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Topic: Mobile phones & hand held devices
Business and technology news about mobile phones and handheld devices in Russia. Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Central Asia
Indian internet usage overtakes US
Indian Internet usage: With 277 million Internet users recorded last year, India has overtaken the US in terms…
Hong Kong’s REX buys 30% stake in Russia’s Yota
The Hong Kong-based REX Global Entertainment Holdings has purchased a 30% stake in Russia’s Yota Devices,…
Smartphone sales and R&D investment see profits at Huawei leap 33%
Booming smartphone sales saw profits at leading Chinese telecommunications concern Huawei Technologies leap by 33% in 2015, the company announced…
PWCC unveils Asian expansion plans
After posting solid earnings growth for 2015, Hong Kong billionaire Richard Li Tzar-kai’s PCCW conglomerate immediately unveiled plans…
Chinese technology roadshow rolls into Mobile World Congress in Barcelona
A month after China’s top technology vendors took centre stage at the Consumer Electronics Show in…
New Yota mobile service launched
Yota mobile service: Russia’s wireless internet service provider Skartel has launched a new federal mobile operator under…
Yota moves HQ to Canada
Yota moves HQ to Canada: Yota Devices – developer of the so-called Russian iPhone – has announced…
Rostelecom-Tele2 mobile merger finalised
Rostelecom-Tele2 mobile merger: Rostelecom today announced that it has finalised the deal to create a mobile joint venture with the country’s…
New Nakhchivan mobile operator licence approved by Baku
Nakhchivan mobile operator licence: Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Communications and High Tech is to issue a new…
Mobile phones the future for Kazakhstan payment system
Kazakhstan payment system: Kazakhs could end up paying for goods and services directly from their cellphones sooner…
Azercell free smartphone campaign launched
Azercell free smartphone campaign: Azercell Telecom this week launched its Free Smartphone campaign which entitles all existing and…
MegaFon buys Euroset stake from Garsdale
MegaFon buys Euroset stake: Mobile network operator MegaFon has bought a 25% stake in mobile phone retailer…
Russian 4G radio frequencies to be auctioned off
Russian 4G radio frequencies: Russia’s State Commission on Radio Frequencies is expected to agree to hold an auction of radio frequencies in…
Mango Telecom opens Krasnodar Branch
Mango Telecom has opened a branch in Krasnodar to take the number of regions in which…
Azercell Express office network expands
Azercell Express office: Azercell Telecom has opened a new Azercell Express office in the southern city of Lerik. The…
Russian tablet sales plunge
Russian tablet sales have fallen by 17.5% in the past three months compared to the first quarter…
Malofeeva sells Nikita to Zhulanov
Constantine Malofeeva’ s Marshall Capital fund has sold its stake in content and mobile service provider Nikita to Inmedia,…
MTS sues MegaFon and Rostelecom over 4G/LTE frequencies
MTS sues MegaFon and Rostelecom: MTS has filed a lawsuit against both MegaFon and Rostelecom, claiming that their 4G/LTE services are using frequencies…
MegaFon long distance call tariff slashed
MegaFon long distance call tariff: MegaFon has launched a new tariff option which offers its subscribers free nine-minute…
More capital for Russian-American startup iBuildApp
The Russian-American startup iBuildApp whose technology enables its customers to build and manage mobile apps, has raised…
Rostec wants 10% MegaFon stake
Rostec wants 10% MegaFon stake: The state-run conglomerate Rostec yesterday announced plans to accumulate a 10% stake in MegaFon…
Russian tablet imports fall by 8% in Q1as demand slips
Russian tablet imports fell by 8% to 1.66 million in the first quarter of the year…
MegaFon finds way round telecoms sanctions
Telecoms sanctions: The CEO of Russia’s second-largest mobile operator MegaFon is considering paying for equipment in…