Russian Telecom articles from October 2001

Russian Telecom archives from October 2001

Webpages by Language, 2000.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
October 1, 2001... Webpages by Language, 2000 Language Percentage English 68.39 Japanese 5.85 German 5.77 Chinese 3.87 French 2.96 Spanish 2.42 Russian 1.88 Italian 1.56...

Allgon to Supply GSM Coverage Solution to the World's Largest Subway Network.(for the Russian mobile operator Beeline-Vimpelcom)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2001... Allgon, a supplier of radio-based infrastructure solutions for cellular communications, has signed a US$6 million agreement to provide a coverage solution for the subway network in Moscow. "The cellular market in Russia is growing rapidly,...

Lucent Lays Fiber Optic in Kremenchug.(Lucent-CheZaRa)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2001... The Lucent-CheZaRa joint venture has finished laying a fiber optic transit ring in Kremenchug on an Ukrtelekom order. A 5ESS-2000 through switching exchange with a capacity of 15,778 ports has also been installed in Kremenchug. ...

Sonera Provides Network between Moscow and St. Petersburg.(Brief Article)
October 1, 2001... Finland's mobile phone network provider, Sonera, will provide the first broadband network between Moscow and St. Petersburg. Sonera already operates "Russia's most extensive backbone network" between the two major cities, which is a first...

RON-Telecom Starts to Build Metropolitan and Intrazonal SDH Transport Networks in Khakass Republic.(using Nortel Networks OPTera Metro 4100/4200 multiplexers)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2001... RON-Telecom has started the project to build STM-16/STM-4 level metropolitan and intrazonal SDH transport networks using Nortel Networks OPTera Metro 4100/4200 multiplexers in the Khakass republic. The first phase of the project includes...

Sibintek and ICC Sign Agreement on C-Band Satellite Communication Station Network for Evenki Autonomous Area.(Brief Article)
October 1, 2001... Sibintek Ltd. and International Communications Company (ICC) have signed an agreement on establishment of a network of C-band satellite communication stations for the Evenki autonomous area. This joint project will result in the full range...

New Telephone Exchange Completed in Chernyakhovsk.(JSC Electrosviaz project)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2001... Construction work has been completed at the new ATX in Chernyakhovsk. Now, the ATX is being inspected by the acceptance commission, consisting of specialists from JSC Electrosviaz of the Kaliningrad region, officials from the committee for...

Megaphone GSM Subscribers Increase in Number.(Brief Article)
October 1, 2001... Subscribers of the Megaphone GSM network in the North Caucasus have increased to 10,000. Currently, the Megaphone OSM network in the North Caucasus region operates in the Krasnodar territory (including the Black Sea coast), Stavropol territory...

MTU-Intel and PTT-Teleport Moscow Consolidate.(Brief Article)
October 1, 2001... MTU-Intel and PTT-Teleport Moscow announced consolidation of their Internet businesses. MTU-Intel acquired 100 percent of PTT-Teleport Moscow shares: 51 percent of shares came from JSC MGTS and 49 percent from the stock finance corporation...

Vimpelcom-R Opens Its Subsidiary in Vladimir Region.(Brief Article)
October 1, 2001... JSC Vimpelcom-R, which provides services under the Bee Line GSM trademark, opened its subsidiary in the Vladimir region. In addition, the company put another portion of its regional network in commercial operation. Currently, there are...

Artelecom-Cellular Introduces New Billing System.(Brief Article)
October 1, 2001... Artelecom-Cellular has replaced its SoftPro billing system with the new certified Peter-Service billing system. With the new system, the company has met the existing requirements of its business without spending any additional efforts or...

Telia Aims to Raise Baltic and Russia Telecommunications Stakes.(Brief Article)
October 1, 2001... Sweden's Telia would like to raise its stakes in Baltic and Russian operators. Telia now owns 24.5 percent in Estonian fixed-line and mobile operator Eesti Telekom and 24.5 percent in Latvia' s mobile operator LMT. It also has 27.5 percent in...

MTS in New Regional Foray.
October 1, 2001... Mobile TeleSystems (MTS), a mobile operator, has launched a new foray into the country's largely untapped regions, opening a network in a relatively wealthy province on the Volga river. "The subscriber base by the end of the year should be...

European Union Approves Eco Telecom-Vimpel Deal.(Brief Article)
October 1, 2001... Eco Telecom Ltd., a Gibraltar-based unit of Russia's Alfa Group and Norway's Telenor East Invest, has been granted permission by the European Union to gain joint control of Vimpel Communications. Vimpel provides telecommunications services....

PTS to Incorporate Operators into One Telecom Company.
October 1, 2001... The St. Petersburg Telephone Network, or PTS, is working to incorporate all operators in the Northwest Federal District into one telecoms company -- part of state telecoms holding Svyazinvest's plan to revamp the industry nationwide. In...

MTS Set for Growth.
October 1, 2001... MTS aims to take advantage of the growth in mobile usage in the Russian regions and expects to cover its planned investments by approaching the debt markets next year. MTS, jointly owned by Deutsche Telekom (40 percent) and Sistema (42...

Residents to Pay More for Local Telephone Services.
October 1, 2001... Moscow residents will have to pay 10 rubles more per month for local telephone services, with rates rising to 70 rubles (US$2.37) as of Nov. 1, 2001. Moscow City Telephone Network, or MGTS, received permission from the Anti-Monopoly...

PTS' Net Profit to Rise Six Percent this Year.(Brief Article)
October 1, 2001... St. Petersburg Telephone Network (PTS) will see net profits rise 6 percent this year to about 400 million rubles, the company's economics and finance director, Igor Golikov, said. Sales are expected to more than double to 3.9 billion rubles...

Peter-Service Expands Its Participation in Megaphone GSM Project.(Brief Article)
October 1, 2001... Peter-Service, expanding its participation in the Megaphone GSM project, has completed installing its information billing system for Mobicom-Kirov. It is the third installation under the Megaphone GSM project that will use Peter-Service...

C&W to Offer Hosting Services to Russian Firms.
October 1, 2001... Cable & Wireless, a British telecom firm, and technology firm IBS said they would begin renting out e-mail, enterprise resource planning, and other applications as a cost saving measure for Russian firms. The venture, Data Fort, will be...

MTS Wins Belarus GSM License.(Mobile TeleSystems )
October 1, 2001... Russia's Mobile TeleSystems is the preliminary winner of Belarus's second GSM-standard operating license. "The president said that according to the preliminary information which he has, MTS won the tender," said presidential spokesman...

Government to Sell 51 Percent of Radiokom to Bivideon.
October 1, 2001... The Czech government agency National Property Fund (NPF) has signed a privatization agreement to transfer a 51 percent stake in telecoms firm Ceske Radiokomunikace to the Bivideon consortium. The NPF added in a statement that the settlement...

Government to Adjust Conditions in UMTS Tender.(Czech Republic 3G mobile licenses)
October 1, 2001... The Czech government will approach the country's three mobile operators with an adjusted set of conditions for awarding third-generation mobile phone licences, Czech Telecommunications Office (CTO) said. David Stadnik, head of the CTO,...

Logica Announces a New Contract with Aliatel.
October 1, 2001... Logica, a global solutions company, and Convergys Corp., a provider of billing and customer care services, announced a new contract with Aliatel, a Czech telecommunications operator. This contract will implement Convergys' active revenue...

Kazakhtelecom and Siemens to Complete Fiber Optic Project.(Brief Article)
October 1, 2001... Kazakhtelecom and Siemens ICN have signed an agreement to complete Kazakhstan's western fiber optic line running 2,473 km along the Shymkent-Kyzylorda-Aktobe-Atyrau-Russia route. After completing the western fiber optic line, Kazakhtelecom...

OTE Leads Race for Macedonia Mobile License.(OTE Telecom)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2001... Greece's OTE Telecoms will begin talks with the government of Macedonia on the sale of a second mobile phone license. According to Athens financial daily Naftemporiki, OTE would begin the talks after another bidder, a locally based company...

Polkomtel to Spend $1 Billion on 3G.
October 1, 2001... Polkomtel, a cellphone operator, plans to invest about $1 billion to launch third-generation (3G) services in the coming years. The operator could save nearly a third of the costs if all three Polish operators agree to jointly build the...

TPSA Selects Telia for International IP Transit.(in Poland)
October 1, 2001... Telia International Carrier has been chosen by TPSA, owner of Poland's largest Internet network, to supply international IP transit to the Polish market. Telia International Carrier becomes the largest supplier of international IP capacity to...

Juniper to Power Polish IP Network.(Telekomunikacja Polska will use company's routers)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2001... Telekomunikacja Polska (TPSA) is to use M160 Internet backbone routers from Juniper Networks. Ericsson, which is partnered with Juniper, has the contract to supply, integrate and support these routers in the TPSA network. Juniper said the...

Deutsche Telekom in Ukraine Mobile Talks.
October 1, 2001... Deutsche Telekom is in talks with Ukraine's state-owned telecoms monopoly over raising its stake in UMC, a mobile phone network. The German company already owns 16.3 percent of Ukrainian Mobile Commications (UMC), which was set up in 1992 by...

CST Invest Ltd. Awards 3G Contract to Motorola.(for CDMA service in Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine)
October 1, 2001... CST Invest Ltd. has awarded Motorola a commercial contract to deploy a third-generation (3G) code division multiple access (CDMA) 2000 1X network in Dnepropetrovsk. CST Invest Ltd., along with Motorola, will bring the first CDMA2000 1X service...