After several years of anticipation, the Russian 3G licensing process started in February 2007. However, 3G implementation in Russia will be a lengthy and expensive process because of the country’s size and market conditions, says Analysys, the global advisers on telecoms, IT and media.
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April 6, 2007
Telenor, the Norwegian cellphone company, said on Tuesday, March 13, that its partner in Kyivstar and VimpelCom mobile ventures, Russian telecoms firm Altimo has paid journalists in Ukraine to publish negative articles about Telenor in the midst of a business dispute.
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March 14, 2007

Russia’s third largest mobile operator MegaFon may enter the Chinese mobile telecommunication market, a market source said, “Business” daily reported on Tuesday.
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December 12, 2006
Russia’s largest cell phone company Mobile TeleSystems (MTS) reported on Wednesday the best quarterly financial results in its history exceeding market expectations for the third quarter across the board.
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November 29, 2006
Kyrgyz mobile operator Bitel has accused a subsidiary of Russia’s largest mobile operator Mobile TeleSystems (MTS) of falsifying documents, Bitel said in a press release, Vedomosti business daily reported Thursday.
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November 23, 2006
Mobile Telesystems (MTS), the largest mobile operator in Russia and CIS, has awarded an equipment upgrade and services contract to Motorola to improve the quality, capacity and performance of its Moscow region network.
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