Russian cable operator Akado has appointed Sergey Nazarov as vice-president responsible for commercial services and strategic business development. Nazarov was previously an advisor to the president of MTS on fixed-line and broadband, having worked as director-general of Comstar subsidiary Moscow City Telephone Network (MGTS).
Russian service provider Akado has acquired Leningrad region cable operator Sertolovskoe Televidenie, according to local reports. Sertolovskoe Televidenie covers 11,000 homes in and around Sertolovo, to the north of St Petersburg, with 6,600 subscribers. Akado aready owns a number of subsidiaries in St Petersburg and the Leningrad region, with around 52,000 subscribers.
Russian service provider ER-Telecom plans to connect 1.7 million TV and over 250,000 telephony users by the end of this year, according to local reports. ER-Telecom operates in 42 cities across Russia, most recently launching TV in Perm, Samara and Tyumen under the Divan-TV brand. The company announced at the end of last month that […]
Moscow-based cable operator Akado has said it will complete the migration of its access network to the EuroDOCSIS standard in December ahead of the wider rollout of EuroDOCSIS 3.0 services. Akado will migrate the Khamovniki district of Moscow from DOCSIS to EuroDOCSIS this month, followed by the Chertanovo district (where it first rolled out DOCSIS) […]
The shareholders of Russian service provider Akado have confirmed that former Comstar-UTS executive Viktor Koresh will be the company’s new president. Koresh was previously director-general of Comstar Regions, the Sistema-backed company’s operator in the Russian regions.
Russian mobile operator MegaFon will look again at the possible acquisition of cable operator Akado later this month after failing to agree on a price in previous negotiations, according to local reports. According to business daily Vedomosti, citing sources close to the company’s board, in July MegaFon discussed the possible acquisition of Akado for an […]
Russian cable operator Akado has begun broadcasting Dozhd’ TV. The channel, which airs a mix of news, culture and factual programming, will be available in Akado’s Mix and HD packages.
