It is symbolic that a person born in Bataysk has become the 700 000th subscriber of "Rostovelectrosvyaz", because Bataysk was the first city in Rostov Region to use digital communication. Now cities of Rostov region form telecom megapolis.
"Rostovelectrosvyaz" incorporates 13 telecom centers and 52 departments situated all over the territory of the Rostov Region operating 128 urban and 745 rural automated telephone exchanges with total installed capacity of 738 925 lines. Over 500 service centers form "Rostovelectrosvyaz" service network. Rostov technical telecom center renders telecom services in Rostov-on-Don. Every second family in Rostov Region uses telecom services provided by "Rostovelectrosvyaz".
The 700 000th subscriber has not become a final but a successive stage of regional network development. In 2003 "Rostovelectrosvyaz" installed 47 thousand telephones including 7000 of them at a reduced price.
In 2004 the Company plans to increase the number of basic telephone apparatuses by 89 100 units which is up 2,2 times over the same indicator in 2003. By the end of 2004 number of basic telephone apparatuses in the Rostov Region is to reach 783 000 sets versus 694 000 apparatuses as at the end of 2003.
"Rostovelectrosvyaz" plans to connect the 800 000th subscriber to its network by the beginning of 2005. |