RELCOM

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RELCOM or Relcom (Russian: РЕЛКОМ, Релком), an acronym for "RELiable COMmunications" is a computer network in Russia. It was launched in the Soviet Union on August 1, 1990 in the Kurchatov Institute.

It became one of the very first Russian computer networks and its development led to emerging of the Runet. Initially it was purely e-mail network based on the UUCP protocol. Now it is managed by Relcom. Business Network Ltd. internet service provider of Russia.