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Friday, 02 April 2010

Six of Samsung 3D-television sets models will go on sale in April in Russia. Two of the models are LCD TV will have LED-backlit display other two models of LCD TV have traditional backlighting and remaining two models are plasma TV sets. Along with the television sets Samsung plans to introduce a corresponding Blu-ray player in the Russian market. Panasonic office in Russia reported that they plan to start sales of 3D-TV sets in the beginning of summer. Therefore the Russians will have two models available with screen sizes 50 and 65 inches. The company failed to report costs of these devices.

Friday, 02 April 2010

The broadband subscribers number in Russia increased by one third in 2009

According to ACM-Consulting in 2009 Russian broadband providers connected up to 3 million customers therefore the total number of subscribers for the year increased by 36% up to 11.3 millions. ACM-Consulting analyst Alexander Shatik said that in the financial terms market grew by over 60% to $2.7 billions.

Friday, 02 April 2010

MED plans to create a national telecom operator

A national backbone operator that will be letting its network to all market participants might be created in Russia. Ministry of Economic Development (MED) is already discussing a possibility of such project with telecom companies.

Friday, 02 April 2010

FAS will fine TV channels for hidden advertising

Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) intends to penalize Russian channels for hidden television advertising (product placement) in feature films aired on TV said Deputy Head of FAS Andrey Kashevarov. FAS will classify product placement as advertising and if necessary initiate action against advertisers that promote goods which are not allowed for advertising such as drugs, alcohol or tobacco. FAS representative added that currently according to the law on advertising may not exceed more than 12 percent of each airtime hour. In case of violation of this requirement anti-monopolists may impose fine of $40-500 thousand rubles.

Thursday, 01 April 2010

Rostelecom has won most of the licenses for WiMAX services in Roskomnadzor’s tenders

Rostelecom won almost all Roskomnadzor tenders for licenses to provide telecommunications services for mobile wireless in 2300-2400 MHz ranges in Russian regions. Only two licenses for the ranges were won by other contestants in the Chechen Republic, the winner was Vainakh Telecom and JSC Sibirtelecom in the Tomsk region. As previously explained by the regulator frequencies in range of 2,3-2,4 GHz are given on the technological neutrality principle therefore it is possible to build WiMAX mobile networks as well as LTE.

Thursday, 01 April 2010

OJSC Intellect Telecom – is the leading R&D innovation center of OJFC «Sistema»

In 2007-2009 the company has completed over 200 projects for different companies in OJFC Sistema Holding and for other big international and Russian companies.

Wednesday, 24 February 2010

Synterra and Sferacom has Launched the First WiMAX Network in the Far East

The network launched in Magadan within the framework of the Regional Mini WiMAX Networks program of the Synterra company was deployed for the Sferacom company which will maintain the infrastructure and provide broadband Internet access services and data transfer under its own brand on the basis of these facilities.

Wednesday, 24 February 2010

The Daily Audience of the Ru-Zone TV Sector is up 45% this Year

In six months, from July 2009 to January 2010, the number of active websites in the TV sector of the ru-zone was up 4.7%, from 1180 to 1235. The total percentage of sites devoted to television is 0.43%. The sector holds the 49th position in the popularity rating of the ru-zone.

Wednesday, 24 February 2010

Pay-TV has 14 mln. Subscribers in Russia

At the end of 2009 the number of pay-TV subscribers in Russia reached 14 mln., and according to preliminary estimates its total cost is $850 mln., the Association of the Cable TV of Russia (ACTVR) informs. According to ACTVR, the market grew by 5-7% in monetary terms during the year.

Wednesday, 24 February 2010

The Largest File Exchange System in Russia is Accused of Copyright Violation

The investigation committee under the auspices of the RF prosecution office suspended the registration of torrents.ru, the largest Russian torrent tracker due to the criminal investigation concerning the fact of illegal use of copyrighted objects (part 2 of clause 146 of the RF Criminal Code). This statement was made in the announcement published at the official website of the committee. The torrents.ru domain has not been available since daytime on Thursday, February 18.

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