OREANDA-NEWS. An Addendum to the Agreement of Cooperation between the Government of the Republic of Komi and OJSC North-West Telecom was signed during the meeting in Syktyvkar as to the prospects of telecommunication s development in the region for 2007. 
 
In accordance with the signed document , in 2007 North-West Telecom will continue active investment activities aimed at developing and renovating telecommunication networks of the the Republic of Komi. The total amount of investment will be at least 560 million roubles, which is 1.5 times more than in the last year.

In 2007 the construction of fibre-optic communication lines, including the sections Aikino – Mikun – Usogorsk, Syktyvkar – Kortkeros – Ust-Kulom, Irael – Izhma – Ust-Tsilma, will be continued; the transmission systems of the earlier laid communication line Synya-Usinsk will be upgraded, and the construction of the digital radio relay communication lines in the Vogvazdino – Aikino – Zheshart section will be completed.

The telephone capacity of the Company in the Republic will increase by at least 3,000 telephone lines in 2007.