Rostelecom

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OJSC Rostelecom

Type	Joint stock
Founded
Headquarters	Moscow
Industry	Telecommunications
Products	Telecommuncations services Internet services Satellite telephony
Revenue	~ 37 bn rubles 2004
Employees	~
Slogan	N/A
Website	http://www.rt.ru/

Rostelecom, which is part of Svyazinvest, is Russia's leading long-distance telephony provider. Domestic long distance service provides about 50% of the company's revenue; and international long distance calls provide about 25%. From the company's website's "Rostelecom Today" page: "In every region of Russia, Rostelecom acts as a “carriers’ carrier” - interconnecting all local public operators’ networks into a single national network for long-distance service." In other words, if one makes a long distance call or originates internet contact to or from Russia, it is likely that Rostelecom is providing part of the service.

The company's stock is traded on the MICEX, RTS, New York Stock Exchange, London Stock Exchange and Frankfurt Stock Exchange.

1 Operations
2 See also
3 External links

[edit] Operations

[edit] Land network

The company's network is based on extant Russian fiber-optic cable lines - FOCL. By cable the network is connected to countries in Europe and East Asia.

Fiber-optic cable lines crosses Russian Federation on directions «Moscow — Novorossiysk», «Moscow — Khabarovsk» и «Moscow — Saint Petersburg».

IP-transit has been allocated to a separate company «RTComm», which is using an Rostelecom's STM-16 FOCL resources, but Rostelecom currently is building his own STM-64 (9,9533 Gb/s) network, which on August, 2006, already covers Rostov-on-Don, Krasnodar, Volgograd, Stavropol, and plans to finish covering of all territory of Russia by the end of 2006.

[edit] Satellite network

Using the services of the Russian Orbital Group, Rostelecom has built its satellite system for its Eastern region, comprising 11 land stations in Siberia and the Russian Far East. Satellite service for the Western region is being built at this time.

[edit] Multiservice network

The company is active in internet research.

[edit] Karta Svyazi

Karta Svyazi is a user-friendly prepaid long-distance telephone card service designed to provide telephony and access to the internet for people on the go.