Alcatel-Lucent paves the way for Ukraine’s Kyivstar regards next generation GSM & IP networks with all IP network transformation.
Alcatel-Lucent (ALU) today announced that it has been selected by Kyivstar GSM, the largest operator in Ukraine, to design, install, and maintain a country-wide Metropolitan transmission packet based IP/MPLS network as part of [...]
The cooling of the Romanian economy & near saturation of the market have resulted in lower earnings for the country’s telecommunications sector. There are signs that competition is about to increase the pressure on sector players even further.
Romania’s GDP fell 6.2% in the first quarter of 2009 compared to the same period in 2008, with [...]
Magyar Telekom expects 2010 sales may drop at the same rate as in 2009 as rising unemployment levels sap consumer spending on telecoms.
CFO Thilo Kusch told Bloomberg in an interview that the company will need a surge in sales over the Christmas period to meet its 2009 forecast of a 2% decline in revenue.
“We are expecting [...]
Russian telecommunication operators have been expanding aggressively in the CIS since the early 2000s, but no major deals were recorded in 2008 or 2009.
The move on the part of Russian operators toward business diversification into adjacent areas, uncertainty over the fate of Svyazinvest, the national state-run fixed-line holding, the high cost of telecommunication assets, and, [...]
Polkomtel which operates across Poland under the mobile brand Plus, is looking to make a debut on the Warsaw Stock Exchange as early as next year, according to media sources.
This comes after a flurry of rumours about Poland’s largest telecoms company in the last month, with Polish online media outlet Gazeta Prawna [...]
Ukraine’s telecommunications sector is, potentially at least, in line for a major shake up, with plans to privatise a controlling stake in state-owned landline operator Ukrtelecom. Proposals to sell off Ukrtelecom have been around since the 1990s, with different formulas and percentages being floated at various times, along with varying assessments of the company’s net [...]
Turkcell recently managed to outbid global giant Vodafone for the fastest 3G licence in an auction that looks as though it will realise a total of $1Bn for the Turkish government.
Although a far cry from the 3G auctions that occurred in Western countries in the mid 90’s, this will be a welcome fillip for the [...]
