Rostelecom has completed its acquisition of a 28.2% stake in Russian cable operator NTC, taking it to 100% ownership of the company. Rostelecom began the consolidation of NTC in February last year by acquiring a 71.8% stake. NTC reportedly turned in revenues of RUB10.8 billion (€280 million) last year, up 14%, while OIBDA was RUB4.4 […]
Russian service provider Rostelecom has acquired 100% ownership of regional fibre network operator Enter, which provides broadband services in Barnaul, Novokuznetsk, and Tyumen in Siberia. Rostelecom acquired Enter for RUB305 million (€7.8 million). Enter’s Metro Ethernet network was built out in 2010 and passes about 80% of homes in Barnaul and 50% in Novokuznetsk.
Russia’s Rostelecom is considering buying the stake it does not already own in pay TV operator National Telecommunications (NTK). The service provider bought into NTK last year and will decide in the next week whether to move for the 28% that it does not already own, according to Russian press. A deal is expected to […]
Russian service provider Rostelecom has struck a deal with Disney to make Disney content available on-demand in standard and high-definition. Rostelecom’s IPTV subscribers will be able to access Disney movies including The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast and Pirates of the Caribbean. The operator provides IPTV services under a number of brands to about […]
Russian telco Rostelecom said it had grown its pay TV base to 5.8 million at the end of September, up from only 900,000 a year earlier, thanks in part to its acquisition of NTK and other service providers. The operator recorded growth of 200,000 pay TV subscribers in the three months to September. While pay […]
Russian service provider Rostelecom has signed an agreement with France-based decoder provider Sagemcom to cooperate in the development and production of multimedia equipment. The pair will jointly develop, poroduce and distribute consumer devices in Russia under the Rostelecom brand, providing access to broadband internet and digital TV services. Separately, Rostelecom’s Urals division has launched the […]
Russian service provider ER-Telecom plans to connect 1.7 million TV and over 250,000 telephony users by the end of this year, according to local reports. ER-Telecom operates in 42 cities across Russia, most recently launching TV in Perm, Samara and Tyumen under the Divan-TV brand. The company announced at the end of last month that […]
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