Green Packet Establishes Strong Foothold in Eurasia with Three WiMAX DealsGreen Packet Berhad (Greenpacket), a leading developer of next generation mobile broadband and networking solutions, announced that it has secured three separate deals with Eurasian WiMAX Operators for the supply of its award-winning WiMAX modems.
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life:) starts bilateral CAMEL-roaming with Russia’s MegafonThe Ukrainian mobile operator Astelit (TM life:) has introduced a bilateral CAMEL-roaming service in Russia, according to the press service of the company.
The CAMEL-roaming partner in Russia for the Ukrainian mobile carrier is Megafon, one of the biggest telecom operator in this country.
As Astelit сommented, this service does not require any activation, allowing the pre-paid subscribers automatically use the mobile communication in Russia.
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Alcatel again in UkraineMobile phone maker Alcatel, which virtually stopped supplying terminals in Ukraine this year, has agreed to cooperate with a second-ranked country's mobile carrier - MTS-Ukraine.
According to MTS press service, since December 1, Alkatel has re-entered the Ukrainian market with one of its terminals on sale with Jeans SIM-card .
Previously, experts noted that the vendor can gain its market share with mobile handsets subsidized by phone operators.
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Kyivstar offers “Additional Number” for their subscribersThe Ukrainian mobile operator Kyivstar has introduced a service called "Additional Number" for their subscribers. It was reported by the company's press service.
This new service allows Kyivstar subscribers to use two phone numbers on one SIM-card.
The service is provided on a temporary or permanent basis, and it costs UAH 2 for one week of use , 4 UAH for two weeks, and 8 UAH for a month.
Ongoing contract subscribers can order this service for 8 UAH/month, while prepaid customers will pay as much as 0.3 UAH/day.
The cost of changing the additional number is 10 UAH.
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The subscriber base of Kyivstar in October decreased by 116 418The subscriber base of mobile operator Kyivstar in October 2009 decreased by 116 418 according to a report by AC & M Consulting.
So, the number of Kyivstar subscribers in October was 22 168 880, that is 0,52% less than in the previous month (22, 285,298 million). Kyivstar's share on mobile communication market of Ukraine amounted to 40,1%.
It should be reminded, that according to analysts' estimates, the total subscriber base of the Ukrainian cellular operators in October 2009 decreased by 231 109, compared to September's 55 229 574 when it showed negative growth for all mobile operators in Ukraine with no exceptions.
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Cut down subscriber base of Beeline in OctoberThe subscriber base of mobile operator "Ukrainian Radio Systems (TM Beeline) in October 2009 decreased by 91, 664 thousand, compared to September 2009, according to a report by AC & M Consulting.
Thus, the number of Beeline's subscribers in October amounted to 2, 198 921 million, which is 4.16% less than in the previous month (2, 107,257 million). The Beeline's market share on the Ukrainian mobile communication market at current time equals to 3,8%.
It should be reminded that, according to analysts' estimates, the total subscriber base of cellular operators in Ukraine in October 2009 decreased by 231, 109 thousand, compared to September's 55, 229 574 million when it showed negative growth for all mobile operators in Ukraine without exception.
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Unlucky times for MTS-UkraineThe subscriber base of mobile operator "UMS" (TM "MTS-Ukraine) in October 2009 decreased by 46 027, compared to September 2009, according to a report by AC & M Consulting.
So, the number of MTS subscribers in October was 17, 735 437 million, which is 0.25% less than in the previous month (17, 781,464 million). The share of MTS-Ukraine on the mobile communications market in Ukraine nowadays amounted to 32,%.
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In October 2009 life:) lost 32 thousand subscribersThe subscriber base of the Ukrainian mobile operator Astelit (TM life:) in October 2009 decreased by 32 thousand, according to a report by AC & M Consulting.
Thus, the number of subscribers of the above operator in October equalled to 11, 863 million (0.26% less than in September (11, 895 million). Its share on the mobile communications market in Ukraine amounted to 21,5%.
According to analysts' estimates, the total subscriber base of cellular operators in Ukraine in October 2009 decreased by 231 109, compared to September's 55, 229 574 million when it showed negative growth for all mobile operators in Ukraine without exception.
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Beeline Café: Above 100 thousand subscribers for the first two monthsAfter two-month-operation in Ukraine, the social network Beeline Café, initiated by the mobile operator URS »(TM Beeline), has reached more than 100 thousand subscribers, according to the company press service's report.
Since its start in September the network activated intensive messaging. New opportunities and communication tools, for example, RSS-feed on the "Wall", "Blogs" and photo albums have become popular among the Beeline Café visitors, who usually send about 1 mln messages a day.
Actually Beeline Café is a synthesis of social network and dating site. There is no registration fee. Besides the standard access to the site (by computer), it's also accesible via mobile phone. Photos for the site can be sent by MMS, while blog posting is executed via SMS.
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MTS Ukraine: “Happy New Year!” since November 15MTS Ukraine, the Ukrainian mobile carrier has launched a New Year promo campaign "Every other day is FREE!" The action is effective for prepaid and contract subscribers until January 31, 2010.
Under the terms of the action, pre-paid subscribers who are logged into the new special rates "Super MTS Energy 2010" and "Super MTS + SMS 2010", get a cash bonus to their bonus account, that is equals to the amount spent for the previous day with the main account. The maximum cash bonus is 30 UAH.
This bonus can be spent for calls within Ukraine, for sending SMS and MMS to mobile operators in Ukraine, as well as paying for GPRS Internet.
This action is a part of "Move to the MTS with comfort!" project.
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