Russia - Key Statistics and Telecommunications Market

Synopsis

The Russian telecom market is the largest in Europe due to the size of its population. Its telecoms market is not homogenous due to the concentration of wealth in the west. All market have been liberalised with competition most prevalent in Moscow. Svyazinvest, the holding company for Russia’s incumbent telecom operators continues to dominate the fixed-line market. Network developments are underway with incumbent and alternative operators deploying and modernising fixed-line network infrastructure to offer broadband and convergence services, utilising a host of technologies including WiFi, WiMAX, NGN and FttH/FttB. This report provides a concise overview of Russia’s fixed-line telecommunications and IT market. Information is presented on key regulatory developments, fixed-line networks and the regional incumbents and competing alternative operators. A range of statistics highlight the different growing sectors within the market and cover the fixed-line, IT, Internet access and mobile markets.

1. Synopsis
2. Key statistics
3. Telecommunications market
- 3.1 Overview of Russia’s telecom market
4. Regulatory environment
- 4.1 History
  - 4.1.1 Telecommunications Law 2003
- 4.2 Regulatory authority
- 4.3 Telecom sector liberalisation in Russia
  - 4.3.1 Privatisation
  - 4.3.2 Interconnection
  - 4.3.3 Access
  - 4.3.4 Carrier selection
  - 4.3.5 Universal service obligation
  - 4.3.6 Calling Party Pays (CPP) legislation
5. Fixed network operators in Russia
- 5.1 Market overview
- 5.2 Svyazinvest
  - 5.2.1 Svyazinvest regional operators
  - 5.2.2 Rostelecom
  - 5.2.3 Central Telegraph
- 5.3 Golden Telecom
- 5.4 Multiregional Transit Telecom
- 5.5 TransTeleCom
- 5.6 PeterStar
- 5.7 ER-Telecom
- 5.8 Comstar-UTS / MGTS
6. Telecommunications infrastructure
- 6.1 Introduction
- 6.2 Local
  - 6.2.1 Svyazinvest regional operators
  - 6.2.2 Central Telegraph
  - 6.2.3 Comstar-UTS/MGTS
  - 6.2.4 Golden Telecom
  - 6.2.5 PeterStar
- 6.3 National
  - 6.3.1 Golden Telecom
  - 6.3.2 Rostelecom
  - 6.3.3 TransTeleCom
  - 6.3.4 Other
- 6.4 Satellite networks
- 6.5 Telecoms and IT
7. Related reports

Table 1 – Country statistics – 2008
Table 2 – Telephone network statistics – 2008
Table 3 – Internet user statistics – 2008
Table 4 – Internet subscribers statistics – 2008
Table 5 – Broadband statistics – 2008
Table 6 – Mobile statistics – March 2009
Table 7 – National telecommunications authority
Table 8 – Household expenditure on telecom services – 2007
Table 9 – Centertelecom – Revenue by service – 2006 - 2007
Table 10 – Dalsvyaz - – Revenue by service – 2006 - 2007
Table 11 – North-West Telecom – Revenue by service – 2006 - 2007
Table 12 – Sibirtelecom – Revenue by service – 2006 – 2007
Table 13 – Southern Telecom Company – Revenue by service – 2006 - 2007
Table 14 – Uralsvyazinform – Revenue by service – 2006 - 2007
Table 15 – VolgaTelecom – Revenue by service – 2006 – 2007
Table 16 – Central Telegraph – Revenue by service – 2006 - 2007
Table 17 – ER-Telecom financial data – 2007
Table 18 – ER Telecom operational data – 2007 - 2008
Table 19 – MGTS – Revenue by service – 2006 - 2007
Table 20 – Fixed lines in service and teledensity – 1995 - 2008
Table 21 – Svyazinvest – fixed line traffic – 2007
Table 22 – Svyazinvest operators – Teledensity levels per operator – 2005 - 2007
Table 23 – Svyazinvest operators – Urban and rural digitalisation – 2006 - 2007
Table 24 – North-West Telecom network data – 2005 - 2007
Table 25 – Centertelecom network data – 2005 - 2007
Table 26 – VolgaTelecom network data – 2005 - 2007
Table 27 – Southern Telecom Company network data – 2005 - 2007
Table 28 – Uralsvyazinform network data – 2005 - 2007
Table 29 – Sibirtelecom network data – 2005 - 2007
Table 30 – Dalsvyaz network data – 2005 - 2007
Table 31 – Central Telegraph network data – 2005 - 2007
Table 32 – MGTS network data – 2005 - 2007
Table 33 – Russian IT market revenue – 2005 - 2010