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SpetsTek to become Ventyx reseller

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100

The business solutions provider Ventyx has signed a partner agreement with SpetsTek to become the reseller of Ventyx products in Russia, Kazakhstan and Ukraine. SpetsTek will become ...

LANIT to supply payment terminals to Rusfinans Bank

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100

LANIT has successfully tendered to supply 30 payment terminals to Rusfinans Bank. The company will provide installation, maintenance and full technical support for the terminals, ...

Svyazinvest denies acquisition talks with Synterra

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100

The Russian telecommunications holding company Svyazinvest has denied holding acquisition talks with Synterra, claiming it does not consider the latter to be an attractive investment ...

AirTies enters Russia

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100

The Turkish supplier of wireless equipment, AirTies, has announced its entry into the Russian market. The company supplies high-speed internet, wireless, VoIP, IPTV and multimedia ...

Vympelkom and Megafon launch anti-fraud mobile facility

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100

The leading Russian mobile phone operators, Vympelkom and Megafon, have launched anti-fraud programmes, including fraud subscriber detection contracts, and will be able to inform their ...

Komstar continues regional expansion

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Komstar-Regiony, the subsidiary company of the telecommunications company Komstar-OTS, has acquired a 20% stake in Evrotel and a 25% share in Upravleniye i Lizing, the infrastructure ...

T-Platformy expands to Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100

The Russian supercomputing holding T-Platformy has signed a cooperation agreement with the Kazakh systems integrator Smartcom to supply software solutions, including T-blade systems and personal ...

Megafon acquires Sinterra

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100

A decision to acquire 100% of Sinterra, the Russian telecommunications operator, was approved by the Megafon Board of Directors at the end of February 2010. The $705m deal is likely ...

Flexis enters American market

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100

The Russian provider of Rich Internet Applications (RIA), Flexis, has opened a representative office in California to promote the company’s products and services in the ...

Tieto acquires T&T Telekom

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Tieto has acquired T&T Telecom, an IT and consultancy company based in St. Petersburg and Moscow. The acquisition will support the company’s growth strategy in Russia ...

In 2009 mobile phone operators report first decline in revenues in history

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100

The combined revenues of the mobile phones operators in Poland decreased by 2.5%, i.e. PLN 650m (€164.1m) to PLN 25.3bn (€6.39bn) in 2009 in comparison with 2008, as Audytel ...

TVN 2009 results higher than expected

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100

TVN media group showed healthy results for Q4 2009 – a net profit totalled to PLN 242.6m (€61.3m) in comparison to PLN 87.6m (€22.1m) in the analogous period of the ...

Almost half of Poles are Internet users

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Around 15.1 million Poles of more than 15 years of age were using the Internet in the fourth quarter of 2009, which translated into 50.2% of the population, according to the NetTrack ...

Netia: PLN 1.5bn of sales revenues in 2009

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Netia, the alternative fixed-line operator, showed PLN 1.5bn (€379m) of sales revenues in 2009, reflecting a 34% growth year on year. The company’s net profit totalled ...

TP SA reveals its short-term strategy

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100

TP SA posted a 9% decline in sales revenues, to PLN 16.56bn (€4.16bn), in 2009, while net profit went down by 41% to PLN 1.28bn (€322m). The market is not expected to grow and ...