Russia launches LTE tender
Russia’s communications ministry has launched a long-awaited LTE (4G) spectrum tender process and expects to announce which telecoms operators have ...
Tag: Mobile TeleSystems (MTS)
Usmanov rumoured to consider swapping Megafon shares for stake in Yota
Russian businessman Alisher Usmanov is reportedly interested in trading some of his shares in Megafon – Russia’s second largest mobile ...
Usmanov may pay US$5bn for controlling stake in MegaFon – report
Russian businessman Alisher Usmanov reportedly may pay about US$5bn for fellow billionaire Mikhail Fridman’s 25.1% stake in local mobile operator ...
SSTL gets OK to raise US$1.17bn
The shareholders of Sistema Shyam Teleservices (SSTL), the telecom JV between Russian financial group Sistema and Indian conglomerate Shyam Group, ...
Belarus plans to re-auction LTE
The Belarusian government has reportedly outlined plans to hold another auction of LTE spectrum after calling off a sale in ...
MTS increases stake in MGTS to 94%
MTS, the Russian telco, has completed the acquisition of a 29% stake in MGTS (Moscow City Telephone Network) for RUB10.56bn ...
Vimpelcom and MTS consider joint bid for Utel
Russian mobile operators MTS and Vimpelcom are considering whether to make a joint bid for Utel, the mobile unit of ...
Ukraine’s Utel bids due in November
Ukainian telecoms incumbent Ukrtelecom is to decide on the buyer of its mobile unit Utel after 25 November, the Kyiv ...
MTS snaps up regional cable operator
Russian operator MTS has bought Teleradiokompania TVT, a cable and fixed broadband services provider in the republic of Tatarstan. MTS ...
SSTL raises US$200m loan
Sistema Shyam Teleservices (SSTL), the telecom JV between Russian operator Sistema and Indian conglomerate Shyam Group, has raised a three-year ...
