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A mysterious and minor shareholder in VimpelCom (which operates under the Beeline trademark) on Friday withdrew its lawsuit against Telenor, removing the final obstacle for the Norwegian telecoms firm and Alfa Group to merge their stakes in Russia's second-largest mobile operator and Ukraine's Kyivstar.

A federal arbitration court in Tyumen dismissed a decision from a lower court in Omsk, which had ruled in favor of Farimex Products on fining Telenor $1.7 billion.

VimpelCom (which operates under the Beeline trademark) announced that it intends to submit to the Russian Federal Financial Markets Service documentation required for the potential issuance of Russian ruble-denominated bonds through LLC VimpelCom-Invest, a consolidated Russian subsidiary of VimpelCom.

Spb Software House announces the release of SPB TV for webOS. This is the very first application from SPB Software for this eye candy Linux-based mobile operating system. SPB TV is a mobile IPTV viewer with TV-like usability, designed for tuning in to publicly available digital TV channels from all over the world.

With the arrival of SPB TV for webOS, SPB Software expands the list of supported platforms (including also Android, iPhone, BlackBerry, Windows Mobile and Symbian).

Spb Software, a leading mobile applications and games developer announces the release of SPB TV for iPhone which is becoming SPB Software's flagship application for this enormously popular mobile platform. SPB TV for iPhone is a freeware mobile IPTV viewer with TV-like usability, created for tuning in to publicly available digital TV channels from all over the world.

As SmsCoin promised a while ago, this spring is going to be full of surprising news one of which is especially irresistible. At the end of a long journey while looking for better costs, testing technical features in addition to all that has anything do with connecting a new country, we are happy to announce that India is connected at last. There are 4 rates available amongst which 2 USD is the highest one and is considered to be quite acceptable rate as many of our partners think.

India is considered to be the second largest country in the world population wise (1 198 003 000 residents), and is very appealing to many projects worldwide. That is what positively affects India when speaking about rates as oppose to the largest country in the world population wise — China.

VimpelCom (which operates under the Beeline trademark) today announced its operating and financial results for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2009.

The Company changed its reporting currency from the US dollar to the Russian ruble effective as of January 1, 2009. The Company presented certain financial information for the first three quarters of 2009 in Russian rubles.

In an effort to grab a bigger slice of the pie, LG are starting to tackle new markets. A good example is their new clamshell mobile, the LG GD350 that has just been officially announced for the Russian market. While far from being as smart as the Android devices we’ve seen as of late, the stylish GD350 is more about the looks.

MTS, the largest cellular network operator in Russia and CIS, announces that it has won the GSM Association’s (“GSMA”) 15th Annual Global Mobile Award at the 2010 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. MTS won the award in the “Best Billing & Customer Care Solution” category for its “Your Individual Optimal Tariff Plan” service. MTS is the first mobile operator from Russia and the CIS to be recognized with one of the most prestigious awards in the telecommunications industry.

Out There Media announces the signing of a partnership agreement with VimpelCom (which operates under the Beeline trademark). Within the framework of the agreement, Out There Media enables VimpelCom to offer targeted Mobile Advertising through Mobucks™, its multi-channel Mobile Advertising marketplace technology. In addition, Out There Media is also responsible for monetization, sales, business development and operations support.

Opera Software today announced that MTS, the largest cellular network operator in Russia and CIS, will now provide a co-branded version of the Opera Mini browser for its subscribers, who will be able to download it on their mobile phones at mini.opera.com. Subscribers of MTS will get access to a customized Opera Mini start page when they download the browser on their mobile phones.

The start page will have default bookmarks which give MTS subscribers quick and easy access to music, videos and games as well as giving users the opportunity to purchase content directly from the browser.