Журнал Стандарт / Standard February 2012. Special Issue

Standard February 2012. Special Issue

Editor’s Column

Leonid Konik, Editor-in-Chief

Cover Story

The WTO’s Needle’s Eye
After 18 years of waiting, Russia was finally admitted to the WTO at the end of 2011. Russia’s WTO Accession Protocol stipulates certain supplementary commitments for Russia in relation to basic telecommunications, which are attached to the list of the nation’s market access commitments on services. Among other things, Russia undertakes that it will deter monopoly practices in the marketplace, make licensure criteria public, and ensure the independence of its telecoms regulator. None of these requirements are currently fulfilled entirely, but the national regulator claims that Russia is in compliance with all of its commitments on telecommunications.

Keynote Address

A Mobile Supermarket
Vasily Latsanych, Vice President for Marketing at MTS, discusses how the cellular communications market will change in the wake of Russia’s accession to WTO, what made it possible to cut the roaming rates and what the trends are that boost cellular companies’ revenues

Telecom Trailblazer
Evgeny Roitman, Chairman of the Board of Alltech Telecom, talks about the Group’s international expansion plans

High Quality LTE
Viktor Prikhodko, CEO of the National RadioTechnical Bureau (NRTB), talks about the research that will precede the launch of LTE networks in Russia

Cautious Liberalization
Yury Zhuravel, Head of Staff of the State Commission for Radio Frequencies (SCRF), explains how to simplify the allocation of radio frequencies in Russia

LTE Adoption

Ringing in a New Era
When Russia will get commercial LTE networks

LTE over Geography
Denis Sverdlov, CEO of Scartel Ltd. (Yota brand), shares his company’s plans for a rollout of 4G networks in Russia and explains why Yota folded on international expansion

Manufacturing

LTE Vendors Settle Down in Russia
Why international 4G network equipment manufacturers choose to localize their production in Russia, and how they do it

Global Expansion

Expansion No Longer a Priority
How Russian telecoms companies are doing overseas and why some are divesting their overseas assets

Hot Indian Spices
Vsevolod Rozanov, SSTL President and CEO, talks about the achievements of SSTL over the last 2.5 years and shares his views on how to solve the licensing problem

A Time for Geographic Accomplishments
Ahmed Abou Doma, Executive Vice President and Head of the Asia and Africa Business Unit of VimpelCom Ltd., talks about certain nuanced aspects of the business of VimpelCom Ltd. in Asia and Africa

Success Story

To Build and Maintain
Alexandr Derevyanko, Regional Project Director at Insol Telecom, talks about the company, its projects completed to date, and its way of doing business with telecoms operators

Divided, We Stand
Sergey Shteynberg, Нead of Services at Insol Telecom, discusses the company’s business competencies and shared his development vision

Operators Give SPIRIT Two Thumbs Up
How SPIRIT DSP conquered the market domestically and overseas, and what makes the cross-platform TeamSpirit Voice&Video Engine different

Technology

A New Mass-Market Realm for Cellular Communication Services
Yury Gromakov, Intellect Telecom CEO, explains how the latest video information systems and cell phones can work together to generate new income streams for mobile operators

M&A

Seller’s Market
Why M&A activity has passed its peak in Russia’s telecommunications industry