Internet Service Provider

MegaFon (Peterstar)

PeterStar is one of the leaders on the telecommunications market of the North-Western region and specializes in provision of telephony, Internet and data transmission services. The company serves more than 100 thousand telephone lines and occupies a significant share of the business telephony market among alternative telecom operators.

PeterStar's clients include such respected organizations as the Central Bank of Russia, Sberbank of Russia, Vneshtorgbank, Grand Hotel Europe, Radisson SAS Hotel, Pulkovo Aviation Company.

The company has branches in Murmansk, Veliky Novgorod, Pskov, Kaliningrad, Petrozavodsk and Vyborg, where it provides communication services based on modern digital technologies.

PeterStar's transport network is one of the largest in the city in terms of length of fiber-optic cables - more than 4000 km. The total investment in the transport network of "PeterStar" since the beginning of 1992 has exceeded 170 millions. The company has a full range of modern technologies to solve any business problems at optimal prices.

PeterStar has been awarded by the State Committee of the Russian Federation for quality and is one of the 30 largest telecommunications companies in Russia according to "Expert" magazine rating.

According to the results of 2003, PeterStar won the VII All-Russian contest "The Best Russian Enterprises" in the nomination "For the Highest Financial Efficiency".

The Company is among the top ten largest Russian Internet providers, having received LARGE status according to the European organization RIPE NCC (status of a large Internet registrar in the territory of the Russian Federation).

According to the results of 2004 "PeterStar" was included in the list of 20 best taxpayers of St. Petersburg within the framework of the non-profit social project of the Government of St. Petersburg.

In 2006 "PeterStar" implemented a complex program of modernization of the subscriber access network. Sets of new equipment of the well-known manufacturer Raisecom were installed at all sites.

This is equipment for new generation networks which has wide opportunities of application in the environment of fiber-optic and radio lines. In the same year "PeterStar" receives the permission of the Federal Service for Supervision in the Sphere of Communications (Rossvyaznadzor) to operate the zonal telephone exchange and provide the intrazone telephone communications services in Saint-Petersburg. In 2006, PeterStar implemented a large-scale project to provide communications for the G8 Summit.