IT News Digest
Over the past week (June 11-17), the most frequently mentioned events in the Russian-language press were: “Apple released a browser for Windows”, “Growth in the number of mobile subscribers in Russia and Ukraine”, “Ukrtelecom’s state package in the amount of 0.07% of shares was sold on the stock exchange ”,“ Sony Ericsson introduced 6 new phones ”,“ The number of personal computers in the world will reach one billion by the end of 2008 ”.
1. Apple has released a browser for Windows. The company claims that Safari is faster than all its competitors and is supposedly twice as fast as Microsoft Explorer. On the very first day, security experts discovered 18 errors. Upgrading the program to version 3.0.1 did not save most critical errors. For example, the text in bold is not displayed; when working with bookmarks, as well as when the AutoFill function is on, the browser displays an error message and is turned off. In two days, the browser downloaded a million times.
2. Growth in the number of mobile subscribers in Russia and Ukraine. The total number of cellular subscribers in Russia reached 158.52 million people, which is 1% higher than the previous month. In May, Vimpelcom accounted for 32% of new connections in the Russian Federation, Megafon's share - 22.4%, MTS - 17.9%. The number of mobile subscribers in Ukraine amounted to 51.379 million people. Over the last month, their number has increased by 100 thousand people. The share of Kyivstar accounted for 41.7% of new connections, Astelit - 34.8%, URS - 22.1%, other operators - 1.4%. The outflow of subscribers over the last month was observed only in UMC, the number of subscribers of which decreased by 257 thousand people.
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3. The state-owned stake of Ukrtelecom in the amount of 0.07% of the shares was sold on the PFTS stock exchange at a starting price of UAH 15.525 million. ($ 3.074 million). A 1% stake in Ukrtelecom was offered for sale (starting price of 1 share - UAH 1.15 ($ 0.23), nominal price of 1 share - UAH 0.25 ($ 0.05)). The next trading date for the sale of 1% stake in Ukrtelecom OJSC is June 19. During the summer, it is planned to sell five one-percent Ukrtelecom packages on the Ukrainian stock exchanges. After that, the sale of the state package in the amount of 37.86% should follow on the international stock exchanges (50% + 1 share of the company is fixed by the state).
4. Sony Ericsson introduced 6 new phones. Walkman series are represented by models W960 and W910. The W960 is equipped with a touchscreen display, WiFi and Bluetooth 2.0 modules, an eight-gigabyte flash drive and a 3.2 megapixel camera. Included with the phone is a wireless stereo headset. In the K series will be released models K850i and K530, as well as two budget clamshell z320 and z250. The phones will go on sale in the second half of 2007. The cost has not yet been announced.
5. The number of personal computers in the world will reach one billion by
the end of 2008 , and two billion by 2015. Such data is contained in
forecast by marketing company Forrester Research. Of the two billion PCs in 2015, 775
million will be in Russia, China, India and Brazil. Generally,
analysts predict that the growth in the number of personal computers in the world will be in
mainly due to developing countries, not at the expense of consumers
developed countries, following the innovations of the IT market.
The analysis was carried out using the InfoStream news monitoring system, which provides access to the news content of more than 2,800 sites in the Russian and Ukrainian languages.
1. Apple has released a browser for Windows. The company claims that Safari is faster than all its competitors and is supposedly twice as fast as Microsoft Explorer. On the very first day, security experts discovered 18 errors. Upgrading the program to version 3.0.1 did not save most critical errors. For example, the text in bold is not displayed; when working with bookmarks, as well as when the AutoFill function is on, the browser displays an error message and is turned off. In two days, the browser downloaded a million times.
2. Growth in the number of mobile subscribers in Russia and Ukraine. The total number of cellular subscribers in Russia reached 158.52 million people, which is 1% higher than the previous month. In May, Vimpelcom accounted for 32% of new connections in the Russian Federation, Megafon's share - 22.4%, MTS - 17.9%. The number of mobile subscribers in Ukraine amounted to 51.379 million people. Over the last month, their number has increased by 100 thousand people. The share of Kyivstar accounted for 41.7% of new connections, Astelit - 34.8%, URS - 22.1%, other operators - 1.4%. The outflow of subscribers over the last month was observed only in UMC, the number of subscribers of which decreased by 257 thousand people.
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3. The state-owned stake of Ukrtelecom in the amount of 0.07% of the shares was sold on the PFTS stock exchange at a starting price of UAH 15.525 million. ($ 3.074 million). A 1% stake in Ukrtelecom was offered for sale (starting price of 1 share - UAH 1.15 ($ 0.23), nominal price of 1 share - UAH 0.25 ($ 0.05)). The next trading date for the sale of 1% stake in Ukrtelecom OJSC is June 19. During the summer, it is planned to sell five one-percent Ukrtelecom packages on the Ukrainian stock exchanges. After that, the sale of the state package in the amount of 37.86% should follow on the international stock exchanges (50% + 1 share of the company is fixed by the state).
4. Sony Ericsson introduced 6 new phones. Walkman series are represented by models W960 and W910. The W960 is equipped with a touchscreen display, WiFi and Bluetooth 2.0 modules, an eight-gigabyte flash drive and a 3.2 megapixel camera. Included with the phone is a wireless stereo headset. In the K series will be released models K850i and K530, as well as two budget clamshell z320 and z250. The phones will go on sale in the second half of 2007. The cost has not yet been announced.
5. The number of personal computers in the world will reach one billion by
the end of 2008 , and two billion by 2015. Such data is contained in
forecast by marketing company Forrester Research. Of the two billion PCs in 2015, 775
million will be in Russia, China, India and Brazil. Generally,
analysts predict that the growth in the number of personal computers in the world will be in
mainly due to developing countries, not at the expense of consumers
developed countries, following the innovations of the IT market.
The analysis was carried out using the InfoStream news monitoring system, which provides access to the news content of more than 2,800 sites in the Russian and Ukrainian languages.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/10921/
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