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Topic: internet broadband & search engines
Internet, broadband, search engine news and developments in Russia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Central Asia
Vkontakte surge helps Mail.Ru overtake Yandex in Russian e-commerce table
A 44.2% revenue surge in its Vkontakte social media business has pushed the Mail.ru Group ahead of…
Chinese consortium eyes up Norway’s Opera Software in $1.2bn deal
Shares in Opera Software rose 5.4% last Friday amid rumours that a group of Chinese companies had…
Russia’s Yandex search engine to open for business in Iran
Russia’s largest domestic search engine Yandex is to set up business in Iran, the Iranian Minister…
Russia gives Google one month to lift third-party restrictions
Russia’s Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) has given Google until the 18th of November 2015 to lift restrictions…
Yandex to become default search engine for Windows 10?
Windows 10: Yandex CEO and co-founder Arkady Volozh would like to see his software replace Bing as the…
FAS rules in favour of Yandex Google anti-trust suit
Google anti-trust suit: Russia’s Federal Anti-Monopoly Service (FAS) yesterday accused Google of abusing its market position in the country…
Russian internet advertising bucks trend as print and TV suffer
Russian internet advertising grew by 9% year on year in the first quarter of 2015, bucking…
Uzbekistan plans state-funded social media network
Uzbekistan plans state-funded social media network: Convinced that popular social media sites such as Facebook, Vkontakte,…
Internet copyright tax proposal circulated by Russian Ministry of Culture
Internet copyright tax: The Russian Ministry of Culture last week published a draft law proposing the introduction of…
Google beating Yandex as Android secures 70% of mobile market
Google beating Yandex: Russia’s online population increasingly prefers using Google to Russia’s indigenous search engine Yandex, according…
Spotify abandons plans for Russian launch and dismisses CEO elect
Spotify, one the world’s most successful musics streaming sites, has abandoned its plans to launch in…
Inflight wifi report puts Aeroflot in 7th place – ahead of Emirates
Inflight wifi: Outside of the US, passengers flying with Aeroflot have a better chance of getting…
MTS announces plans to take on Skype and WhatsApp
MTS, Russia’s leading mobile phone operator has announced plans to launch its own chat application to…
Azerbaijan seeks outside investors for high-speed broadband rollout
Azerbaijan seeks outside investors: The government in Baku is looking to sources other than its sovereign wealth…
Altel to spearhead Kazakhstan’s seven-year 4G network drive
Kazakhtelecom subsidiary Altel is to spearhead Kazkhstan’s drive to improve its telecommunications infrastructure with a KTZ105bn project that…
Russian internet market forecast to increase 30% by 2020
Russian internet market: The consulting and research company Frost & Sullivan is predicting that the number…
EU calls Yandex in Google anti-trust case
EU calls Yandex: The EU’s competition authorities have formally requested evidence from the Russian web giant Yandex regarding…
Google and co to be encouraged to localise their Russian operations
Google: Russia’s media watchdog Roskomnadzor is joining forces with the Association of Electronic Communications (REAC) to work…
Yota product development to be funded by private share placement
Yota product development: The Russian mobile broadband services provider and smartphone manufacturer Yota Devices is planning…
Mail.ru sells Headhunter recruitment agency for RUB9.85bn
Mail.ru sells Headhunter: Russian internet giant Mail.ru has sold its online recruitment agency Headhunter to the…
X5 Retail Group negotiating offload of e5 on-line operation
X5 Retail Group, owner of the Roundabout, Crossroads and Carousel brands, is in the process of negotiating the sale…
Yandex scanners to be installed in Formula Kino cinemas
Yandex scanners: Russian internet and search engine giant Yandex has agreed to install its scanners in the foyers…