


Is still heavily dominated by the voice services market. Russia is home to Europe’s largest telecoms market in Europe and Valery Ermakov, first deputy general director of MegaFonĭelivered these poignant words in 2009 at a meeting with theįederal telecoms regulator, which stoked fear Skype may beĬrowded out of Russia by state telecoms companies. Telecom industry because it ‘eats up bandwidth’ without paying Russian internet providers complain Skype is a ‘parasite’ to the Ivanov, it still wouldn’t be able to siphon legislationįrom the federal agency, because it is absent from theĬommission’s 2005 approved list of communication services. Wouldn’t help Skype circumvent the law, because according to Setting up an affiliate or representative office in Russia Within Russian territory, as the law can only cover service (Mobile TeleSystems) that there isn’t a ‘legal basis’ for Skype

The Deputy Head of Roskomnadzor Olge Ivanov explained theĭecision in a letter written to Russian’s telecom giant MTS It comply with Russian licensing laws, Vedomosti reported. Since the company is registered in Luxembourg, and cannot mandate ‘impossible’ to supervise Skype’s activities under Russian law Roskomnadzor, Russia’s federal communication agency has deemed it In the Russian market, as it cuts traditional carrier revenue and Mobile operators in Russia have complained about Skype’s presence Russian government's telecom watchdog agency has given Skype the green light to continue operating in Russia without a license, after rejecting an appeal from mobile operator MTS.
