Globe and Mail (Free subscription) | yesterday
OAO Mobile TeleSystems, Russia's largest wireless company, will sell Apple Inc.'s iPhone 3G in Russia, Europe's biggest wireless market by subscribers. Mobile TeleSystems signed an agreement with Apple to sell the phones in Russia and other former Soviet Republics starting this year, the company said yesterday. The other two companies who have deals with Apple to sell the iPhone are OAO VimpelCom and...
MAC News Network (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008
Russia's top cellular carrier, Mobile TeleSystems, today announced it has successfully negotiated with Apple and will soon be offering the iPhone, according to the Associated Press. This confirms speculation that Apple would be making deals with all three major Russian carriers, as the company signed deals with Vimpelcom and MegaFon earlier this week....
Mondo Visione (Free subscription) | 09/04/2008
Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, today announced the results of the regular annual review of the Dow Jones BRIC 50 Index. The changes will be effective as of the open of trading on Monday, September 22, 2008.
Wireless Federation (Free subscription) | 09/04/2008
iPhone 3G will now be available in Russian mobile market officially. Two mobile operators have recently arrived at an agreement with Apple. Megafon and Vimpelcom are the mobile operators who are going to sell the handset later this year. Details of the agreement is not yet released. According to analysts, it is anticipated that the [...]
Russia News Net (Free subscription) | 09/03/2008
wireless customers will soon be able to officially get their hands on the iPhone 3G, as two mobile operators have recently reached an agreement with Apple. Russia's third-largest carrier, MegaFon, ...
Information Week (Free subscription) | 09/03/2008
Widely available on the black market, Apple's handset will be officially available from two Russian wireless carriers by the end of the year.
Mac World UK (Free subscription) | 09/02/2008
iPhone headling to Russia as two companies strike a deal with Apple The new iPhone 3G will be sold by at least two mobile phone companies in Russia, and a third may be added soon.
SMS Text News (Free subscription) | 09/02/2008
We’re sending Ed Hodges to meet Cynthia Gordon, the Chief Marketing Officer of Mobile TeleSystems — otherwise known as MTS. Next week. London. MTS are the 7th largest mobile operator with 89 million customers across Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Ed is our go-to-guy when we want a bit of analysis and perspective [...]
TechConnect Magazine (Free subscription) | 09/02/2008
The Russian iPhone circle is now complete as, after Mobile TeleSystems and VimpelCom , MegaFon, the country's third-largest mobile phone carrier has confirmed that it has reached an agreement with Apple for the distribution of the iPhone 3G. MegaFon is set to start offering the iPhone 3G in Russia before the end of the year and, just like its competitors, will probably sell it at some hefty prices....
iPhone Apps, Hacks & Reviews (Free subscription) | 08/29/2008
Filed under: Apple Corporate, Rumors, iPhoneEarlier this week, Russian communications company VimpelCom announced their intention to bring the iPhone 6 Vote(s)
TechConnect Magazine (Free subscription) | 08/29/2008
Following on the footsteps of Russia's biggest carrier, Mobile TeleSystems, the country's second biggest mobile service provider, VimpelCom, has announced the signing of an iPhone 3G distribution deal with Apple. This fresh agreement will see VimpelCom, who has 'promised' to sell some 1.8 million iPhones until the end of 2011, start offering Apple's smartphone before the end of this year. The carrier...
Moscow Times (Free subscription) | 08/28/2008
The cell phone company also confirms it will start selling iPhones this year.
cellular-news (Free subscription) | 08/28/2008
At the same time, the long-term rating on Sistema's 52.8% subsidiary Mobile Telesystems (MTS) was raised to 'BB' from 'BB-'. The outlook is positive.
News Of Techie (Free subscription) | 08/25/2008
IPhone 3.5 million is the estimate put forward by Apple for its phone sales during the next two years on the Russian market. Indeed, it is estimated that 600 000 mobile landed on the territory through sales of non-regulatory, which should decrease, since two distributors have signed agreements with the firm. The transaction is expected to [...]
Digital Daily - All Things Digital (Free subscription) | 08/25/2008
Apple’s iPhone 3G is selling well overseas despite some activation and delivery problems. Deutsche Telekom’s wireless division, T-Mobile has sold 120,000 of the devices since they arrived at market on July 11. “Our (sales) expectations were surpassed,” T-Mobile International CEO Hamid Akhavan told German magazine Focus.
