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ROSTELECOM’S VIDEO SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM BRINGS ADDITIONAL INCOME OF RUB 100 MILLION DURING ELECTION DAY
Moscow, Russia – September 18, 2014 – Rostelecom OJSC (MOEX: RTKM, RTKMP; OTCQX: ROSYY), Russia’s national telecommunications operator, today announces that its video surveillance system was used at the regional parliamentary elections in several regions, providing the Company with RUB 100 million of additional income.
On September 14, over 3,700 people monitored the election at www.webvyboryedg.ru, who viewed 655,000 records. The most active regions monitoring the elections were the Far Eastern and Siberian Federal Districts, Moscow and the Moscow region.
The successful completion of this project highlights the Company's leadership in providing video surveillance services for important public events across Russia. The Presidential Elections in 2012 and the Unified State Exam in 2014 are among the best examples of video surveillance projects implemented by Rostelecom. The Company plans to use its unique infrastructure and experience to continue providing video surveillance services in order to strengthen its competitive position in the B2B and B2G segments and to grow its top-line.
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Rostelecom (www.rostelecom.ru) is one of the largest national telecommunications operators in Russia and Europe. The Group operates in all segments of the telecommunications market and covers more than 34 million households.
Rostelecom is an undisputable leader of the broadband and pay-TV markets in Russia with over 10.9 million fixed-line broadband subscribers and over 7.7 million pay-TV subscribers, 2.4 million of which are subscribed to Rostelecom’s IPTV services.
The Group generated RUB 76.0 billion of consolidated revenues, RUB 27.6 billion of OIBDA (36.3% of revenues) and RUB 8.2 billion of net income in the second quarter of 2014.
The Group is a market leader in providing telecommunications services to government bodies and corporates of all levels. It is also an important innovator that provides solutions in the field of medicine, E-Government, cloud computing, education, security and housing & utility services.
Rostelecom was assigned ‘BBB-’ and ‘BB+’ international credit ratings by Fitch Ratings and Standard & Poor’s respectively.
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- Management’s assessment of the Company’s future operating and financial results as well as forecasts of the present value of future cash flows and related factors;
- the Company’s anticipated capital expenditures and plans to construct and modernize its network;
- the Company’s expectations as to the growth in demand for its services, plans relating to the expansion of the range of its services and their pricing;
- the Company’s plans with respect to improving its corporate governance practices;
- the Company’s expectations as to its position in the telecommunications market and the development of the market segments within which the Company operates;
- economic outlook and industry trends;
- the Company’s expectations as to the regulation of the Russian telecommunications industry and assessment of impact of regulatory initiatives on the Company’s activity;
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- risks relating to changes in political, economic and social conditions in Russia as well as changes in global economic conditions;
- risks relating to Russian legislation, regulation and taxation, including laws, regulations, decrees and decisions governing the Russian telecommunications industry, securities industry as well as currency and exchange controls relating to Russian entities and their official interpretation by regulatory bodies;
- risks relating to the Company, including the achievement of the anticipated results, levels of profitability and growth, ability to create and meet demand for the Company’s services including their promotions, and the ability of the Company to remain competitive in a liberalized telecommunications market;
- technological risks associated with the functioning and development of the telecommunications infrastructure, technological innovations as well as the convergence of technologies;
- other risks and uncertainties. For a more detailed discussion of these and other factors, see the Company’s Annual Report and the Company’s other public filings.
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