bne_Tech_04_2020

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bne:Tech
April 2020 www.intellinews.com @bneintellinews
Russia's Mail.ru Group relaunches ICQ messenger
Russian online major Mail.ru Group is relaunching the messaging client ICQ in a bid to capitalize on an increased interest in videoconferencing services amidst the coronavirus lockdown. Mail.ru Group has owned ICQ since 2010 and has been
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Russia's Mail.ru Group relaunches
ICQ messenger 2 Uncertain prospects for Ukraine's
IT industry 3 Slovenia's crypto payment developer Eligma expands amidst pandemic restrictions 4 Magyar Telekom first to launch commercial 5G service in Budapest 7
Leaders 8
Russia's MTS mobile major posts solid results in 4Q19, considers buyback 8 Russia’s X5 Retail Group rolls out self- checkout (SCO) machines at its stores
to help with social distancing 9
Investment 10
Russian e-commerce major Ozon raises another $150mn for logistics 10 EC gives green light to acquisition of Bulgaria’s Vivacom by United Group 10 After Belarus and Ukraine, Russian
gaming giant Playrix acquires studio
in Armenia 11
Fintech & E-commerce 12
Russian electronic payment system
Qiwi posts solid 4Q19 12 Russian Apteka.ru pharmacy, Tmall,
Beru jump in the top-10 online marketplaces in 2019 14
Telecom 15
Russia ready for state-private JV
for 5G rollout 15 Romanian telco group Digi objects
to Hungary’s 5G licence auction 15 Telekom Slovenije sees slim 2019 net
profit due to one-off payment related
to negative arbitration ruling 17
NIBs 18
developing another similar service, TamTam, since 2017.
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Uncertain prospects for Ukraine's IT industry
Just a few months ago, analysts predicted a 25% to 30% growth for Ukraine's IT industry in 2020. But now this projection is in question as, amidst the coronavirus pandemic and a global economic downturn caused by it, IT firms will have to focus on retaining their
crews and customers who can still afford their services.
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