Russian Court Issues New Injunction Order with Expanded Restrictions on VimpelComMarketWatch (press release)AMSTERDAM, May 25, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- VimpelCom Ltd. ("VimpelCom" or "Company") (NYSE:VIP) , a leading global provider of telecommunications services, announces that the Moscow Arbitration Court has issued a new, expanded injunction order ...and more »

EPAM Systems to Acquire Thoughtcorp, Expand North American Footprint, Gain ...MarketWatch (press release)Founded in 1995 by current Co-CEO Kirk Robinson, Thoughtcorp has a 17-year history of successfully delivering high-value IT solutions and complex software applications to many of Canada's most prominent companies within Telecommunication, Financial and ...and more »

Regulator rejects MTS Ukraine request for more phone numbersTelecompaper (subscription)Ukrainian national telecommunications regulator NKRZI has rejected an application from mobile operator MTS Ukraine to be allocated additional premium telephone numbers in Sebastopol and Kiev. The regulator said that MTS' documents were not properly ...

Mobile TeleSystems Announces Financial Results for the First Quarter Ended ...MarketWatch (press release)MOSCOW, May 21, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Mobile TeleSystems OJSC ("mts" - nyse:MBT), the leading telecommunications provider in Russia and the CIS, today announces its unaudited US GAAP financial results for the three months ended March 31, ...and more »

Space NewsSES Will Order at Least Two New Satellites for Launch by 2017Space NewsThe company said that in addition to national programs under way in Argentina, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belarus, Bolivia, Turkmenistan and Ukraine, among other first-time owners, telecommunications satellite development efforts are taking shape in ...and more »

TEXT-S&P Summary: VimpelCom Ltd.ReutersIn the mature markets, we expect growth to stem primarily from mobile data, although slightly offset by regulation, notably cuts to mobile termination rates (fees telecom operators charge each other for terminating calls on their networks) in Italy.and more »

VimpelCom Delivers Promising Quarter, Plans Russia Network UpgradesWall Street Journal--Company focused on investment in markets where the company is performing well -- including Russia, Ukraine, Italy. --CEO Lunder says Telenor lawsuit is not hurting Russian business. By Olga Razumovskaya MOSCOW (Dow Jones)--Russian telecommunications ...and more »

Richest Ukrainian Makes $3 Billion on State Asset SalesBusinessWeekBy Ilya Khrennikov and Daryna Krasnolutska on May 02, 2012 Rinat Akhmetov, Ukraine's richest man, added $3 billion to his net worth in the past six months by buying state-owned energy assets sold by his hometown political ally, President Viktor ...and more »

Ukraine to expand powers of telecoms regulatorTelecompaper (subscription)The Ukrainian parliament has initially approved a draft amendment to the Telecommunications Law and to other legal acts, proposed by the government, during the first reading, reports Comments.ua. The documents, if adopted, will expand the powers of the ...

Ukrainian News AgencyGeorgia Interested In Using Poti-Varna Fiber-Optic Cable For Joint ...Ukrainian News AgencyGeorgia is interested in using the Poti (Georgia)-Varna (Bulgaria) fiber-optic cable for implementation of joint telecommunications projects with Ukraine. This was stated by Georgia's Deputy Prime Minister Giorgi Baramidze announced this at the ...