NEW! Carrier Community 1st E-magazine Jan 2013 issue
Carrier Community 1st E-magazine Jan 2013 issue
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Orange
A software solution created by Orange is set to help African academic institutions, organisations and NGOs in their mobile services development projects. Emerginov, a solution produced by the operator group’s R&D subsidiary Orange Labs, incorporates multiple open source software components and enables the development of applications based on SMS or on vocal interfaces.
MegaFon
Russian operator MegFon began trading today on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) ahead of its listing on December 3, 2012. The firm raised £1.1bn ($1.7bn) in its IPO, the largest new capital raised by a telecommunications company in London since Orange in 2001, according to the LSE.
The offering also brings the total amount of capital raised by Russian new issues on the LSE to £5.1bn this year.
“We received high quality institutional demand from all regions in which the securities were offered,” said Ivan Tavrin, CEO at MegaFon. “The successful pricing of our IPO today is a clear endorsement of MegaFon’s investment case and reflects investor appetite for the Russian mobile data growth story.”
BT
BT announced the successful delivery of milestones in its expansion programme in Turkey during a meeting in Istanbul between its Global Services leadership team, top executives of large local companies and representatives of foreign multinationals investing in the country.
Since the programme was announced in February 2012, BT has launched a number of innovative services in Turkey helping companies optimise their operational efficiency and enabling them to improve collaboration to make better decisions faster. The new services available cover unified communications, IT security, smart call centre solutions and cloud computing.
GCCM events
Annual GCCM events: Meet 200+ peers and key decision makers from 100+ carriers globally at the upcoming Annual Global Carrier Community Meeting (GCCM) on 19th March 2013 in London and on 17th June 2013 in Singapore. To obtain further details please visit our event site or contact us at: events@carriercommunity.com
