OJSC North West Telecom

Company type	Joint stock
Traded as	RTS: SPTL MICEX: SPTL
Industry	Telecommunications services
Founded	2001
Defunct	April 1, 2011 (2011-04-01)
Fate	Merged with Rostelecom
Successor	Rostelecom
Headquarters	Saint Petersburg, Russia
Key people	Evgeny Valerevich Yurchenko, (Chairman) Vladimir Alexandrovich Akulich, CEO
Products	Telecommunciations services Internet services Cable television services
Revenue	820.4 million (2008)
Number of employees	14,086
Website	www.nwtelecom.ru

North West Telecom (Russian: ОАО «Северо-западный телеком») was a telecommunication company owned by Svyazinvest, providing telecommunications service to northwest Russia. In 2011 it was merged into Rostelecom.

History

North-West Telecom was created on the basis of the merger of Petersburg Telephone Network (Russian: Петербургская телефонная сеть) together with the following entities:^[1][2][3]

• Artelekom
• Murmanelektrosvyaz
• Novgorodtelecom
• Elektrosvyaz of Pskov Oblast
• Elektrosvyaz of Vologda Oblast
• Cherepovetselektrosvyaz
• Electrosvyaz of Kaliningrad Oblast
• OAO Svyaz of the Republic of Komi
• OAO SPB Telegraf (Russian: СПб Телеграф)
• OAO Petersburg Intercity International Telephone (SPB MMT)
• OAO Lensvyaz
• Delta Telekom^[4]
• Pskov City Telephone Network
• Arkhangelsk City Telephone Network

North-West Telecom merged into Rostelecom on April 1, 2011, together with the seven other Svyazinvest regional telecommunications operators.

References

External links

• North West Telecom – Russian language and English language Archived October 7, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
• Svyazinvest – Russian language and English language
• Rostelecom – English language and Russian language

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