsk region has concluded a long-term contract with Promsviaz Ltd. for establishment of a corporate network for a time-based billing system. According to Nikolai Stupak, the company's deputy general manager on...

Vimpelcom Seeks $300 Million for Expansion.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Russian cellular operator, Vimpelcom, needs a US$300 million cash injection to launch its plan for developing networks in the regions. Vimpelcom first vice president, Nikolai Pryanishnikov, said that the firm was pushing for "a large-scale...

New Tariff Rates for International Connections Introduced.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... JSC Uraltelecom has introduced new tariff rates for international telephone connections to CIS states. Beginning on March 1,2001, a one-minute connection with CIS countries through a switchboard operator will be common. The rates for operator...

RSCC Concludes Contract with Belgian Company.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... The Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC) has concluded a contract with Space Checker NV, a Belgian company that provides narrow-band data transmission services in Europe (positioning, localization of mobile subscribers, virtual...