OREANDA-NEWS. On 3 November 2006 the Board of Directors of JSC NWT approved acquisition of 60% of shares of CJSC St Petersburg Information Company (CJSC SPiK). The company's market value had been appraised by OOO S.E.R.

CJSC SPiK is one of the largest providers of full-featured call centre services in the North West of Russia, developer of software products in the area of business telecom applications, automatic voice and CRM-systems.

The decision to acquire CJSC SPiK accords with the declared M&A strategy of NWT: the purchase of a core asset will strengthen the Company's position in the call centre market – one of the most attractive and dynamic telecom market segments.