Comstar Fully Launches Moscow - Rostov-on-Don Backbone Network
OREANDA-NEWS. November 18, 2009. “COMSTAR – United TeleSystems” JSC (“Comstar” or “the Group”) (LSE: CMST), the largest integrated telecommunications provider in
The new telecommunications network was soft launched at the end of August 2009 and forms the main part of a bigger network connecting
The new Comstar-UTS network, spanning approximately
Comstar’s transport optic infrastructure enables transmission of both voice and data telecommunication traffic on an IP protocol basis, and allows Comstar to provide its local subscribers with a full range of fixed-line telecommunications services, including long-distance connection, broadband internet access and pay-TV.
Sergey Pridantsev, President and Chief Executive Officer of Comstar UTS, commented: “The completion and full launch of Comstar’s first backbone multiservice fibre-optic network is an important stage in the development of the Group. Our presence in the backbone connection market is expected to be based not only on new network capacity, but also on the synergy achieved from the use of backbone networks of Comstar and our new shareholder, MTS.”
Viktor Koresh, Vice President for the Regional Development of Comstar UTS, added: “We are happy with the results of the trial run of the network between
[1] Based on the Bank of Russia exchange rate as at November 13, 2009
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