'''Rostelecom''' is Russia’s largest provider of digital services <ref>{{Cite web |last=Pai |first=Shailaja |date=2021-12-10 |title=Rostelecom, VEB Ventures deploy new-gen backbone |url=https://developingtelecoms.com/telecom-technology/optical-fixed-networks/12485-rostelecom-veb-ventures-deploy-new-gen-backbone.html |access-date=2022-06-16 |website=Developing Telecoms |language=en-gb}}</ref>for a wide variety of consumers — households, private businesses, government and municipal authorities, and other telecom providers.
'''Rostelecom''' is Russia’s largest provider of digital services <ref>{{Cite web |last=Pai |first=Shailaja |date=2021-12-10 |title=Rostelecom, VEB Ventures deploy new-gen backbone |url=https://developingtelecoms.com/telecom-technology/optical-fixed-networks/12485-rostelecom-veb-ventures-deploy-new-gen-backbone.html |access-date=2022-06-16 |website=Developing Telecoms |language=en-gb}}</ref>for a wide variety of consumers — households, private businesses, government and municipal authorities, and other telecom providers. The Company is actively expanding its footprint in the markets with high growth potential, takes advantage of fixed-mobile convergence and already has necessary infrastructure to implement and roll out technologies of the future. Rostelecom is a major player in connectivity markets,a recognized technology leader in innovative solutions for e-government systems<ref>{{Cite news |date=2021-09-23 |title=In Russia’s So-Called Election, Tech Was a Big Loser |language=en |work=Bloomberg.com |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-09-23/in-russia-s-so-called-election-tech-was-a-big-loser |access-date=2022-06-16}}</ref>, mobile communications<ref>{{Cite web |title=Telecompaper |url=https://www.telecompaper.com/news/rostelecom-brings-mobile-broadband-to-1200-villages--1407629 |access-date=2022-06-16 |website=www.telecompaper.com}}</ref>, cyber security<ref>{{Cite news |last=Reuters |date=2021-05-26 |title=Russia's FSB reports 'unprecedented' hacking campaign aimed at government agencies |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/technology/russias-fsb-reports-unprecedented-hacking-campaign-aimed-government-agencies-2021-05-26/ |access-date=2022-06-16}}</ref>, data centers<ref>{{Cite web |last=Comment |first=Dan Swinhoe |title=Rostelecom to build 55MW data center in Moscow |url=https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/rostelecom-to-build-55mw-data-center-in-moscow/ |access-date=2022-06-16 |website=www.datacenterdynamics.com |language=en}}</ref>, cloud computing<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pai |first=Shailaja |date=2021-10-25 |title=Rostelecom, MCST start first private Russian cloud platform |url=https://developingtelecoms.com/telecom-technology/telecom-cloud-virtualization/12156-rostelecom-mcst-start-first-private-russian-cloud-platform.html |access-date=2022-06-16 |website=Developing Telecoms |language=en-gb}}</ref>, biometrics<ref>{{Cite web |last=Times |first=The Moscow |date=2017-12-19 |title=Russia To Grant Police Access to Bank Customers’ Biometric Data |url=https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2017/12/19/russia-to-grant-police-access-to-bank-customers-biometric-data-a59987 |access-date=2022-06-16 |website=The Moscow Times |language=en}}</ref>, healthcare, education and utilities<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-09-22 |title=Mixed picture for Russian broadband market |url=https://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2021/09/22/mixed-picture-for-russian-broadband-market/ |access-date=2022-06-16 |website=Broadband TV News |language=en-GB}}</ref>.
Rostelecom interconnects all local public operators’ networks into a single national network for long-distance service. In other words, if one makes a long-distance call or originates [[Internet in Russia|Internet contact to or from Russia]], it is likely that Rostelecom is providing part of the service. The company's [[stock]] trades primarily on the [[Moscow Exchange]].
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==Operations==
Rostelecom has the largest domestic backbone network (approximately 500 thousand km) and last mile connections to approximately 35 million households in Russia. The Company holds licences to provide a wide range of telecommunications services (telephony, data, TV and value-added solutions) to residential, corporate and governmental subscribers and third party operators across all regions of the Russian Federation. The company offers "Karta Svyazi" a user-friendly prepaid long-distance telephone card service designed to provide telephony and access to the internet for people on the go.