Speculation that Turkcell was seeking to acquire a stake in Bulgarian operator Vivacom have been confirmed by the Turkish operator...

One of the largest mobile operators in Russia is set to implement high-capacity microwave systems and services to its network...

A service provider which specialises in emerging markets has extended its mobile services contract with the leading mobile operator in Kosovo...

Hungary’s first 4G-LTE mobile broadband service has launched in Budapest...

In the first nine months of 2011, Belarus’ mobile market grew by 4.5%, with the number of mobile customers surpassing 11mn in September. By the end of 2011, it is estimated there were 11.18mn mobile subscribers in Belarus, growth of 5.9% over the year and a mobile penetration rate of almost 117%...

Customers of Russia’s leading operator will soon enjoy new services, faster, more reliable connections and improved coverage with better network performance...

Yota has launched the first commercial LTE network in Russia..

Poland’s leading mobile operator has improved its mobile broadband services with better indoor coverage and wider reach beyond the nation’s larger cities...

The first cloud computing application store to launch in the Republic of Belarus has gone live...

Telecom companies Yota and MegaFon have agreed on joint development of fourth generation LTE networks in Russia...

The Spanish telecom giant Telefónica has affirmed its commitment to the Czech Republic, stating that it does not intend to reduce its presence in the Central European country...

A leading Bulgarian operator has implemented a monitoring solution to augment its quality of service...

One of Russia’s leading operators is deploying a new Gateway solution to reduce content and web page download times and increase mobile Internet speed...

Poland’s market leading operator has implemented a platform of multi-threat network security appliances to help secure its internal networks against external threats...

A Slovakian subsidiary of the Enel Group is enhancing the communications and emergency broadcast system at its nuclear power plant in Mochovce, Slovakia...

A leading operator in Hungary has implemented a dynamic OSS solution to ensure smooth network evolution to LTE...

Russia’s largest telecoms firm, Rostelecom, is increasing the speed and capacity of its optical backbone network, which moves vast amounts of data from Europe through Russia to the Middle East...

Nokia has announced that it is downsizing its handset business, cutting 3500 jobs...

A new shared LTE network will reportedly be constructed in Russia by a collaboration between two of the country’s major operators, VimpelCom and MTS...

Fixed voice household penetration has proved resilient in most parts of Western Europe, but in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) the proportion of mobile-only households had increased to 41% at the end of 2010. Senior Analyst at Analysys Mason Emma Buckland explores the regional factors that have brought about fixed-line abandonment in CEE, the main reasons why CEE fixed-line operators have been largely unsuccessful in stemming it and our expectations for this trend in the next five years...

A new revelation has presented another setback to the group of Russian operators that have agreed to share LTE infrastructure...

Customers of Latvia’s largest mobile operator can now enjoy ultra-fast broadband with speeds of up to 100 megabits per second (Mbps) for accessing services, including reliable video streaming, real-time gaming, and movies-on-demand...

New services based on femtocell technology are launching across the North-Western region of Russia...

A new player could be entering the Hungarian mobile market, as the country’s Office of the National Media and Infocommunications Authority is auctioning 10.8MHz of spectrum in the 900MHz band...

Allegations that smaller market players are being overlooked by Russia’s LTE network-sharing consortium are being investigated by the country’s antitrust regulator, the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS)...

Payment services based on near field communication (NFC) technology will be made available in Hungary via an agreement between the country’s three mobile operators, who will work together to develop NFC infrastructure...

A new joint venture has been created by two Polish operators as a means of sharing their radio access networks. PTK Centertel (owned by Orange) and PTC (T-Mobile) will each hold 50% of the new operation, NetWorkS!

A Bulgarian Internet Service Provider is now offering its customers higher bandwidth along with high-quality data services such as IPTV...

Significant transactions on both sides of the globe have been finalised by Vodafone, with the company confirming that it has settled its dispute with Essar in India as well as selling its stake in Polish operator Polkomtel...

A new agreement will see an expansion of research into wireless technologies in Russia...

One of Croatia’s leading operators is upgrading its customer care processes with a new solution that provides its service agents with the information required to resolve customer issues instantly...

New reports have arisen suggesting that the Polish operator Polkomtel is likely to be acquired by a fellow Pole, the billionaire Zygmunt Solorz-Zak, who is thought to be the nation’s second most wealthy man...

Customers are the focus of MTS Russia’s latest deployment, with the operator introducing new solutions to improve the quality of customer- and resource-facing services across its network domains...