American telecommunication software specialist Amdocs Ltd. has landed a "digital modernization" deal with Russia's VimpelCom, a subsidiary of Holland-based VEON which operates under the Beeline brand.
Part of the deal is a multi-year managed services agreement, and through the upgrade, Beeline is promising its customers a "more personalized" experience.
“The new IT-solution will upgrade...
Russian independent gas producer Novatek said in a press release Friday that it had signed a deal with German tech giant Siemens to buy compressors for its new Arctic LNG 2 natural gas liquefaction plant, S&P Global Platts reported.
"The scope of supply under the contract includes three feed gas...
A Russian state-owned tech conglomerate is considering the production of clothes made of electrically-controllable material that can change its color, developed for Russia’s army, Zvezda TV reported citing the company’s press service.
Initially, Roselectronics holding (part of Russian state corporation Rostec) developed the material for military camouflage coating. But it...
U.S.-based tech giant Google has paid a fine of 500,000 rubles (around $7,600) for failing to remove search links to banned information, Russia's state media and telecom watchdog Roskomnadzor said Friday, according to TASS news agency.
Roskomnadzor imposed the fine in December, accusing Google of breaching the Russian legislation that...
One of the world's leading laboratories and technological centers, U.S.-based AGQ Labs, has announced it has signed a licensing agreement with Compas Ltd. in Russia, opening the doors to a gigantic market with a desire to professionalize and improve the quality of its products, the company said in a...
South African classifieds business OLX Group has announced an investment of $1.16 billion to acquire a further 29.1 percent stake in Avito, the leading online general classifieds and property platform in Russia, TechCrunch reports.
The move, announced last week, raises OLX's stake increases from 70.4 percent to 99.6 percent on...
Russia's communications watchdog Roskomnadzor has opened administrative proceedings against the U.S. social-media sites Twitter and Facebook for allegedly failing to comply with a controversial law requiring them to store users’ personal data on servers in Russia, The Independent reported.
The agency said on Monday that the two internet giants had not provided...
Russian officials are working to re-establish communication to its only space radio telescope, which has “stopped responding” last week, the country's space agency said Monday, according to Phys.org.
The incident is the latest setback for Russia's debt-laden space industry, which in recent years has suffered the loss of spacecraft, satellites, and...
U.S.-based tech giant Google has started to comply with Russian rules on blocking undesirable material — including internationally licensed online gambling sites — from its search engine results after being repeatedly fined, Russian website Fontanka.ru reported.
According to the news outlet, Google has begun scrubbing its local search engine results...
U.S.-based IT services company DXC Technology has acquired Luxoft, a custom software development company founded in Russia and currently headquartered in Switzerland, for $2 billion in an all-cash deal, Cnews.ru reports.
“Luxoft and DXC are highly complementary, and our shared vision of digital transformation makes this strategic combination a...
