The number of subscribers to pay TV in Russia grew by 3.2% last year to 42.7 million, representing a penetration rate of 75%, according to research by TMT Consulting. Growth was driven by the big five Russian operators, which collectively saw their pay TV bases rise by 1.5 million. This offset declines among smaller players, […]
The board of Russian service provider ER-Telecom, which providers services under the Dom.ru brand, has agreed the acquisition of operators Telemir, which operates in the Lipetsk region, and Michurinsk-Svyaz TV, which operates in the Tambov region. The two companies have shared ownership, with Dmitry Rudnev holding a 76% stake in Telemir and his partner Alexey […]
Russia’s Federal Antimonopoly Service has given service provider MTS a green light to go ahead with a move to acquire Strela Telecom, which operates cable TV and broadband networks in 11 Russian cities in Siberia and the Far East of the country, according to local reports. According to the ComNews website, the acquisition of Strela […]
The Russian pay TV market reached 41.88 million households at the end of the third quarter of this year, according to TelecomDaily agency. However, growth in the third quarter amounted to only 0.23 million homes, according to TelecomDaily. Penetration of pay TV services was 73% at the end of the quarter. Average ARPU is RUB165 […]
Russian service provider ER-Telecom has completed the acquisition of rival service provider Akado’s Yekaterinburg operation, giving it a stronger position in the Ekaterinburg broadband access and pay TV market. ER-Telecom said that the change would not affect subscribers, as all existing contracts and services would remain in place. ER-Telecom will also retain the use of […]
Russian competition watchdog the Federal Antimonopoly Service has given a green light to ER-Telecom to acquire the Ekaterinburg and St Petersburg subsidiaries of Akado Group, according to local reports. The FAS has approved ER-Telecom’s acquisition of Akado-Ekaterinburg and St Petersburg-based Neva Cable Television Network. Moscow-based Akado has been trying to sell its regional assets for […]
Russian service provider ER-Telecom has expanded its footprint by acquiring smaller multi-play provider West Call SPb, which operates via four subsidiaries in the cities of St Petersburg, the wider Leningrad region and Ryazan in south-eastern central Russia. ER-Telecom has acquired 100% control of St Petersburg-based West Call and Kredolink and Ryazan-based Intertelecom and Enlink Telecommunications. […]
Russian service provider ER-Telecom has launched a 200Mbps internet service in Penza, making the southern central Russian city the eighth in which it has launched its Dom.ru 200 package. ER-Telecom is currently building out high-speed services to 56 Russian cities. So far the 200Mbps offering has been made available in Kazan, Ufa, Rostov-on-Don, Yekaterinburg, Chelyabinsk, […]
Russian service provider ER-Telecom has announced a change in its management structure with the creation of a new position of president of the company to work on strategy and head up the management board alongside the CEO, Andrey Semerikov. ER-Telecom, which operates under the Dom.ru brand, has named Russian billionaire businessman Andrey Ravelevich Kuzyaev, the […]
Russian service provider ER-Telecom, which operates under the Dom.ru brand, is to acquire Yaroslavlteleset, a leading cable operator in the Yaroslavl region in western central Russia, according to local press. According to the trade new site ComNews, ER-Telecom is to pay RUB305.5 (€4.4 million) for Yaroslavlteleset, with the deal expected to close imminently. Yaroslavlteleset is […]
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