Developing Telecoms Newsletter Sign Up Keep up-to-date with the latest telecoms news in emerging markets globally. Subscribe to Developing Telecoms' FREE weekly newsletter. Afghanistan Bosnia and Herzegowina Cook Islands Samoa South Sudan, Republic of Sweden Uruguay Business/Industry/Finance User * Your personal data will not be shared with third parties. Click here to view our privacy policy. 162 Phase-outs of two forms of telecoms technology are under way in Russia and Ukraine. While the contexts differ, both phase-outs aim to improve and modernise end user connectivity – eventually. In Russia, the state-opened operator Rostelecom plans to decommission all payphones in settlements with a population of more than 1,000 people. It will do the same where the population is less than 1,000 people in cases where 2020 traffic was less than one minute per month.