Russian Telecom articles from May 2001

Russian Telecom archives from May 2001

Internet Users in Eastern Europe, 2000, as a % of the Population 14 or Older.(Illustration)
May 1, 2001... Internet Users in Eastern Europe, 2000, as a % of the Population 14 or Older Slovenia 37 Estonia 25 Czech Republic 16 Croatia 14 Bulgaria...

Alfa Group, Baring Vostok, and Capital International Acquire Golden Telecom Common Stock from Global TeleSystems.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Golden Telecom Inc. announced that its majority shareholder, Global TeleSystems (GTS), has completed its sale of 12.2 million shares, or a stake of approximately 50 percent, in Golden Telecom for $10.25 per share to Russia's Alfa Group,...

270,000 Homes in Moscow to Be Wired for Cable Access by Year-End.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Andersen Group Inc., a company focused on direct investment opportunities in Internet and broadband communications in Moscow, announced that the company is projecting that its affiliate, ComCor-TV. will have more than 46,000 cable television...

Telstar Expands the Reach of its International Networks.(Telstar International Inc.)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Telstar International Inc. has expanded the reach of its network into four continents, completing the first phase of its strategy to offer facilities-based enhanced telecommunications services worldwide. In this phase, Telstar has...

Golden Telecom's First Quarter Loss Up.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Russian telecom and Internet provider, Golden Telecom, said its 2001 first quarter net loss widened from the same period last year due to swelling amortization charges from recent purchases. The company also said its Internet subscriber...

Nokia to Supply GSM Network Equipment.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Nokia has won an order to supply GSM wireless network equipment for Telecominvest's MegaFon network in the North Caucasus region. No financial details were provided. Nokia will be the sole supplier of MegaFon's global system for a mobile...

LinxTelecom Awards Global Marine Systems Baltic Sea Network Project.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Dutch telecom start-up, LinxTelecom, has awarded a contract worth more than EUR 100 million (US$88 million) to Global Marine Systems to supply the undersea portion of its planned Baltic Sea network. The operator plans to connect Poland, the...

MTS Subscriber Base Increases as It Stretches to Untapped Markets.(Mobile Telesystems (Moscow, Russia))(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Russia's largest cellular operator, Mobile TeleSystems (MTS), has 1.5 million subscribers and is stretching its reach into largely untapped markets outside the Russian capital. MTS said its total subscriber base had jumped 28 percent to...

Vimpelcom Posts Loss for Last Year.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Russian cellular operator, Vimpelcom, posted a wider net loss for last year, which it blamed on a write-down forced by speedy network expansion. The company's New York-listed shares slipped more than seven percent and analysts said they...

GE Americom Orders Satellites from Alcatel.(GE American Communications Inc.)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... GE Americom, the satellite operating arm of General Electric Co., has ordered three telecommunications satellites from Alcatel Space of France in a deal valued at hundreds of millions of dollars. Underlining the global nature of the...

North-West GSM Extends International Roaming.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... North-West GSM has extended its international roaming. Its new partners are: National Mobile Telecommunications Co. (Kuwait), JODP for Telecommunications of Republika Srpska RJ Mobile Telephony (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Telekom Cellular Sdn....

Golden Telecom Opens Internet Data Center.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Golden Telecom Inc. (GTI) has opened its own commercial Internet data center. The construction of the facility started in August 2000, and in December 2000 it was put into operation. GTI is a facilities-based provider of integrated...

Golden Telecom to Acquire Two ISPs.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Golden Telecom Inc. announced that it entered into an agreement to acquire well-established Internet service provider (ISP), Cityline, and 51 percent of Ekaterinburg-based ISP, Uralrelcom. Cityline operates primarily in Moscow, where...

Mobile Telesystems Buys Four Percent of Rekom's Shares.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Mobile Telesystems (MTS), Russia's leading GSM cellular communications operator, has bought four percent of Rekom shares from an offshore company for $1 million, raising its stake in the company from 49.9 percent to 53.9 percent. Rekom...

Clarent Corp. Increases its Russian Customer Base.(Company Business and Marketing)
May 1, 2001... Clarent Corp., a provider of Internet protocol (IP) communications solutions, unveiled its moves to increase the company's presence in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). These activities include new Russian and CIS...

Ceske Radiokom to Build Telecommunication Network.(Ceske radiokomunikace A.S.)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Czech telecom group, Ceske Radiokomunikace, has received a license allowing it to build and operate a fixed-line public telecommunications network. The company runs a network of radio and television transmitters and has stakes in a mobile phone...

Czech Telecom First Quarter Profits Drops.(Company Business and Marketing)
May 1, 2001... Cesky Telecom disappointed investors with a 10 percent drop in first quarter net profit as payments to fast-growing mobile phone operators jumped. The company, slated for further privatization this year, said its net profit fell to 1.47...

Telia Expands Network.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Sweden's Telia International Carrier has secured two licenses in the Czech Republic in the latest phase of its European network expansion. The licenses will allow the carrier to operate a network and provide telecom services in the region....

Czech UMTS License Auction to Raise Less than Predicted.
May 1, 2001... The Czech Republic will likely gain no more than 15 billion crowns (US$391.8 million) from the sale of UMTS mobile phone licenses, less than an earlier predicted 20 billion, Finance Minister Jiri Rusnok said. Rusnok said that a possible...

EBRD Takes Stake in TIM Czech NV.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Cesky Mobil said that the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) would take a 5.77 percent stake in its parent company, TIW Czech NV. Cesky Mobil said in a statement the EBRD would gradually invest $25 million, reducing the...

First Capital Continues Capital Search.
May 1, 2001... First Capital Inc., based in Houston, TX, is actively talking to potential investors in Central Europe. It is being advised by Lanzet Global Securities of New York. First Capital had initially expected to reach an agreement by March this...

Estonian Commission to Propose Four 3G Licenses.(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... An Estonian panel looking into sales of third-generation mobile phone licensing is expected to propose awarding four 30 mobile phone permits based on the outcome of a "beauty contest," the Transport Ministry said. The Transport Ministry's...

Andrew to Manufacture Base Station Antennas in Estonia.
May 1, 2001... Andrew Corp. will begin European production of its PerforMax base station antennas and Heliax cable assemblies at the Elcoteq Network Corp. manufacturing plant in Tallinn, Estonia. Elcoteq is a European manufacturing services company....

Baltkom Changes Name to Tele 2.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Baltkom GSM, Latvia's mobile phone operator, changed its name to Tele 2 on March 12, 2001. The decision to change the company's name was made as part of the new strategy developed by the company owner, Swedish telecommunications concern,...

Lithuanian Telekomas to Introduce Minimum Fees for Local Calls.
May 1, 2001... Lithuania's fixed Line monopoly, Lietuvos Telekomas, said its new pricing plan, which includes a minimum fee for local calls, should boost its revenues. The company said in a statement, it will introduce a minimum charge of 0.12 litas...

Lietuvos Launches ADSL Venture.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Lietuvos Telekomas has launched a high-speed digital line service to bolster its Internet business, seen as an engine for future growth. Telekomas said in a statement it was starting its asynchronous digital subscriber line (ADSL) service...

Matav and Maktel Discuss Growth Opportunities.
May 1, 2001... Matav, the leading Hungarian telecommunications service provider, and Makedonski Telekomunikacii (Maktel), the principle Macedonian telecommunications service provider, recently hosted a press conference to discuss the progress of their...

Deutsche Telekom Bids for PTC Control.(Polish telco)
May 1, 2001... Polish telecom group, Elektrim, said its partner, Deutsche Telekom, had offered it $400 million for control of PTC, the country's largest mobile operator. The bid was the latest salvo in a three-way tussle between Elektrim's management, telecom...

Deutsche Telekom Interested in Netia.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Deutsche Telekom has emerged as a possible buyer for Telia's 48.6 percent equity interest in Netia Holdings SA, Poland's biggest alternative fixed-line operator. "Telia has not shown a serious commitment to the Polish market, and is...

Netia and Linx Telecommunications Sign MoU for Commercial Network Services.
May 1, 2001... Netia Holdings SA, Poland's largest alternative provider of fixed-line telephony services, has signed a memorandum of understanding with Linx Telecommunications BV on the provision of commercial network services. Netia and Linx have agreed to...

KIPNQwest Sells Fiber Ducts to Memorex.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
May 1, 2001... KPNQwest, a pan-European operator, has sold two fiber ducts in Central Europe to Memorex Telex Communications (MTCAG). The deal is worth EUR23 million (US$20.6 million). The ducts cover 650 km between Eschenfelden, Germany, and Bratislava,...

Slovakia Receives Five Bids in FWA Tender.(fixed-wireless access)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
May 1, 2001... The Slovak Telecommunications Office has received five bids in a purchase tender for three national fixed-wireless access (FWA) licenses. In a statement, the office said it had received bids from Callino, a unit of US Formus Communications,...

Privatization of Telekom Postponed.(Telekom Slovenije)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
May 1, 2001... Slovenian telecommunications operator, Telekom, will not be privatized this year as planned because of the collapse in the value of global telecoms firms. Information Technology Minister, Pavel Gantar, said the government still hoped to...

First Capital International Inc. Announces Marketing Program in the Baltic Region.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
May 1, 2001... First Capital International Inc., an international telecommunications company, announced that TGK-Link AS, the company's subsidiary in Estonia, has signed a marketing agreement with a major bank in Estonia. This marketing agreement will...

Telecom and IT Procurement and Investment Opportunities to Be Unveiled at USTDA Conference.
May 1, 2001... Connecting information technology and telecommunications companies with procurement officials and other public- and private-sector project managers throughout Eurasia will be the aim of a U.S. Trade and Development Agency conference in...