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September 1, 2006

North-West Telecom has summed up the results of implementing the Agreement of Cooperation with the Administration of Arkhangelsk Oblast

On 1st September 2006 a meeting between Nikolay Kiselyov, Head of Arkhangelsk Oblast, and Vladimir Akulich, General Manager of OJSC North-West Telecom, took place in Arkhangelsk , during which the results of implementing the Agreement of Cooperation between the Administration of Arkhangelsk Oblast and the Open Joint-Stock Company North-West Telecom   that was signed on 2nd February 2005, were discussed. The Parties noted that all the obligations set forth in the Agreement were being completely fulfilled.

Interaction in the framework of the Agreement has made it possible to continue the work aimed at solving the tasks of providing telephone communication and Internet services to northern areas that are difficult to access and to the rural areas of the region. From the moment of signing the Agreement (for the year 2005 and 6 months of 2006) OJSC N.W.Telecom has invested 473,000,00 roubles in the development and renovation of communication networks of Arkhangelsk Oblast, including 74% for business expansion and 26% for infrastructure support. Over 31,000 numbers have been put into operation for the year and a half. The number of telephone sets installed in Arkhangelsk Oblast by August 2006 reached 353,000, while the telephone density of the city telephone network was more than 82 telephone sets in every 100 families. The capacity of the broadband access network is 4,400 xDSL ports.

In March 2006 OJSC North-West Telecom won the tender for the right of rendering the universal telephone communication services using payphone s in Arkhangelsk Oblast, which has become one of the first regions where the universal service project has been implemented. As a result, in 2007 all settlement s of the region will have telephone communication . The Head of Arkhangelsk Oblast noted: "It is very good that North-West Telecom has won the tender. The programme of providing the region with telephone communication will be implemented promptly and efficiently.

General Manager of OJSC NWT Vladimir Akulich noted that "the Company paid immense attention to the issues of information communication lines in Arkhangelsk Oblast. In 2006 the investment in the development of regional telecommunications will amount to 727 million   roubles, the most important task today being the construction of the Arkhangelsk-Kotlas fibre-optic communication line and further development of the existing multiservice network of N.W.Telecom in Arkhangelsk Oblast, which will make it possible both to improve the quality of providing the services of broadband access to the Internet and to increase the data transmission speed and to ensure an even greater reliability of information transmission."

In the course of the two-day working visit of the managers of OJSC N.W.Telecom there has also been a meeting between Valery Potapenko, Head of the Administration of the Nenets Autonomous District, and Vladimir Akulich , General Manager of OJSC North-West Telecom, during which interaction of the leaders of the Nenets Autonomous District and OJSC N.W.Telecom in solving the issues of informatization and development of telecommunications issues in the region was discussed.

Besides the official meetings with leaders of the regions, Vladimir Akulich got acquainted with the operation of telecommunication centers of the Arkhangelsk branch of OJSC N.W.Telecom and met the working teams.

 

 

 

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