On June 25 2004 CenterTelecom and Iskratel celebrated the 10th anniversary of cooperation. The celebration was attended by the representatives of the Moscow region government, the management of Svyazinvest, RTK-Leasing, TehnoServ A/S and many others.

Deputy General Director and CenterTelecom technical director Maxim Pegasov and Iskratel General Director Andrey Polenets welcomed the visitors and participants of the celebration.

The consul of the Republic of Slovenia in Russia Zlatko Beshker, the Minister for Foreign Economic Affairs of the Government of Moscow region Tigran Karakhanov, Svyazinvest Executive Director Sergey Orlov and others spoke at the celebration.

CenterTelecom Moscow branch first deputy director Andrey Galaev and Iskratel technical director Drago Zhepich provided a retrospective of the 10-year-long cooperation between the companies. They talked about the most important projects that have been realized and the prospects of the further cooperation. Remarkably, ten years ago one of the first contracts to deliver equipment was signed between Iskratel and Electrosvyaz of Moscow region. This year, as compared to the first year of cooperation, the volume of equipment supplied to Moscow region will increase 14 times.

"We wish to further build our work with CenterTelecom on the basis of mutual trust and good service," - said Iskratel’s General Director Andrey Polenets.

The activity’s official part culminated in signing four contracts for Iskratel equipment delivery for CenterTelecom Moscow branch.

The informal part continued in the suburban Vodnik yacht club where the event participants could tour Klyazminskii reservoir.

CenterTelecom background:

CenterTelecom is the largest of Russia’s seven inter-regional telecommunication companies founded in 2002 within the framework of Svyazinvest holding re-structuring. CenterTelecom is the principal provider of telecommunication services in the Central Federal Region of Russia where 25 % of the country’s population reside. 17 subsidiaries of the company provide reliable and high-quality communications to over 6 million subscribers. The dynamically developing Central region of Russia with its powerful industrial and scientific potential provides a stable demand for advanced communication services and telecommunication solutions. This guarantees stability and successful development prospects to CenterTelecom in the telecommunication market.

Iskratel background:

Iskratel develops comprehensive solutions for the communication needs of the information society of the future. With over 50 years of telecommunications experience, the company is one of the top international hi-tech enterprises. Its experience and knowledge are supplemented by creativity, innovation and ability to solve the issues coupled with the construction of converging networks and next generation networks (NGN). The company provides complete solutions for fixed telephony, mobile telephony, networks; next generation networks (NGN) and control networks.