ROMIR, the independent research group has released their periodical results for internet usage, which show that at the end of 2005, RuNet users share made up 17% of the whole adult population of Russia. Whilst this was a disappointing dip on the 3rd quarter 2005 results of 19%, usage has
For those looking beyond the usual conference schedule this year, the RUSSOFT summit held in Moscow from 31 May to 2 June offers a chance to meet Russian outsourcing companies first hand. The summit was started to promote Russia’s programming sector although many web service companies now make a point
The telecommunications and information technology industry will grow to exceed $40 billion a year by 2010, IT and Communications Minister Leonid Reiman said on Monday at a news conference held in Moscow. The total market was reported to have reached about 1 trillion rubles ($35.5 billion) last year. Reiman spoke
Shakil Khan, well known commentator and "Man on The Ground" in China, reports on the hype surrounding online opportunities in the country. What I see around me is a lot of "Smoke and Mirrors" activity taking place, and I think sooner or later somebody is going to get their fingers
In a busy week of consolidation for Russian search engines, Rambler has purchased 51% of Price Express, a leading e-commerce Internet company and owner of several high profile web sites in RuNet. Price Express operates the internet portals Price.ru, Domoteka.ru and Tyndex.ru, which provide price and product comparison tools designed
Yandex, the Russian mega-portal has signed a partnership deal with Mail.ru, one of the largest sites in the RuNet. Mail.ru provides email and portal services, much like Hotmail.com, and currently has a 5.7% stake in the Russian search market. Google had been providing the search facilities on this popular portal
As seen on Threadwatch, Forbes is running an article on the Google taking market share from Yahoo! within international markets. Citing data culled by comScore, Bear Stearns said Google’s international market share in November rose to 71.3% from 68.9% in the prior month. Google’s growth rate was almost double the
Yandex, the Russian mega-portal, announced today the release of their desktop search software; Yandex Personal Search The software can be downloaded from their site free of charge and runs on Windows 98, 2000, XP and 2003. It allows textual searching on the file formats DOC, XLS, PPT, PDF, SWF, HTML,
Rambler, the popular Russian search engine, has announced today the launch of their new shopping portal; Rambler Hypermarket. The project was launched in cooperation with eHouse Holding, a leader in the Russian internet shopping market. Irina Gofman, CEO of Rambler Media, commented: “The market for electronic shopping is developing at
The long awaited .eu domain name opened today for applications. The ‘sunrise’ period will run from 7th of December to 7th April 2006 to allow those with prior claim to secure their domains before they are made available on a ‘first come first served’ basis. The priority for .eu domain