Russian Telecom articles from September 2001

Russian Telecom archives from September 2001

Millicom International Cellular Awarded Five Russian GSM Licenses.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... Millicom International Cellular S.A., the global telecommunications investor, has been awarded licenses to develop GSM 1800 wireless telephony in Rostov-on-Don, Izhevsk, Kemerovo, Irkutsk and Omsk and their surrounding regions. All five...

Ericsson to Supply Switching Equipment.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... Ericsson has signed a contract with KUBAN GSM, the GSM 900 cellular communications operator of the Krasnodar territory, to supply the third switching center, which will make it possible to boost local network capacity by 200,000 lines to...

Expand Networks Brings Enterprise Caching to Russia.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... Expand Networks has announced a deal with Informsviaz, a systems integrator to introduce its products to the Russian enterprise market. Under the agreement, Informsviaz will provide Expand Networks' ACCELERATOR suite of products, which enables...

VOTEC Receives a Ten-Year GSM License.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... Votec Mobile has obtained a GSM license from the Russian communications ministry for a term of 10 years. The company has a TDMA network in operation and plans to get 50,000 subscribers to its GSM network within the next three years. There are...

Tochka.ru Introduces New Rate Plans.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... Tochka.ru, the first Moscow-based Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Lines (ADSL) ISP, announced a new "Individual" rate plan of only $75 per month, plus $0.16 for each Mb of Internet traffic. Tochka.ru also introduced credit terms for its ADSL...

UNI Corp. Completes First Phase of Authorization of IP-Telephony Companies.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... UNI Corp. announced completion of the first phase of authorization of companies offering conventional and IP-telephony solutions. After the first training session organized within the framework of the authorization program, 12 integrator...

SMC Networks to Supply Automated Switching Equipment.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... SMC Networks, a supplier of various cable and wireless network solutions, will begin to supply new automated EZ109DT switching hubs to the Russian market. Equipped with eight Auto Baud Ethernet/Fast Ethernet ports, these devices have an...

Golden Telecom to Acquire 51 Percent of ADS.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... Golden Telecom Inc., an integrated provider of voice, data and Internet services across Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States, has reached an agreement to purchase a 51 percent stake in top Nizhny Novgorod competitive local exchange...

Peterstar Changes Internet Traffic Exchange Point.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... Peterstar has switched its Internet-using subscribers over to the SPB-IX Internet traffic exchange point that belongs to the Russian Research Institute of Public Network Development (RosNIIROS). The company used the exchange point of JSC...

MTS Acquires Telecom 900 for $27 Million.(Mobile TeleSystems)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... JSC Mobile TeleSystems (MTS) has announced completion of its acquisition of Telecom 900 Ltd. The company has purchased 81 percent of Telecom 900 shares for $27 million. After its acquisition of Telecom 900 Ltd., the license area of MTS and...

MTS and Vympelkom Negotiating the Purchase of Kuban GSM.(Mobile Telesystems)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... Shareholders of the MTS and Vympelkom communications have been negotiating the purchase of Kuban GSM, which has the biggest cellular network in southern Russia. Kuban GSM currently has 220,000 subscribers and may boost its client base to...

Ministry Assigns Cellular Operators Federal Codes.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... The Russian Communications Ministry has assigned new federal codes to cellular operators in Russia. The Mobile Telesystems subscribers will use the 91X code instead of 902 (with X standing for the number of the federal district) and Northwest...

MTU - Inform Launches Internet Access Services.
September 1, 2001... MTU-Inform, an Internet access and telephony provider, launched integrated network, telephony and broadband internet access services for Moscow and Moscow region residents based on HPNA (Home Phoneline Networking Alliance) technology. HPNA...

MTU Teams with other Operators to Provide VPN.(PPT-Teleport and Infosystem Jet)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... MTU Intel, a dialup ISP and a subsidiary of Moscow Telephone Network, PTT-Teleport Moscow, a major dial-up and broadband ADSL ISP, and Infosystems Jet a system integrator, have teamed up to provide Virtual Private Network (VPN) services,...

Infotel Launches Internet Access in Moscow.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... Infotel, an ISP and alternative telecom provider, has launched leased-line Internet access in Moscow with a speed of up to 210 Mbps, based on Infotel's proprietary fiber optic capacity and Golden Line and ComCor telecom channels. Infotel...

Vimpelcom and Sovintel to Offer Fixed-Mobile Convergence.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... Vimpelcom, a mobile operator, and Sovintel, a corporate fixed telephony provider, announced a joint project for Fixed-Mobile Convergence (FMC). FMC unites a fixed telephone with a mobile set by directing calls to both. The user pays a...

Vimpelcom Expands Roaming Services.(to over 100 companies)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... Vimpelcom's subscribers can now enjoy roaming service while traveling to more than 100 countries worldwide. The move marks a moral victory for Vimpelcom, which operates under the Bee Line brand name. It now offers roaming in more countries...

CBOSSussd System Put into Test Operation at Kuban-GSM.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... A CBOSSussd system, implementing the USSD (Unstructured Supplementary Service Data) technology, has been put into test operation at Kuban-GSM. USSD is a GSM service enabling high-speed interactive communication between a subscriber and a...

Morsviazsputnik Offers Internet Services through WebLink.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... Morsviazsputnik, a state run enterprise, has started to provide access to Internet for Inmarsat-B/M/Mini-M/A users at the ground station 015 globally in every region (AOR-E, AOR-W, IOR, POR) through a new Internet service provider, WebLink, in...

Laying of Fiber Optic Link Commenced Along Railway from Ussurisk to Khasan.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... Specialists of the Far Eastern Railway has started the laying of a fiber optic link from Ussurisk to the border station Khasan. According to RIA Novosti, the laying of a 250 km link from the junction depot of the Trans-Siberian Railway to the...

ROSNET Digital Network Node Put into Trial Operation in Zelenograd.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... ROSNET has put a new digital network node into trial operation in Zelenograd, after completing the testing phase. At the Zelenograd node, a Definity ATX manufactured by Lucent Technologies was installed and high-speed digital long-distance...

New Fiber Optic Link Commissioned in Kuzbass.(being installed by Transtelecom)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... In Kuzbass, a new fiber optic communications network has been installed. An automatic unit for traffic control at the Tabuny station (the West-Siberian railroad) is to be connected to the current communications system. This will make it...

MTU Introduces HPNA Technology.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... MTU INFORM, a commercial telephone operator of Moscow, has announced a new Internet connection service using the HPNA technology. The technology will primarily be used in company projects designed to render comprehensive communication services...

Russia to Have 48 Million Mobile Users by 2010.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... Russia should have 45-48 million mobile phone users by 2010, up from more than five million now. Deputy Communications Minister, Yury Pavlenko was quoted as saying that the number of mobile phone users had doubled over the last year and a...

Belarus GSM License Tender Down to Three.(Saudi Odger Ltd., MobileTeleSystems and North-West GSM)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... Alfa Echo, the Russian Bank that is a shareholder in Vimpelcom, is no longer in the race for the second GSM license in Belarus. Those remaining on the short-list are Saudi Odger Ltd., MobileTeleSystems and North-West GSM. 13 companies took...

Cesky Telecom's Sale Moved Back.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... The Czech government may move back the deadline for the sale of a majority stake in Cesky Telecom. The government had been planning to decide the winner of a tender for the stake in Cesky by the end of October, but this deadline has been...

Ceske Radiokom Posts 50 Percent Rise in First Half 2001.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... Ceske Radiokomunikace said its first-half net profit rose almost 50 percent on the back of a strong performance from its mobile phone unit. The company said first-half consolidated net profit climbed to 510.3 million crowns ($13.7 million)...

Cesky Telecom Wants Eurotel Deal Reconsidered.
September 1, 2001... Cesky Telecom's takeover of mobile operator Eurotel is in jeopardy due to turmoil on financial markets. Cesky Telecom, which already holds a 51 percent stake in Eurotel, the largest Czech mobile operator, agreed in July to take over the rest...

3G License Auction Delayed Until 2002.(in Latvia)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... The Latvian Transport Ministry will further delay its auction of 3G licenses until late next year, despite earlier assurances that the sale would take place this autumn. The auction of UMTS mobile phone licenses will now take place in the...

TietoEnator to Maintain Lattelekom's Call Center Services.
September 1, 2001... TietoEnator and Lattelekom SIA, have signed an agreement for the maintenance of Lattelekom's Call Center system. According to the agreement, TietoEnator will maintain, provide practical support and advice, as well as take care of the services'...

Lietuvos Telekomas Says Digitalization Nearing End.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... Lietuvos Telekomas said it has finished the digitalization of its network in Lithuania's capital. The company said it connected its last customer to the digital exchange in Vilnius, and expects to complete the digitalization of networks in...

Telekomas to Upgrade Interbank Network.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... Lietuvos Telekomas said it was starting the upgrade of its interbank settlement system to meet European Union (EU) requirements. The company is going to connect all Lithuanian commercial banks and foreign bank representatives to a new...

Hybrid Networks and THOMCAST Team Up to Deliver Two-Way Fixed Broadband Internet Access.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... Hybrid Networks Inc., a provider of high-capacity MMDS fixed broadband wireless Internet-access systems, announced that Thomcast Communications Inc. will provide Metromedia Inc., an Austria-based Internet service provider, with Hybrid's base...

LUKoil Begins Network Construction.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... LUKoil is vying to become a main player on the telecommunications market in Moldova and has plans to penetrate other former Soviet states. Through its newly established company Telemedia Group, LUKoil has begun network construction in...

Slovakia Sets Prices for Mobile Licenses.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... Slovakia is expected to set $20.9 million as the minimum price for a package of two mobile phone licenses, which will be sold in a tender later this year. The Cabinet's council of economic ministers recommended to the Telecommunication...

Globtel Changes Name to Orange.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... Globtel, a mobile operator has announced plans to rebrand as Orange. The name change is hoped to be completed by early 2002. The move will bring Globtel in line with Orange's other international operations, which at June 30, 2001 included...

Mobitel Will Seek Loan to Cover UMTS Bid.(UMTS mobile phone license)
September 1, 2001... Mobitel, a mobile operator and sole bidder for the country's UMTS mobile phone license, said its parent company, Telekom, would take out a loan to finance the bid. Mobitel's $91.1 million bid remained the only one on the table when the...

Digital Cellular to Use CDPD Equipment in its Network.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... Digital Cellular Communications (DCC), a fixed cellular communications operator, intends to introduce CDPD data transmission technology in its D-AMPS cellular network in 2002. CDPD technology enables D-AMPS networks to maintain data packet...

Utel Launches the First Internet Access Prepaid Card Service.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... Utel is launching the first nationwide Internet access pre-paid card service in Ukraine called "Unet." Using its nationwide network of regional exchanges and fiber optic backbone lines, Utel offers to Ukrainian customers a unique service...

Siemens and State Communications Committee to Develop Telecom Services.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... Siemens and the State Communications and Information Committee have signed a memorandum on joint projects in developing telecom services in the republic. These include an E20 million transport telecommunications ring project in Kiev. By...

Deutsche Telekom to Acquire Stake in UMC.(Ukrainian Mobile Communications)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... Deutsche Telekom may acquire a 25 percent stake in Ukrainian Mobile Communication (UMC), which is owned by the Ukrtelekom, a national operator. The shares will not be sold at an open tender, but will be offered to other UMC co-founders,...