Central and Eastern Europe

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TB Forum 2018: new quality of exposition, powerful conference program, C-level professional audience and pre-arranged meetings with buyers

The International “Security & Safety Technologies” Forum 2018 was successfully held in Moscow, February 13 to 15. TB Forum is the largest annual meeting of security leaders responsible for security of organizations and citizens of the country.

Energy & Sustainability

Crnogorski Telekom signs energy management deal with Ericsson

Montenego’s Crnogorski Telekom has signed a 10-year Energy Infrastructure Management agreement with Ericsson.

Operators

Hungary’s Konzum Nyrt eyeing Telenor unit

Hungarian firm Konzum Nyrt has affirmed its interest in acquiring the local operations of Telenor if it makes them available for sale.

Mobile Finance

Huawei Pay launching in Russia ahead of worldwide expansion

Huawei has entered into an agreement with UnionPay to expand its Huawei Pay service beyond China for the first time.

Customer Management

Mtel Bulgaria selects Amdocs platform for customer engagement and digital commerce

Bulgarian operator Mtel is using Amdocs’ DigitalONE platform to overhaul its digital commerce and care experience offering.

Operators

Telenor considering unsolicited offer for CEE operations

Telenor has announced that it is weighing up an offer that it has received for four of its units in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE).

Consumer Ecosystems

Bulgaria’s fixed operators pushing for MVNO venture

Bulgaria could see the launch of its first MVNO if discussions between the country’s mobile operators and five TV and internet providers prove fruitful.

Customer Management

ALBtelecom Selects Sicap’s Device Management Solution

Albanian operator ALBtelecom is implementing Sicap’s Mobile Device Management Centre (DMC) to offer its subscribers automated handset configuration with a faster problem resolution from its customer care centres.

Operators

Ukrtelecom owner has assets frozen over payment dispute

Ukraine’s richest man Rinat Akhmetov has had $820m of his assets frozen in a payment dispute over his purchase of the country’s largest fixed-line provider Ukrtelecom.

Event News

All-over-IP 2017: The Future Mapped Out in Moscow

On November 22–24, 2017 All-over-IP celebrated its 10th anniversary to let the global and local digital community better embrace a new round of technology revolution. This year's show was sponsored by AxxonSoft, Basler AG, dormakaba, Dahua Technology, Intra, Speech Technology Centre, and...

Revenue & Billing

BITE taps RGK Mobile for Mobile Content Subscription Services in Latvia and Lithuania

RGK Mobile has announced a new direct mobile operator billing agreement with BITE, a telecommunications company serving subscribers in Lithuania and Latvia.

Wireless Networks

MegaFon and Rostelecom Agree to Jointly Develop 5G

MegaFon has signed a cooperation agreement with Rostelecom to jointly develop 5G networks.

Wireless Networks

Intracom Telecom partners with ZOSM for Video Surveillance Backhauling in Warsaw

Intracom Telecom has supplied Zakład Obsługi Systemu Monitoringu (ZOSM), the Monitoring System Services Company of the Polish capital Warsaw, with its latest generation Point-to-point and Point-to-Multipoint wireless systems.

Revenue & Billing

Slovak Telekom implements Netcracker's Converged Fixed and Mobile Revenue Management Solution

Slovak Telekom has gone live with Netcracker's converged Revenue Management solution for its residential and VSE/SoHo customers.

Customer Management

Rostelecom targets Russian B2B segement with unified CRM from Peter-Service

Peter-Service and Rostelecom are launching a project to implement a unified CRM system for Russia’s B2B segment.

Wireless Networks

Ericsson upgrading RCS & RDS network for 5G and IoT in Romania

Ericsson has been selected by RCS & RDS to modernise its mobile network in Romania, allowing its Romanian subscribers to enjoy enhanced mobile broadband services.

Revenue & Billing

Telenor Serbia launches direct carrier billing with Fortumo

Mobile payment company Fortumo and mobile operator Telenor are launching direct carrier billing for consumers in Serbia.

Operators

Telia slams rejected merger proposal for Latvian mobile and fixed line operations

Telia has hit out at the Latvian government’s rejection of its proposal to combine local mobile operator LMT with fixed provider Lattelecom.

Operators

Telia sells off MegaFon stake for $1B to exit Russia

Telia Company has fully divested its holding in Russia’s market leader MegaFon, selling its 19% stake in the operator for RUB60.4 billion ($1 billion) to investment bank Gazprombank.

Enterprise Ecosystems

MTS selects Ericsson to prepare network for 5G and IoT

Russia’s MTS has selected Ericsson to upgrade its network with software features that will be continuously developed during the next three years.

Customer Management

Netia Chooses Comarch OSS for Network Management in Poland

Polish operator Netia has selected Comarch’s Fault Management central network monitoring system to detect network issues and service incidents promptly.

Event News

XVII International Scientific and Practical Conference "Terrorism and Transport Security"

At the XXIII International Forum on Security & Safety Technologies - TB Forum - will be held XVII International Scientific and Practical Conference "Terrorism and Transport Security".

Event News

WANTED! Reliable suppliers with deep industry knowledge and operational experience

Finding a good supplier can be a very time-consuming task, and rightly so.

Service Management

Comarch Supports Orange in delivering Fibre-to-the-Home in Poland

Orange Polska, the leading Polish telecommunication provider, has chosen Comarch as its OSS software vendor to support Orange’s OSS4TTH project.

Event News

Ideal business environment for large buyers

TB Forum Conference and Exhibition is renowned as one of the Russia’s leading event for the security industry.

Vendors

Huawei surpasses Apple’s smartphone sales in CEE for Q2

Huawei reclaimed its second place spot in the CEE (Central & Eastern Europe) smartphone market from Apple over the last quarter.

Cloud & Virtualisation

Orange Poland taps Openet for Virtualised Policy and Charging

Orange Poland has implemented virtualised versions of Openet’s Policy Manager and Evolved Charging solutions.

Event News

5 Russian Vertical Markets That Open Up Greater Revenue Opportunities According to IP Vendors [All-over-IP Update]

Last week we asked the Russian security and IT industry for their opinion: what local verticals open up greater revenue opportunities, and which of them they would like to connect more with at All-over-IP 2017.

Event News

Most Common Consumer Challenges in TOP 5 Sectors

Consumers are perfectly familiar with the proposals of their current suppliers, but equipment and technologies becoming obsolete, and the systems installed 3-5 years ago can no longer provide the required level of security. In most of the cases it is necessary to upgrade or simply swap this...

Investment

Play IPO could be valuation attempt for Liberty acquisition, say analysts

The motives behind Polish operator Play’s upcoming IPO have been called into question by some of the country’s leading financial analysts.

Regulation

User data storage law must not be stalled, says Russian comms minister

Russia’s communications minister Nikolai Nikiforov has stated that it would be counter-productive to push back a new law that would oblige operators to store all user-generated data for six months.

Operators

Play details Polish IPO plans

Poland’s Play is offloading PLN5.3 billion (€1.3 billion) of shares in its recently announced IPO.

Cyber Security

Telegram dodges Russia ban by registering without decrypting messages

Messaging app Telegram has conceded to demands by the Russian regulator to register details about its controlling firm with the Russian government.

$Nokia and Infracapital bringing high-speed fibre broadband service to rural Poland$

Optical & Fixed Networks

Nokia and Infracapital bringing high-speed fibre broadband service to rural Poland

The government of Poland has awarded a tender for the design, build-out and operation of advanced fibre optic networks to Nokia in partnership with Infracapital, the infrastructure arm of M&G Investments.

Revenue & Billing

Hrvatski Telekom monetising Fixed-Mobile Converged Services with Netcracker

Croatia’s Hrvatski Telekom has selected Netcracker’s Billing solution as one of the key platforms for its large-scale IT transformation.

Operators

Poland’s Play confirms IPO after failed auction

Confirming previous reports, Polish operator Play has stated that it will launch an initial public offering on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.

Operators

Telia may reduce MegaFon holding

Telia could sell off some of its 25% stake in Russia’s MegaFon as it streamlines its focus to its core markets of the Nordics and Baltics.

Event News

All-over-IP Report: 21 Web-based Access Control Benefits Impacting Russian Customers Purchasing Decisions

Russian security experts who are involved in developing 2017 All-over-IP Expo and Conference agenda have identified 21 benefits of web-based access control that matter most for Russian customers and impact their purchasing decisions.

Enterprise Ecosystems

Netemera Launches Poland’s First Nationwide IoT LoRaWAN Network with Kerlink

Polish IoT specialist Netemera is deploying the country’s first nationwide low-power, wide-area (LPWA) network as part of its “Network for Machines”.

Event News

Heads of road transport enterprises urge CCTV producers to participate in TB Forum 2018

Security experts from organizations in the field of road transport and urban land-electric transport visit TB Forum every year to discuss current issues of vulnerability assessment and develop amendments to the transport security plans for transport infrastructure and vehicles,...

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