Russian operator group MegaFon is acquiring a controlling interest in the internet firm Mail.ru in a deal which bolsters its content offering as mobile growth drops off.
Telia Carrier today announced that it has established an additional point of connectivity in Budapest, Hungary.
Telia Carrier has established a new point of presence (PoP) in Zagreb, Croatia, to deliver wholesale IP transit and Ethernet services for carriers, content and cloud providers.
Telia Estonia is launching direct carrier billing on the Google Play app store with Fortumo.
The planned sale of Polish operator Play (branded as P4) has been shelved after underwhelming bids from private equity firms.
Apple is launching Apple Pay in Russia via a partnership with Mastercard and local bank Sberbank.
VimpelCom has selected Cisco Jasper to be the Smart Connectivity management platform across its network operator properties globally.
Telenor has announced that it will sell a portion of its holding in VimpelCom via a public offering in the US.
Nokia and Orange Polska have successfully completed a pilot project to prepare for the mass migration of Orange's legacy public switched telephone network (PSTN) services to an all-IP network ready to support current and future broadband needs.
Mobile operator Elisa Estonia has launched direct carrier billing for the Google Play app store with Fortumo.
Telenor is still investigating options for selling its $2.4 billion stake in VimpelCom after announcing its intention to divest in October last year.
Russia’s Federal Antimonopoly Service has issued Google with a RUB438 million ($6.8 million) fine.
An agreement reached by the EU and China in 2014 regarding the sale of telecoms equipment in EU member states could be under threat.
Vodafone Czech Republic has launched a new Wi-Fi Calling service based on the WIT VoWiFi solution.
Tele2 has selected Nokia's Cloud Packet Core solution to transform its core network to meet growing customer demand for high performance mobile broadband services.
Nokia and MTS have deployed FDD-TDD carrier aggregation technology on MTS's commercial LTE network in Moscow.
Ericsson has been selected by Telenor Serbia to deploy its Charging and Billing in One (CBiO) solution as the operator's new real-time convergent charging and billing platform.
Three of Russia’s largest operators have warned that a new law which grants far-reaching surveillance powers to the government could cost the mobile industry as much as $34 billion.
Ericsson has been selected as a Managed Services partner by Makedonski Telekom in Macedonia, a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom Group.
Russian banking services provider VTB24 has implemented Gemalto’s Ezio Mobile Protector smartphone-based secure software app solution.
VimpelCom has entered into a software partnership with Ericsson in a deal worth more than USD 1 billion that will radically transform VimpelCom's global IT infrastructure.
PLUS Communication is extending its agreement with Syniverse for revenue management solutions.
Mobile payments company Fortumo has announced a direct carrier billing partnership with Orange covering the group’s 29 markets.
Nokia and the Skolkovo Foundation are expanding Nokia’s Mobile Edge Computing ecosystem in Russia.
A new partnership between BSO and IXcellerate is set to improve fibre access to Russia’s MOEX Exchange in Moscow.
Bulgarian wholesale carrier and gateway provider Sofia Connect has deployed 2x100G services from Interoute, linking carriers from the Balkans, Caucasus region and the Middle East to western Internet hubs.
CITIC Telecom has announced its acquisition of the telecoms business of Linx Telecommunications, signifying a further global expansion of the Chinese parented group.
Eutelsat Communications today announced it has selected Gilat Satellite Networks to power a range of new broadband solutions in Western Russia to launch commercially in July.
Network solutions provider ECI and Sprint have deployed a greenfield broadband network in Sosnowiec, Poland.
Polish operator Netia has launched a cloud-based UC solution using BroadSoft UC-One software.
Global Wi-Fi network Fon and Hungary’s Magyar Telekom are partnering to provide Telekom subscribers with reliable, safe Wi-Fi access across the country.
Russian operator MTS has awarded a US$25 million contract to Intracom Telecom for its ultra high capacity Ethernet radio, UltraLink-FX80.
Bulgarian LTE operator Max has selected Genband’s fring OTT solution to launch its next generation Voicer app.
MegaFon and VimpelCom have partnered to develop base stations and share 4G/LTE network development and operation across 10 regions of Russia.
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