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Nortel: Nortel Helps Comstar Connect Millions of People Across Russia
Nortel's Carrier VoIP Network Supporting Huge Volumes of Comstar's
Long-Distance Voice Traffic Across the Country
(M2 PressWIRE Via Acquire Media NewsEdge)
RDATE:08102008
MOSCOW - Comstar United TeleSystems (COMSTAR-UTS OJSC, LSE: CMST), a
major operator of integrated telecommunications services in Russia and
the CIS, has implemented a VoIP network solution from Nortel*
[NYSE/TSX: NT ] to help accommodate the need for reliable, affordable
long-distance VoIP across the entire Russian Federation. Comstar
obtained its long-distance access area codes for Russia in July 2008
and has begun commercial operations of long-distance voice services.
Russia is the largest country in the world spanning more than an eighth
of the Earth's land area. In a country of this size, affordable
communications - especially long-distance communications - is important
to stay connected with friends and family. With the new Carrier VoIP
network from Nortel, Comstar can provide affordable, long-distance VoIP
across all regions of the Russian Federation including Moscow, St.
Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg, Samara, Rostov-na-Donu,
Vladivostok and other regional centres.
Sergey Pridantsev, president and chief executive officer of Comstar
UTS, commented, "The provision of these access codes will enable us to
launch our long distance service offering and become a multi-service
operator. This integrated offering is a key competitive advantage for
Comstar. We will be able to provide local, inter-zonal, inter-city and
international telephony services, as well as broadband Internet access,
IPTV services and other data transmission related solutions. The launch
of a long-distance network will also accelerate our development in the
Russian regions."
"The complete Nortel's Carrier VoIP solution delivered to Comstar
supports the exponential growth in demand for a new era of
communications being driven by Hyperconnectivity , a global trend where
anything and everything is being connected to the network," said Sorin
Lupu, president, Eastern Europe Markets, Nortel. "To address this huge
demand for services, operators like Comstar have chosen Nortel's
complete Carrier VoIP solutions that converge voice, video and data
services onto one network while improving quality of service and
reducing costs. Now, Comstar has a network capable of connecting
Russian citizens across the country with far more affordable long
distance rates."
Comstar's VoIP network is built on the Nortel Communication Server (CS)
2000 , an IP multimedia softswitch that delivers network infrastructure
services and supports a wide range of voice and multimedia features
based on the open, industry-standard SIP protocol. CS 2000 is part of
Nortel carrier multimedia network portfolio which also delivers
application oriented solutions for carriers such as IP Powered Business
serving enterprise and SMB subscribers as well as IP Powered Home
serving the residential mass market. According to Dell'Oro Group,
Nortel is the worldwide leader in carrier VoIP and has maintained that
position for the last six years (2002-2007). Nortel has shipped 88
million carrier IP voice and multimedia ports to approximately 300
carriers globally.
About Comstar
JSC Comstar-United TeleSystems is the leading fixed-line
telecommunications company in Moscow, both in terms of revenues and
subscribers. Comstar UTS provides voice, data, Internet, pay-TV and
other value-added services to residential and corporate subscribers and
operators, using its extensive backbone network and exclusive last mile
access to 97% of Moscow households. In addition, the Company offers
communications services in five Russian regions and also in Armenia and
Ukraine. As at the end of 2Q2008, Comstar has 3.6 million residential
subscribers in Moscow and 783K Internet broadband access residential
subscribers (BBA), as well as 40000 BBA residential subscribers in
Russia's regions and the CIS. Group of Companies reported consolidated
revenues of US$834.4m, with OIBDA margin of 39.5%. Comstar GDRs are
listed under the symbol "CMST" on the London Stock Exchange and Moscow
Central Stock Exchange. For more information visit web-page:
http://www.comstar-uts.ru .**
About Nortel
Nortel is a recognized leader in delivering communications capabilities
that make the promise of Business Made Simple a reality for our
customers. Our next-generation technologies, for both service provider
and enterprise networks, support multimedia and business-critical
applications. Nortel's technologies are designed to help eliminate
today's barriers to efficiency, speed and performance by simplifying
networks and connecting people to the information they need, when they
need it. Nortel does business in more than 150 countries around the
world.
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Nortel's current expectations, estimates, forecasts and projections
about the operating environment, economies and markets in which Nortel
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Nortel disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any
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*Nortel, the Nortel logo and the Globemark are trademarks of Nortel
Networks.
**This is a 3rd party link as described in our Web linking practices.
CONTACT: Victoria Tchouikova, Contact for Press and Analysts, Nortel
Tel: +7 495 544 50 00
e-mail: vtchouikova@nortel.com
Miranda MacDonald, Nortel
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e-mail: mirandam@nortel.com
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