Музыкант Владимир Якубовский объясняет гендиректору InterMedia Евгению Сафронову, как связаны творчество и копирайт, и что на самом деле нужно музыканту.

Big Russian WiMAX provider "Yota" is being blocked in the business centers of Moscow and St. Petersburg, in favor of the local operators (WiMAX-networks), reports DP.ru.

According to the publication, network blocking is being carried out by means of special jammers, which, incidentally, are easy to buy online. Three types of jamming with different power are sold on the Web, the cost ranges from 20 to 40 thousand rubles ($645 to $1290). According to Mobile Research Group, at least 2,000 devices of this kind have been sold within the past 3 months. It is a very high number for Russia, considering the fact, that Yota networks function only in 5 cities. Federal Supervision Agency for Information Technologies and Communications note that even government institutions are not allowed to use WiMAX jammers, not to mention business corporations.

First users’ complaints about the access quality to Yota in business centers appeared last autumn. Some people also say Yota is blocked in cafes where you need to pay for local Wi-Fi (in one case, it's a cafe in the heart of Moscow, at Pushkin Square).

Google has officially announced the Ukrainian office opening. According to the Ukanian company business administration manager, Dmitry Sholomko, this means that Google accepted the Ukrainian Internet market to be mature, reports LigaBusinessInform.

The office opening was announced at a press briefing, June 22. Eric Schmidt sent a video greeting, saying that the office opening shows how important the Ukrainian market is for the entire Internet development. He also said that the company employees have currently begun working on the Ukrainian version of its products, the work is being carried out by professional teams, located in Dublin (Ireland), Zurich (Switzerland), but not in Ukraine.

So far, the entire Ukrainian office consists of two people, and one of them is Sholomko. He assured that the Ukrainian office is about to grow one-half, and by the end of the year will substantially increase.

The main tasks facing the newly established office, is not only the all core product localization, but also mapping services data filling, cooperation with partners, which includes partnership programs for Google Chrome. "This is the moment when a number of factors “ have come together”,
explained Sholomko. Among the factors are: the number and activity of users, the Ukrainian Internet audience growth, and the Internet Business structure.

Indirectly, this point of view is confirmed by one of the Google vice-presidents, Nelson Mattos, who announced company’s plans to increase investments in the Ukrainian region.