Russkaya Telefonnaya Kompaniya (RTK) (merged with MTS)
Sector: Mass Transit • Location: Moscow City, Russian Federation
Source: World Bank Group
Ruskayya Telefonnaya Kompaniya is a closed stock corporation that is involved in operations of cellular networks based on the GSM standard. The company have impelemnted six networks in Tula, Smolensk, Kaluga, Vladimir, Pskov and Ryazan. The company was created by New Communications Systems in 1995. Deutsche Telecom's subsidiary DeTe Mobile purchased a 48.5% stake in 1996. The company started its c
- Status
- Prospective
- Sector
- Mass Transit, Rail, Telecommunications, Manufacturing (Industrial), Government
- Location
- Moscow City, Russia
- Updated
- 22 Jul 2026
- Source
- World Bank Group
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Description | Ruskayya Telefonnaya Kompaniya is a closed stock corporation that is involved in operations of cellular networks based on the GSM standard. The company have impelemnted six networks in Tula, Smolensk, Kaluga, Vladimir, Pskov and Ryazan. The company was created by New Communications Systems in 1995. Deutsche Telecom's subsidiary DeTe Mobile purchased a 48.5% stake in 1996. The company started its commerical operations in Smolensk in September 1996 and in the rest of the regions in October 1996. The Russian Railways was granted 1% of the company stake in return for allowing the use of its rail infrastructure for communication uses. Russkaya Telefonnaya Kompaniya was the first company providing GSM services in Pskov, but 5 months after the system was launched it has only 50 clients. Was acquired by MTS in 1998 and merged into MTS in 2000 |
Original sector | Information and communication technology (ICT) |
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Country | Russia |
State | Moscow City |
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Source | World Bank Group |
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Record type | Project |
Sector | Mass Transit, Rail, Telecommunications, Manufacturing (Industrial), Government |
Article published date | 2024-05-26 |
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