- Rostelecom
Infobox_Company
company_name = OJSC Rostelecom
company_
company_type =Joint stock
company_slogan = N/A
foundation =
location = flagicon|RUSMoscow
key_people =
num_employees = ~
revenue = ~ 37 bn rubles 2004
industry =Telecommunications
products = Telecommunications services
Internet services
Satellite telephony
homepage = http://www.rt.ru/Rostelecom (MICEX|RTKM RTS|RTKM), which is part of
Svyazinvest , isRussia 's leadinglong-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 originatesinternet contact to or from Russia, it is likely that Rostelecom is providing part of the service.The company's
stock is traded on theMICEX ,RTS ,New York Stock Exchange ,London Stock Exchange and Frankfurt Stock Exchange.Operations
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 andEast 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 a Rostelecom'sSTM-16 FOCL resources, but Rostelecom currently is building his ownSTM-64 (9,9533 Gb/s) network, which on August, 2006, already coversRostov-on-Don ,Krasnodar ,Volgograd ,Stavropol , and plans to finish covering of all territory ofRussia by the end of 2006.atellite 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 theRussian Far East . Satellite service for the Western region is being built at this time.Multiservice network
The company is active in
internet research.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.
External links
* [http://www.rt.ru/ Rostelecom - Russian language and English language]
* [http://eng.svyazinvest.ru/ Svyazinvest - Russian language and English language]
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