bne_Tech_02_2021

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February 2021 www.intellinews.com @bneintellinews
Rostec to be in charge of Russia's 5G scheme
Russia's state-controlled tech corporation Rostec will lead
a consortium of equipment manufacturers for the country's fifth generation mobile communication scheme, while the prospects of 5G in Russia remain unclear.
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Rostec to be in charge of Russia's
5G scheme 2 Russia considers its 'sovereign
internet' options 3 Russia's Sberbank makes a move
in e-commerce with Goods.ru deal 4
Leaders 6
Curtailed Vezet deal still seen as
positive for Yandex.Taxi 6 Serbia’s Delta aims to create Amazon
of the Western Balkans 7 Stock of Poland’s CD Projekt swings wildly in wake of GameStop battle 7
Investment 9
Elbrus Capital attracts major
international players to invest in
the Russian digital sphere 9 Uipath closes $750mn funding round
at $35bn valuation 10 VC investment in Poland grows
1.7 times in 2020 11
Fintech & E-commerce 12
No Limit to Bitcoin payments in small Bosnian town 12 Romanian cryptocurrency EGLD
hits $1bn in capitalisation 12 Russian children's goods retailer
Detsky Mir faces rivalry with
Wildberries online major 13 BCS GM upgrade Russia's "more than
just a bank" Sberbank to Buy 14
Telecom 15
Hungary's highest court rejects
Digi’s appeal against exclusion
from 5G auction 15 Russian telecom major Rostelecom
could IPO cloud and data centre unit 16
NIBs 17
Vasily Brovko, Rostec's director for special assignments, was quoted by Vedomosti as saying
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Russia considers its 'sovereign internet' options
For quite a while, Russia has entertained the concept of a "sovereign internet," which basically means cutting itself off from the World Wide Web. In early February,
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