CenterTelecom

The Central Telecommunications Company OJSC

Company type	Public (OAO)
Industry	Telecommunication
Founded	1890 (1890)
Defunct	1 April 2011 (2011-04-01)
Fate	Merged with Rostelecom
Successor	Rostelecom
Headquarters	Khimki , Russia
Services	Telecommunication services
Revenue	US$1.1 billion (2008)
Number of employees	31,517 (2008)

CenterTelecom (Open Joint-Stock Company Central Telecommunication Company, Template:Lang-ru) was a fixed-wire telecommunications service provider and Internet service provider in Russia. It was ranked 5th among telecom companies in Russia, after Rostelecom, MTS, Vympelcom and MegaFon. A majority of Centertelecom's stock was held by the Svyazinvest Holding Company (50.69% of voting shares). The company was listed on the MICEX and RTS stock exchanges under the symbol ESMO.

History

The history of the company originated in the late 19th century when Moscow postal telegraph district was initiated.

In 1922–1926 the Post and Telegraph Offices Division under the Moscow Soviet was transformed into the Communication Department of Moscow District. The system of communication institutions was reformed repeatedly in the USSR. The organization steadily grew and developed: equipment and technologies were upgraded, up-to-date communication systems were introduced, communication network was modernized in order to meet the demands of the country's national economy, population and defense.

On 20 June 1994 Open Joint-Stock Company Elektrosvyaz of Moscow region was established. Starting with 2001 the company was called OJSC CenterTelecom.

In 2002, 17 regional telecommunication companies merged into CenterTelecom, consolidated on the base of the Moscow region operator. On 1 April 2011, the company merged with Rostelecom.

Operations

The company had following branches:

• Belgorod
• Bryansk
• Vladimir
• Verhnevolzhskiy
• Voronezh
• Kaluga
• Kursk
• Lipetsk
• Moscow
• Orel
• Ryazan
• Smolensk
• Tambov
• Tver
• Tula.

External links

• Centertelecom - English language
• Centertelecom - Russian language
• Svyaz'invest - Russian language and English language