CenterTelecom (Open Joint-Stock Company Central Telecommunication Company, russian: ОАО «Центртелеком») was a fixed-wire

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service provider and

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. It was ranked 5th among Russian telecom companies, after

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, MTS,

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and

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. 50.69% of Centertelecom's voting stock was held by the Svyazinvest Holding Company. CenterTelecom was listed on the

MICEX The Moscow Interbank Currency Exchange (russian: Московская межбанковская валютная биржа) or MICEX (russian: ММВБ) was a stock exchange that operated in Russia from 1992 to 2011. MICEX was the leading Russi ...

and

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stock exchanges under the symbol ESMO.

History

The company was established in the late 19th century when the Moscow postal telegraph district was initiated. From 1922–1926, the Post and Telegraph Offices Division under the Moscow Soviet was reorganized as the Communication Department of Moscow District. On 20 June 1994, the Open Joint-Stock Company Elektrosvyaz of Moscow region was established, and in 2001 the company was named OJSC CenterTelecom. In 2002, 17 regional telecommunication companies merged into CenterTelecom, consolidated on the base of the Moscow region operator. On 1 April 2011, the company merged with

Operations

The company had following branches: *

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* Kaluga *

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* Orel *

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* Tula * Verhnevolzhskiy *

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