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The Company owns and operates a technologically advanced nationwide fiber-optic backbone network, approximately 160,000 km in length, enabling it to provide voice, data and IP services to business and residential customers across the entire Russian Federation and to both domestic and international operators.
The Company ensures delivery of a bulk of the domestic long-distance and international voice traffic and is a leader in the Russian market for routing backbone Internet traffic.
The Company is a major provider of telecommunications services to state organizations and governmental agencies as well as to the largest corporate companies including television and radio broadcasters.
Rostelecom has a strong position in the international telecom segment, having established direct international connections with more than 150 operators in 70 countries, participating in 25 international cable systems and cooperating with approximately 600 fixed-line and mobile operators inside and outside Russia.
The Company belongs to a number of international industry organizations, including the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the Telecommunication Operators Board of the Regional Commonwealth in the field of Communications (RCC), the Pacific Telecommunications Council (PTC) and the International Cable Protection Committee (ICPC).
At the end of 2009, the Russian government approved the reorganization of Svyazinvest, with a view to consolidating its assets under the Rostelecom umbrella in order to create an integrated telecom group, capable of delivering a comprehensive range of services throughout Russia. This restructuring is due to be completed in May 2011.
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