All the most important and interesting things about Comstar

Everything about Comstar

Comstar OJSC is a former enterprise from Russia uniting many organizations of telecommunication systems. The full official name is Comstar United TeleSystems OJSC. The company was registered in May 2004 on the basis of already existing 3 cellular operators:

1. TU-Inform “.
2. Comstar.
3. Telmos.

  Key holders of shareholdings are:

• Operator Svyazi LLC (36.43% share of the capital, 100% subsidiary of MTS OJSC);
• Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas (34.88%);
• United TeleSystems CJSC (13.75%);
• MGTS Finance SA (11.06%, Luxembourg );
• OJSC MGTS (2.75%).

The capitalized size of the company as of June 2009 was US $ 1.91 billion.

Service

Currently, Comstar-UTS provides services to more than 4 million consumers. It operates in the field of voice communication, as well as sending information, ensures the availability of the Internet, also using the technological WiMAX method  
. There is also a direction for paid TV broadcasting service. Comstar is the owner of a digital
fiber-optic transport line withthe total length is more than 6000 km. It runs across almost the entire territory of the capital of our country. Currently, the real share of the company in the field of Internet accessibility in the capital reached in the 1st quarter of 2009 – 30%. A thief in many cities of the country, the society has branch offices or representative structures. In total, it is indicated by service in 15 regions across the Russian Federation in 82 city points.  

Comstar regions

Existing representative divisions or branch offices:

· Tolyatti;

• Samara;
• Engels;
• Saratov;
• Orenburg;
• Tyumen;
• Nizhnevartovsk;
• Rostov-on-Don;
• Yekaterinburg;
• Krasnodar;
• Sochi;
• Stavropol;
• Obninsk;
• Ivanovo;
• Ryazan;
• Eagle;
• Kiev;
• Armavir;
• Odessa;
• Armenia.

Comstar history from its inception to April 2021

MTU-Intel was established in 1993 as CJSC Interlink Holding. In the future, the company is renamed. Since 1.03.1999, the company has been operating in the field of services to provide Internet accessibility for customers. On September 18, 2001, the company was joined by another operator structure in the field of telecommunications, PTT-Teleport Moscow, which since 2000 has greatly developed a new direction of ADSL accessibility for legal clients under the Tochka brand in the capital. RU”. Since April 2004, the company has begun to provide individuals with modern ADSL accessibility under the Stream brand name. In 2005, it became a leading position in the field of high-tech Internet provision in the capital. In January 2006, the manufacturer of the TV broadcasting channel, Sistema Multimedia, joined the company.Its main shareholder is Comstar-UTS; since spring 2005, the Stream-TV service has been launched in the capital. Upon completion of the restructuring, interest in the authorized amount of CJSC Comstar-Direct is distributed in the following manner:

• JSC Comstar-UTS – the share is 51.819%;
• Sistema Mass-Media OJSC – 48.136%;
• Sistema-Inventure CJSC – 0.045%.

  In order to expand the Stream trade brand in the future, in order to bring it into a competitive sphere, providing broadband Internet access to regions across Russia, AFK Sistema, which controls all 3 Comstar-Direct capital holders, begins to work out a strategy for restructuring of society. At the end of the deliberations, an agreement was adopted on its preservation with the transfer of a full 100% stake for the organization of OJSC Comstar-UTS. During the restructuring process, in the summer of 2007, most of the company’s top directors resigned. On 30.12.2008 100% of Comstar-Direct’s capital is consolidated by Comstar-UTS. Since April 1, 2011, the structure of Comstar-Direct, like Comstar-UTS, has been part of the team of MTS OJSC.  

Login to your personal account

A personal account is considered by the company to be a fairly optimal online system, necessary for any more, less advanced user who leads a very active lifestyle.

The society enables its consumers to register and purchase a personal account for use. This means that subscribers living in the regions will have an excellent strategy to save time, energy and effort.

  After passing through an easy authorization procedure and entering a username and password at the entrance, an account page appears with ample opportunities. Among them:

• you can constantly check your personal account, control funds;
• set the necessary operations, manage the process and monitor their results;
• the opportunity to get acquainted with the tariffs, find favorable conditions and independently switch to another tariff plan;
• you can keep abreast of company news, know about promotions and bonuses, choose the required service packages;
• replenish the balance.

Problems

According to user reviews in many regions, MTS – the Internet is simply disgusting. With a fixed rate of 100 Mbps, the download speed is only 2 to 9 Mbps. Sometimes it reaches 70 Mbps or 80, but this luxury happens quite rarely. Specialists who come with preventive maintenance check the existing equipment, say that everything is fine and leave, leaving customers with nothing. In general, the service is disgusting due to the slow internet.  

Prospects and plans

Anatoly Krainev, Deputy Director of Center, CJSC STREAM-TV, said: “The priority tasks for the development of the Center region for the near future are the standardization of technology and the modernization of all existing networks, and it is also necessary to maintain a high share of the cable TV market in cities where the company is present. In addition, it is necessary to actively develop new services for telephony and broadband Internet access ”.

Competitors in the Russian Federation and in the world

The company’s main competitor is Golden Telecom.

While Comstar focuses on corporate customers, Golden Telecom sees its potential development in the area of ​​private consumers and wants to develop in that direction. Analysts believe both strategies are absolutely correct and should meet growth expectations.

Promotions, can you buy or not, where to buy, price

The company’s shares can only be acquired by legal companies. The price depends on many factors, mostly negotiable.

Can I connect in the Russian Federation

Yes, in many regions where branches or regional representative offices are open, it is possible to connect the company’s services, which provide access to the wide-format Internet. Connection services are absolutely free.

To do this, you need to send an application via the Internet by filling out a special form with personal data in advance. After sending the document, after a certain period a call will come from the operator of the company, who will make sure of the legitimacy of the submitted application and clarify the necessary information, and at the end will offer time for the arrival of a technical specialist.

At the appointed time, the master will come up and connect everything.

Interesting Facts

Comstar launches hotspots in St. Petersburg.

At the end of 2000, Comstar was declared the best operator of the year 20 following the results of the Enterprise 2000 competition. In October 2001, she was announced the winner of the Russian Entrepreneurship Award and received the Enterprise 2001 nomination in the Internet Operator of the Year section.