Based on the results of the year 2008, North-West Telecom has won the honorary 17th place among the 50 most strategically efficient telecommunication companies providing communication services in Russia according to the rating of the Certification and Ratings Centre of the Institute for Economic Strategies (INES). The strategic efficiency index of OJSC North-West Telecom is 63 and exceeds th at of most of the inter-regional communication companies.

You can get more detailed information on the rating in the article Telecom Has Lived, Is Alive and Will Be Alive?

INES (Institute for Economic Strategies) monitors the practice of strategic management in Russia on the basis of a multi- factor model of strategic management, covering the key industries of Russia 's economy. The result s of the monitoring are presented in the form of ratings of strategic efficiency of companies and top management personnel and of industries and regions, regularly published in the electronic and printed press of INES and RIA RosBusinessConsulting . The ratings of the Institute for Economic Strategies have been regularly published in the Institute's Economic Strategies magazine starting from 2000.

This rating that has no analogues in Russia today is based on the analysis of the organization's aspiration to bring its goals into line with the prospects opening in the business medium and with its own capacities.