Peterstar
PeterStar is a competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC) in St. Petersburg, Russia established in 1992.[1]
History
It was co-founded in 1992 by the Luxembourg based "ComPlus Holding" SA as the first non-state owned cell phone operator in St. Petersburg.[2][3]Template:Efn
In 1992 - 1995 the company was headed by Anatoly Afanasyev. Initially, the St. Petersburg City Telephone Network had 45% stake in PeterStar. Valery Yashin, who was elected as the Director General of the St. Petersburg City Telephone Network (Template:Langx) in 1992,[4][5][6] was a member of the Managing Committee, Leonid Reiman, First Deputy Director General of the St. Petersburg City Telephone Network, was a member of the board of directors. The remaining 55% stake belonged to the Tiller company of the British businessman Anthony Georgiou. Yashin was a former director of the Leningrad State Telephone Network (LGTS) (Template:Langx) and was general director of Svyazinvest (Template:Langx), which was formed on 18 September 1995 with federal ownership stakes in 85 joint-stock telecommunication companies,[3] and Nikolai Pevtsov is a director of one of the LGTS companies. James Hutt is a director of one of the companies co-owners of PeterStar. Through Complus Holding, which co-founded PeterStar in 1992, Yashin, Pevtsov and Reiman controlled PeterStar through the Danish firm Danco Finans, which controlled Complus Holding, with Reiman as the beneficiary.[7][8][9]
PeterStar offers a wide range of fixed telecommunication services including voice, data (ISDN, Frame Relay, ATM, Ethernet), calling cards, PBX sales (Avaya and Ericsson). PeterStar maintains the entire 32x-xxxx St. Petersburg numbering range and has over 2,000 kilometers of fibre optic cables under the city streets. Competitors include Golden Telecom, Metrocom, Equant, Westcall, and others.
Management
Since 2001 its Director General has been Victor Koresh (b. 1953).
In 2010 PeterStar was sold as part of the Synterra group (Template:Langx) to MegaFon, one of the three largest mobile providers in Russia.
Notes
References
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- ↑ Валерий Николаевич Яшин - подробности. «Руспрес» (rospres) website. 20 January 2000. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
- ↑ a b Чеберко, Иван (25 December 2001). Телекоммуникации-2001: Кому принадлежит Россия. Kommersant. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
- ↑ О слиянии ОАО "ПТС", ОАО "СПб ММТ" и ОАО "СПб Телеграф". "НТРРТ" (NTRRT) website. Archived from the original on 20 January 2000. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
- ↑ Валерий Николаевич Яшин - подробности. "НТРРТ" (NTRRT) website. Archived from the original on 20 January 2000. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
- ↑ Питерцы уже в телефонных трубках. "Версия" (Versiya). Archived as Яшин подписал кое-какие бумаги, имеющие хорошую судебную перспективу: Питерцы уже в телефонных трубках on compromat.ru website. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
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- ↑ Christoph, Pauly; Jörg, Schmitt (1 August 2005). "Правление Commerzbank в лапах русской мафии": Гальмондово хитросплетение. Der Spiegel. Archived from the original on 17 August 2005. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
- ↑ Филонов, Дмитрий (30 March 2017). Кассовое братство. Кто стоит за новой реформой в торговле? Силовики, чиновники и человек, разыскиваемый Интерполом. Кто под присмотром ФСБ делает бизнес на кассовых аппаратах. Republic (republic.ru) website. Archived from the original on 31 March 2017 as Новые чипы обогатят Германа Грефа, Алишера Усманова, Григория Березкина, Леонида Реймана: Кассовое братство on compromat.ru website. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
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