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This report covers Russia and the neighbouring former Soviet countries Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine. Trends and developments in telecommunications, mobile, Internet, broadband, digital TV and converging media including VoIP, VoD and IPTV developments. Subjects include:Market and industry analyses, trends and developments Facts, figures and statistics Industry and regulatory issues Research, Marketing, Benchmarking Major Players, Revenues, Subscribers, Prepaid VoIP, IPTV, VoD, digital TV and DTTV The region encompassing the countries of Russia, Belarus, Moldova and the Ukraine republic is a region in transition as strong economic growth fuels demand for telecoms services. The mobile market continues to experience explosive growth in each of the four growing markets and is expected to continue as the region, with a combined population of over 206 million, had a penetration rate of approximately 50% as at March 2005. The variety of broadband access methods aides from ADSL in Russia is increasing as Fibre-to-the-Home (FttH) has experienced strong growth and Broadband Powerline services are set to be launched in 2005. |