On June 15 2012 Russia's Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS)napproved the motion filed by MegaFon and Scartel for a merger.nLTE Licensing To Catalyse Wireless Data BoomnCisco VNI Forecast Global Consumer Mobile Data (PB Per Month)nSource: Cisco VNI, 2011n9nEmerging Europe Telecommunicationsnwww.telecomsinsight.comnKazakhstannMegaFon is the second largest mobile operator in Russia, while Scartelnoperates the Yota brand, a wireless broadband operator offeringnLTE services. BMI believes the merger will strengthen MegaFon andnScartel in the nascent LTE market, giving an advantage over theirnmajor rivals in the short term. However we believe the merger willnnot have negative consequences for competition in the medium term
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