Wired telephone operators. Fixed connection. MTC - telecommunications operator
Imagine today a person who can do without cellular communications, difficult. Every day people call each other, send millions of messages, go online using Cell phones. Mobile operators are responsible for the quality of communication, cost and package of services.
List of telecom operators in Russia
There is no single operator responsible for mobile communications. In Russia there are more than a hundred operating mobile operators. Some regional providers are subsidiaries of large Russian mobile operators.
According to statistics, the leaders among companies providing mobile communication services include 3 - the “big three” providers - MTS, Megafon, Beeline. These companies have the largest number of subscribers, the largest coverage area, and a wide range of services.
- MTS. The only “cell phone” that is among the 20 world leaders. At the end of 2017, it has the largest number of subscribers in Russia (more than 78 million people), and taking into account the CIS countries, the number of subscribers is more than 100 million. It has the most extensive network of communication stores in the country (more than 5,700 points).
- Megaphone. There are more than 76 million subscribers in Russia, and there is great demand for Megafon SIM cards in Abkhazia, Tajikistan, and South Ossetia. The company positions itself as the operator with the fastest mobile Internet.
- Beeline. The Vimpelcom OJSC brand is among the top hundred recognizable brands in the world. The number of subscribers in Russia reaches 59 million people, but Beeline leads in the number of roaming countries and partners. This allows you to stay connected while traveling and save on roaming services.
The top popular operators include companies that are not included in the “big three”, but in terms of popularity they constitute significant competition. The rating of cellular operators includes smaller companies, new ones, and regional ones. The very concept of the “Big Three” is becoming obsolete, because Other providers are also conquering the market:
- Tinkoff Mobile is one of the newcomers to the communications market, which offers its users many pleasant bonuses: selection of an individual tariff without unnecessary services and pitfalls, beautiful rooms, affordable roaming. Also, importantly, the operator provides high-quality communication. And when you replenish your account for the first time, you will receive.
- Tele2. At the end of 2017, this is the only company that increased the number of subscribers. It has been operating as a federal Russian operator since 2014 after receiving a license for communications in 3G format. The operator's audience is at least 40 million people in 65 regions of the country. The most active subscribers are in Moscow and the Moscow region, in St. Petersburg, Chelyabinsk and Nizhny Novgorod regions. Ranks 3rd in Russia in terms of number base stations, is distinguished by fast mobile Internet due to low network load, as well as affordable package rates with the Internet.
- Yota is a virtual cellular operator. The brand has existed since 2008. Powered by Megafon technical infrastructure. The subscriber base is about 1.5 million people. Until January 2017, the only operator with unlimited access to mobile Internet, today tariff line includes only products with limited data for smartphones, and for tablet and computer there are offers with unlimited internet, the price of which depends on the speed.
- Rostelecom is an Internet provider and company providing home wireline and cable television services. The company offers its subscribers cellular communications in GSM 900/1800 format and mobile Internet.
- "Motiv" serves only 4 regions in the Ural Federal District. This brand has existed since 2002. The company provides communications in GPRS / EDGE, IVR, MMS, SMS, USSD formats, but is not represented in Moscow.
- "SMARTS" is a Samara company. Communications in Russia are provided to subscribers from the Volga region and central regions countries. The list of services includes GPRS, CSD data transmission, communication in GSM-900, GSM-1800 standards, SMS, MMS transmission.
Before choosing a cellular operator, each client must outline his own range of preferences and outline the requirements for mobile communications. Each provider is good in its own way; the best cellular operator can have regional status if the package of services it provides meets the client’s needs.
A list of communications within Russia, a telephone code and a comparison of operators will help you choose the right provider.
Map of mobile operators
Communication companies are sensitive to increasing customer demands. Now it is no longer only major players in the telecommunications market that offer high-quality communication coverage. The emergence of new towers makes it possible to provide communications to even the most remote settlements, you can now use a mobile phone in the subway and in high-rise buildings. Operators provide not only high-quality and uninterrupted telephone coverage, but also fast access to the Internet via 3G and 4G networks.
Each company is fighting to retain existing subscribers and expand its consumer base, so in almost every city there are salons where customers can not only purchase starter pack, but also to receive qualified assistance or answers to your questions.
Each Russian company has a database of 11-digit numbers, which can be used to determine the operator and regions of connection of the number. Not all subscribers took advantage of the opportunity to switch from one operator to another, which appeared after the abolition of “mobile slavery,” so the table of codes helps determine where the unknown incoming “came” from.
If the number is registered in Moscow and the Moscow region, then unknown number incoming call easy to define:
Beeline does not have a clear connection to the region, like other large operators. The company has separate codes only for the Far East and Primorsky Territory. And Yota numbers not tied to the region, all start with code 999.
In the North-West region and St. Petersburg
Southern Federal District, including the North Caucasus
The tables indicate both codes designed for all regions, and those that apply only to the specified city or region. But large operators have codes for individual areas, i.e. cellular services will be cheaper only when used in your home region.
The place of registration of numbers with codes 950, 951, 952 with Tele2 can be the Irkutsk region, Khanty-Mansiysk region, Lipetsk region, Kursk region, Perm region, Chelyabinsk region, Kemerovo region, Republic of Buryatia, Republic of Mordovia, Tyumen region and Udmurtia.
Large operators have allocated separate codes for the Urals: 922 - Megafon, 982 - MTS.
What numbers do Russian operators use?
The telephone number of any Russian operator begins with 8; to dial in the international format you need to dial +7. However, inside Russia, the call will be equally successful when dialing from both eight and +7.
After international code followed by prefix numbers - this is the DEF code used in mobile networks. Prefixes Russian operators start with 9, i.e. the general form of the code is always like this: 9xx. For companies providing mobile communication services, one or more such codes are allocated. This makes it possible to determine the operator and region of the caller: 926, 916, 977 are Moscow numbers, and 911, 921 or 981 are St. Petersburg numbers.
For the “mobile three” there are a series of codes in which the second digits also match. For example, 91x or 98x are MTS numbers, and 92x or 93x are Megafon numbers.
The next 7 digits are the subscriber number, by which it is impossible to determine belonging to the region of residence or provider. The range of Beeline numbers can indicate region membership if the same prefix is used. Code 905 is used in St. Petersburg (range from 250-00-00 to 289-99-99), as well as in the Ulyanovsk region. (range from 183-00-00 to 184-99-99).
But sometimes only the initial digits of the subscriber number help determine the operator. For example, DEF code 958 is used by more than 20 operators, including small companies (covering 1 region and a capacity of 10,000 numbers) and large ones (several dozen regions and hundreds of thousands of numbers).
As an example: the prefix of the TransTelecom company numbers is 7958, but since the company serves 30 regions of the country, you need to know the initial digits of the subscriber number in order to determine the origin of the outgoing call (-00х-хх-хх - Bashkiria, and -03х-хх-хх - Kaliningrad region, etc.).
The same prefix is used by Gazprom Telecom, Business Network Irkutsk, State Unitary Enterprise Smolny Automatic Telephone Station, Interregional TransitTelecom, Systematics, T2 Mobile, Central Telegraph, etc.
The numbering of DEF codes also changes as needed. Moscow MTS numbers were transferred from 495 to 985, and Megafon numbers - from 495 to 925.
The telephone code used only by Megafon is 920. The number capacity is more than 10 million, and numbers with this code are used in 17 regions Russian Federation.
The encoding used by Tele2 is 900. But the same code is used by 16 other Russian operators of different calibers in terms of capacity and regional coverage - Antares, Arkhangelsk Mobile Networks", "Ekaterinburg-2000", "Kemerovo Mobile Communications", "Sky-1800", etc.
"Tele2" is the largest of the companies that use the prefix 900: "T2 Mobile" - these are 17 regions and 3,140,000 numbers (the region is determined by the digits of the subscriber number), "Tele2-Omsk" - 3 regions (Jewish Autonomous Region, Omsk Region and Chukotka Autonomous Okrug) and 210,000 numbers, Tele2-St. Petersburg - 1 million numbers for 4 regions (Vologda region, Karelia, Pskov region, Leningrad region and St. Petersburg).
Best rates
Ratings of companies providing cellular communication services are compiled not only taking into account the number of subscribers and the scope of the coverage area, but also the list of services provided by the company and the tariffs established for each item or the entire package.
Advertising campaigns of the four leading providers (MTS, Megafon, Tele2, Beeline) are aimed at attracting subscribers, therefore TV commercials vying with each other to prove that the tariffs of one or another company are the most favorable. Telecom operators' tariffs dynamically reflect company strategy, consumer preferences and industry trends. At the same time, archived tariffs are also valid until the subscriber switches to a new price offer.
Budget rates
| MTS, Smart | Megaphone, Get involved! Choose |
Beeline, First gigs |
Tele 2, "My Conversation" |
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| Cost, rub.) | 400 | 450 | 405 | 200 |
| Package of minutes | 200 | 300 | 400 | 200 |
| Internet (GB) | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
It’s not difficult to get lost in such variety, but there is no universal tariff plan. It is more convenient and cheaper for subscribers to purchase a range of services - tariff packages, combining, for example, voice communications, SMS and mobile Internet. In addition to the services included in the package, you need to study the limits on them (GB, free minutes, number of SMS) and determine the needs of the subscriber (mobile Internet, calls to home network, roaming, etc.).
Surely, almost every person has a home landline phone, from which you can call both local and long-distance, mobile and even international numbers. Fixed communications is a branch of communication that has now been undeservedly relegated to the background and replaced with wireless mobile gadgets. However, are things really so deplorable, and is the deplorable situation of telephony not exaggerated? Let's try to understand all these nuances.
Fixed telephone service
A landline telephone is a very convenient means of communication that helps transmit audio messages between subscribers. The difference between this communication technology and mobile technology is that subscribers must have a fixed location; at most, they can move around the building if they use a radio. Fixed telephone communication is now very rarely used by ordinary consumers, since they prefer mobile phones, but for doing business this type of communication is simply irreplaceable and has a number of undeniable advantages :
- Low monthly fee;
- Availability of additional services;
- The ability to unite branches from different cities into one corporation;
- Security of information transmitted within the company;
- Ability to exchange data in various formats;
- Low costs for purchasing devices and maintaining networks.
Additional services from fixed-line operators?
Previously, a landline telephone was used only to receive and transmit audio messages. It was quite difficult to get a printout with phone numbers and call times; for this you had to write a special application, wait in line, in a word, a real epic. However, now fixed-line operators are doing everything possible to make their services as comfortable as possible for users. Now in personal account each subscriber can view the history of their calls and usage additional functions, check your balance and top it up in minutes. It is also worth noting that fixed-line networks nowadays are serviced much better and faster than ten years ago; if breakdowns or failures occur, repair teams quickly fix them.
In addition to telephony, subscribers receive the following services:
- Broadband Internet access at the highest speed;
- Transfer of all types of information using any protocols, which is provided by SDH technology;
- Consolidation of geographically remote offices and branches into one network.
Fixed line fading
Owners cellular networks once predicted that multi-level regional industry networks with fixed connections would simply disappear from the face of the Earth, as mobile communications will be able to completely replace them. However, there is one very important component that did not allow the predictions to come true - financial. Despite the high capabilities of modern fixed-line communications, it costs subscribers much less than cellular. In a crisis, this factor played a decisive role; a type of communication that should have become obsolete began, contrary to competent opinions, to develop, on the contrary.
The greatest evidence of a not very rapid, but confident approach to a qualitatively new level is the introduction of fixed-line communications into the package of services from mobile operators. Everyone wants to have a wide customer base and satisfy the needs of as many subscribers as possible, because this type Communication is very widely used to build new partnerships between service providers and their consumers.
Modern fixed line communications
Now fixed-line communication is most often used in enterprises and companies, but it has also become widespread among ordinary consumers, as it has begun to differ in much higher quality than what subscribers received before.
Modern fixed-line communications allow:
- Make and receive calls;
- enjoy additional services operators;
- Receive network service in a timely manner;
- Organize highly effective communication systems between company employees.
Wireline operators are united around three centers.
Commercial wireline carriers are looking for ways to reach each other's hearts. Fierce competition forces them to consolidate their business. The situation in wired communications is increasingly beginning to resemble the situation in the mobile telephony market. Both here and there are three centers of gravity - Moscow AFK Sistema and Alfa Group, as well as St. Petersburg Telecominvest.
Although the wireline communications market in the capital is growing, competition between Moscow alternative operators has seriously intensified over the past two years. The “big fish” have practically been “chosen”, and today the increase in subscribers is mainly due to small and medium-sized enterprises. “Currently, about 80% of operators’ income comes from large clients, 20% from small and medium-sized ones. However, there is a steady trend - operators’ income from services provided to small and medium-sized businesses is increasing. More and more new clients are coming from these sectors,” says the first deputy general Director of the Sovintel company Mikhail Muraev.
The client is petty and picky
"Small" customers of wireline operators are becoming more and more picky. “Subscribers have become more picky. Now almost every new client can only be obtained through a tender, so operators have to fight with each other,” says Dmitry Dronov, marketing director of MTU-Inform. “In addition, telephony services alone are not enough for the client .He usually acquires whole package- telephone, Internet access, other additional services." In this situation, operator companies are thinking about business consolidation. In Moscow, consolidation is taking place around two large holdings - System Telecom and Golden Telecom. Thus, a few months ago the Golden Telecom company Telecom announced its intention to buy from Rostelecom a stake in the wireline operator Sovintel (the second stake in Sovintel belongs to Golden Telecom itself). Last year, within Sistema Telecom, the business of two operators merged - MTU-Intel " and "PTT-Teleport". However, integration processes within Sistema Telecom are proceeding slowly - apparently because the number one goal for it is regional development cellular business of MTS company.
The prospects of independent companies (the largest in this series are Global One and Combellga) will depend on the plans of their shareholders. It is possible that over time these operators will also have to create alliances with their current competitors. Otherwise, independent companies will have to be content with a narrow niche - for example, servicing Western corporations operating in Moscow. Operators consider the arrival of a third major player on the Moscow market to be unlikely - there is too little space. “Although everything is possible. The example of MegaFon shows that three large operators can operate successfully in Moscow,” says Muraev.
Heading towards residential areas
It is possible that Moscow operators will soon begin to develop new market- provide communication services to the population. Communication networks for residential areas are already being built by some Moscow operators - Komkor, MTU-Inform, Comstar.
“The corporate sector is not limitless; sooner or later it will be chosen, and the next stage for wireline operators will be working with the population. In this case, it will be reasonable to offer private clients not just telephone communications, but some kind of integrated service: telephone, Internet access, cable TV", Dmitry Dronov is sure.
Golden Telecom believes that this recipe is not suitable for every operator. "To provide services individuals Only the operator that has built its own numbering capacity can benefit from it. But until time-based payment is introduced, which will increase communication costs for multi-talking subscribers, commercial operators will enter the mass market with great caution - the “average bill” from a subscriber is too small. First of all, of course, the luxury housing sector will be covered,” says Mikhail Muraev.
Expansion number two
The situation in the Russian outback is more difficult to describe - it varies greatly from region to region. Several of the most economically developed regions actually copy the Moscow market. In industrial centers such as Yekaterinburg, Samara and Nizhny Novgorod, alternative operators are entering into competition with state telephone networks. In regions with low effective demand, there is no serious competition, and all communication services are concentrated in the hands of state telephone operators.
According to the first deputy general director of Teleross, Alexander Kudryavtsev, they are not interested in developing all regional projects: “Teleross has outlets in 70 constituent entities of the Russian Federation, and we are ready to invest money in regional projects. But only in those cities that are of interest to us." It is quite likely that a large federal operator will come to the regions in the near future, since serious regional policies are tough only for powerful national-scale holdings with large investment opportunities. There are three such companies in Russia - Moscow's Sistema Telecom and Alfa Group, plus St. Petersburg's Telecominvest. So far, these holdings are implementing regional wireline projects only to support their cellular business.
One of the likely options for capital holdings to penetrate the regions is the purchase of local wireline operators. This is exactly how Moscow and St. Petersburg companies built their federal cellular networks, so it is logical to assume that they will use the proven strategy again. “Regional wireline operators have already exhausted their resources for development and are interested in attracting investment. And large federal operators just need platforms for regional business,” says Alexander Kudryavtsev.
Dragons in the manger
The development of business of alternative operators in the regions is seriously hampered by one problem. They need to decide on connecting their networks to the public switched telephone networks (PSTN). State operators have a monopoly on the telephone infrastructure - this has happened historically in Russia. And if a commercial operator’s network is not connected to public telephone networks, then its business makes no sense. Legally, all operators are equal in matters of access to infrastructure, but in practice there are “more equal” and “less equal” among them. A monopolist can impose draconian conditions for connecting to its network to its “unloved” ones, thereby making their business completely impossible. Similar problems exist even in Moscow, and in the regions things are even worse.
According to the general director of the MTU-Inform company, Said Alimbekov, the main principle of interaction between networks should be the rejection of the policy of discrimination. “Each operator should have the opportunity to connect its network to the PSTN. If this condition is met in practice, then the interaction between operators will become more transparent. Then the problems of technical and financial interaction between operators will fade into the background. As a result, the investment attractiveness of the industry will increase,” says Alimbekov.
In the disputes surrounding the problem of connecting networks, telecom operators have recently broken many spears. However, government regulators are extremely reluctant to address this problem. One of the operators, who asked not to disclose his name, said the following in an interview with Ko: “The Ministry of Antimonopoly Policy, which should resolve this issue, is today keen on regulating tariffs. MAP is practically not involved in regulating the monopoly in the field of network infrastructure. All alternative operators should have equal access to network resources, but there are practically no clear policies, regulatory documents, or procedures for resolving disputes. All these mechanisms need to be regulated in order for real competition to emerge.”
The consumer will only benefit from real competition - many companies and individuals in Russia still do not have normal communications only because the regional “dragons” do not want to allow competitors into “their” territory. The sooner MAP separates the “dragons” from the infrastructure, the better for the consumer.
Centers of attraction
The Russian wire network is consolidating around three holdings
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“System Telecom” |
“Golden Telecom” |
“Telecominvest” |
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Who owns it |
AFK Sistema |
Alfa Group, Western investors, private shareholders |
Telia, Kommerzbank AG , “North-West Telecom” (formerly PTS) |
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What does he own? |
MTS, MSS, “Personal Communications”, regional operators (mobile connection), MGTS, “MTU-Inform”, “Comstar”, “Telmos”, “Golden Line”, “PTT-Teleport”, (wired communication), “MTU-Intel” (Internet provider); other companies |
Sovintel, Teleross, several Internet providers united under the Rossiya-on-Line brand. The main shareholder, Alfa Group, owns a stake in the mobile operator VimpelCom. |
Cellular operators, included in the MegaFon network (“North-Western GSM ”, “Sonic Duo”, regional companies); “Delta Telecom”, wireline operators: “PeterStar”, “Petersburg Transit Telecom”, “Web Plus” and others, paging operator “Neda”, etc. |
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Priorities of activity |
Development of the federal standard cellular communication network GSM based on MTS company |
Strengthening positions in all sectors of the wired communications market |
Development of the federal cellular communication network - the MegaFon project |
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Strengths |
Support from the Moscow government, possession of a natural monopolist - MGTS |
Good organization, aggressive marketing |
Support from the Ministry of Communications, financial support from foreign investors |
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Weak sides |
Loose internal organization |
Smaller size and resources compared to the other two holdings. Absence of “special” relations with natural monopolists |
Geographical unevenness. Wired business is concentrated in the North-West region |
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Beeline - telecom operator
Mobile, fixed-line, international and long-distance telephone services, wireless and wired Internet access, including optical fiber, Wi-Fi and third generation networks.
- Russia
MGTS - Moscow City Telephone Network
The fixed-line telephone operator offers a direct Moscow number to apartments and offices, long-distance and international communications and Internet access using ADSL technology.- Moscow
Megafon - mobile operator
The largest mobile operator in Russia provides all types of mobile communication services throughout the country.- Russia
OnLime
Offers commercial high-speed wired Internet access and digital television services.- Moscow
PROSTOR Telecom - national telecom operator
Telecommunications services for small organizations, business centers and large federal companies. 24/7 technical support And high quality communications. Internet, telephony, office consolidation, data transmission channels, Wi Fi, intelligent services.- Saint Petersburg
Sky Link - mobile communications
The operator offers high-speed services mobile access to the Internet and voice communications using third generation technologies 3G/EV-DO and 2G/GSM.- Russia
Tele2 - mobile operator
Mobile operator and mobile Internet on Russian territory.- Russia
Bossnomer - store of beautiful numbers
The online store specializes in selling and connecting beautiful mobile phone numbers: MTS, Megafon, Beeline. Provides the best closed tariffs Moscow, telephone numbers in installments, exchange of beautiful numbers. Delivery in Moscow and the Moscow Region. We will help you get the maximum of services available in this moment in the mobile communications market, and will also open up the possibility of using our offer for commercial purposes, to create corporate network organizations. No Internet traffic, no call restrictions in the operator's area and unlimited roaming.- Moscow
MTC - telecommunications operator
Moscow telephone operators
The leading Moscow operator of the telephone communications market is OJSC Moscow City Telephone Network (MGTS), which for a long time was the only (with the exception of some departmental operators) supplier of this type of service to the Moscow market. The development of market relations led to the emergence of so-called “alternative” telecom operators in the early 90s. Such companies owe their appearance to the poor development of the domestic telecommunications infrastructure, which does not meet modern requirements. Currently, there are more than 50 significant operators on the market; they can be roughly divided into the following groups:
- MGTS and its subsidiaries;
- large alternative telecom operators;
- small alternative operators (as a rule, these are intermediaries that rent channels from large market players).
Not long ago, the company entered the IP telephony market, which previously belonged exclusively to “alternatives”. Now MGTS provides long-distance communication services, broadband Internet access, and call center services. In technical terms, service range and quality of communications provided, the company is still inferior to alternative operators.
MGTS operates mainly in the private sector (about 80%), the share of budget organizations does not reach 10%, and commercial firms make up a little more than 10% of the subscriber structure. As distinctive feature The subscriber base should be noted for its inefficient structure - the most profitable subscribers are concentrated in the sector of alternative operators. Today MGTS is not competitive in the corporate customer market, despite the fact that MGTS's tariffs are 2-3 times lower than those of alternative operators. An analysis of clients allows us to conclude that MGTS services are mainly used by those subscribers who cannot afford an alternative operator.
What are alternative operators and what are the main features of their work? The emergence of the first alternative operators is associated with the arrival of the largest foreign telecommunications companies on the Russian market and the creation of joint ventures on the basis of state-owned enterprises. An example is the creation of a joint venture with the participation of the American company Sprint and Central Telegraph, as well as numerous joint ventures of MGTS with foreign telecom operators and equipment manufacturers. Initially, alternative operators migrated the old analogue infrastructure of traditional operators to " digital format"Over time, they began to build their intracity telecommunication networks based on SDH and ATM technologies. It is alternative operators who focus on the quality of communication and the range of services provided, rather than their cost.
Here is a description of some major alternative operators.
Company Antel Holding(www.antelgroup.ru) appeared on the market in 2002. The holding includes the companies Macomnet, Raskom, Metrocom, MKS, Magistral-Telecom, Settelecom, Sibintek. In Russia, the group's companies serve about 2,500 business clients. These are large and medium-sized businesses, transnational companies, business centers, hotels, fixed-line, cellular and paging operators, banks, financial institutions, embassies. The company offers the following services to its clients: rental of communication channels, local, international and long-distance telephone communications, access to Global network Internet.
Company Golden Telecom(www.goldentelecom.ru) was founded in the USA in 1999. The company includes the following companies: Combelga, Comincom, Teleross, Sovintel. Revenue for 2005 amounted to $667.4 million. The operator specializes in providing digital local, long-distance and international voice communication services, local telephone numbers and lines, leased lines, Internet access, design, installation and management of dedicated data networks, call center.
Large telecom operator in the Moscow region - Comstar United Telesystems(www.comstar.ru), created on the basis of three leading companies "Comstar", "MTU-Inform", "Telmos" in 2004. The main shareholder of the company AFK Sistema. Revenue from sales of services for 9 months. 2005 reached $636.8 million. According to some data, the company controls 25% of the telephone communications market in the Moscow region. The number of subscribers as of September 30, 2005 was about 4.5 million. The operator provides telephony services: digital telephony, high-speed Internet access, data transfer, virtual private networks, card communications, intelligent communications, system integration. Specializes in providing communication services large corporations, medium-sized companies and private clients, as well as developers. As part of telephone services, the operator provides end consumers with: any required number of Moscow numbers, functions of office telephone exchanges (call forwarding, line waiting, etc.), the ability to integrate with Internet services, mobile communications, data transfer, the ability to combine corporate telephone networks remote offices, high quality local, long distance and international communications. In addition, Comstar's proposals include investment participation in equipping buildings with communication services, a full range of design and construction work for equipping buildings with communication services, providing a full range of services to managers and construction companies at the construction stage, cooperation with owners and management companies to provide services to tenants and residents.
Group Komkor(www.comcor.ru) was founded in 1992 with the assistance of the Moscow authorities. The company includes the following companies: OJSC Moscow Telecommunications Corporation, CJSC Falcon S, CJSC Comcor-TV, CJSC PR Telecom, CJSC Comcor-ainet, CJSC Rusich 1, OJSC Comcor", CJSC "Electronic Telecommunication Systems", CJSC "Comcor-VIP", CJSC "Telecom Consulting". The company's turnover in 2005 exceeded $90 million. About 90% of the revenue comes from large clients. The company provides the following telecommunication services: telephone communications, open and encrypted television, high-speed Internet access, digital packet telephony and telemetry services using new technologies xDSL, PON, SDH, ATM, G-Ethernet, MPLS.
Universal holding Corbina Telecom(www.corbina.ru) with a staff of 1,500 people was founded in 1995 and specializes in providing telecommunications services to corporate and private clients. The group of companies includes the enterprises of CJSC Investelectrosvyaz, CJSC Kortek, CJSC Kabelstroy, OJSC Novotel, and NOU Korintek. TO strengths The company includes: the Group's distinguished position in the market in relation to the provision of communication services in the D-AMPS standard, business diversification, a relatively stable customer base, and high profitability. Revenue for 2004 amounted to 2300.9 million rubles.
Operator Equant(www.equant.ru) has been operating in the Russian telecommunications market for more than 12 years and occupies a dominant position in it. The company includes Eurotel, Ikvant, and Global One Network. The company's representative offices are located in 300 cities of the Russian Federation and the CIS - in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Vladivostok, Yekaterinburg, Kemerovo, Krasnodar, Nizhny Novgorod, Novosibirsk, Irkutsk, Rostov, Samara, Sochi, Khabarovsk, Chelyabinsk, etc. The company's clients are the Central Bank of the Russian Federation ", "Ministry of the Russian Federation for Communications and Information", AK "Alrosa", "Sberbank of the Russian Federation", "Novolipetsk Metallurgical Plant", "MICEX", "Philip Morris", "General Motors", "Toshiba", "Coca Cola" and etc. The turnover of the Russian branch amounted to $175 million in 2004. The services provided include IP services, voice services, data services, and application services.
Company Interregional Transit Telecom(www.mtt.ru) appeared on the market in 1994. The company specializes in providing telecommunications services and organizing the interaction of more than 100 networks of fixed-line operators in Russia with each other and 330 foreign operators. The company occupies one of the leading positions in the telecommunications industry in terms of growth dynamics and financial indicators. The list of services provided includes: organization of long-distance and international telephone communications, Intelligent Communication Network (ICN), data transmission services, network connection and traffic transmission. The tariff for automatic long-distance telephone services for individuals is 2 rubles per minute.
Clients of fixed-line communication services can be divided into three large groups:
- Corporate clients are enterprises and organizations whose employees use communications on “special” conditions. For most operators corporate programs are a priority area of activity. This is explained by the fact that the number of corporate fixed-line customers is orders of magnitude smaller than cellular and private sector subscribers, and the contract amounts are much higher. Corporate services are classified as elite, where all issues, incl. financial decisions are made individually. The procedure for working with corporate clients, as a rule, is as follows: a personal manager is appointed who conducts the transaction and is aware of all the features of working with the Customer, incl. coordinates pricing aspects and discounts.
- Private sector– these are individuals who require installation and maintenance of telephone numbers. This group of clients is not the most profitable.
- New buildings and luxury housing are the most promising sector due to the growth of developments in Moscow and the commissioning of new housing construction projects.
The market for alternative fixed-line operators is estimated at ~$1 billion with annual growth of about 25%. Of this, more than $600 million comes from Moscow.
The cost of connecting a telephone line with a number is around $200-350. A dedicated digital channel will cost ~$500. The subscription fee for using the line ranges from $20 to $90 per month, for MGTS it is 200 rubles per month. Typically, operators include subscription fee unlimited intracity traffic.
Comparing the tariffs of leading players for fixed-line communication services for corporate clients (as the most profitable sector of the market), it can be noted that they depend on each individual client and the terms of the transaction. As mentioned above, all major operators have a flexible pricing policy for each individual client. Therefore, most operators do not publish official tariffs or offer individual discounts for tariff plans depending on the type of connection, the characteristics of the room, the presence or absence of Internet access, the number telephone lines, traffic volume, etc. However, it is safe to say that the larger the client, the more significant the discounts will be for him.
Prepared by the Marketing Research Department