IT & Telecoms market in Central and Eastern Europe

Asseco close to finalising a takeover on American market

Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0200

The IT company Asseco Poland plans to finalise the acquisition of an American technology company listed on Nasdaq by 15 September 2010. Asseco has not yet revealed the name of the firm ...

Nasza Klasa has a new owner

Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0200

The American investment fund Tiger Global is the new owner of Nasza Klasa (Nk.pl), the largest social networking portal in Poland, according to Rzeczpospolita. From January 2008, ...

Polkomtel to be put up for sale in October

Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0200

Polkomtel, the mobile phone operator that manages Plus and Sami Swoi networks, will be put up for sale in October 2010. The vendor due diligence process, which is currently being carried ...

Polsat channels available in Cyfra+

Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0200

Seven TV channels belonging to Polsat are available in Cyfra+, a digital television platform owned by Canal+ Cyfrowy, and have been since 1 September 2010. These are Polsat, Polsat2, ...

SkyLink creates Sky-1800

Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0200

The Russian ISP SkyLink has merged 11 of its regional companies in the Central, Volga, Southern and Siberian federal districts to create a new company, Sky-1800. SkyLink's deputy ...

Russian PC assemblers lose market share

Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0200

About 2.23 million PC computers were imported to Russia in Q2 2010, a 67.1% increase in comparison to the same period last year, according to market research published by IDC. The top ...

Pozitronika opens another store in Moscow

Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0200

Merlion has opened its fourth Pozitronika store in Moscow that offers computer and consumer electronics of brands such as Apple, Acer, Canon, Dell, HP, Samsung and many others. The ...

Krok leads systems integration market in Russia

Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0200

Krok, the Russian IT services provider, has been identified as the systems integration market leader for the ninth consecutive year, according to market research published by IDC. ...

MTS opens online stores in Ufa, Samara, Khabarovsk and Novosibirsk

Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0200

The Russian mobile phone operator MTS has opened online stores in Ufa, Samara, Khabarovsk and Novosibirsk. Customers can purchase MTS mobile phones and all services online and the ...

Megafon increases subscriber count in Altay region

Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0200

The mobile operator Megafon has reached over 500,000 subscribers in the Altay region. The company has attracted over 100,000 new subscribers since January 2010. Megafon launched ...

Svyazinvest plans to acquire Akado

Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0200

The Russian telecommunications company Svyazinvest is planning to acquire Akado, the Moscow cable TV operator and ISP. According to Svyazinvest’s CEO Mikhail Leshchenko, Akado is ...

Megafon plans to acquire PeterStar

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0200

The board of the mobile phone operator Megafon is due to discuss at the end of September the acquisition of PeterStar, which is now owned by Megafon's subsidiary Sinterra. Megafon ...

Toshiba Computer Systems develops partner network

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0200

Toshiba Europe has signed a distributor agreement with Merlion thus extending its partner network in Russia. Merlion is authorised to sell the company’s full portfolio of ...

Acer leads sales of monitors in Russia

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0200

Acer, a leading computer supplier, has registered the highest sales of monitors in Q2 2010 in Russia, accounting for a 26% market share. The share of 23- and 24-inch monitors sold reached ...

Russian companies lead the IT services market

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0200

The Russian IT companies IBS, Krok, Tekhnoserv, Lanit and EPAM Systems were acknowledged as IT-service market leaders in 2009, according to a report published by IDC. The combined ...