07/08/2006   PeterStar Provided G8 Summit With Communication

Within the framework of the Summit PeterStar appeared jointly with the Synterra Company that won tenders held by the Administrative Department of the RF President and the RF Ministry of Information Technology and Communications on the construction of telecommunications infrastructure to hold the Summit.
Project on constructing the communication sites to be used in the course of G8 work has recently become one of the most large-scaled for the company. Within the scope of this project PeterStar constructed fiber-optic routes: - the Palace of Congresses State Complex – Pulkovo Airport, the Palace of Congresses State Complex - the Large Palace of Peterghof.
PeterStar also provided numbering capacity in the amount of 3500 numbers, installed and was maintaining the complex of equipment for the provision of telephone communication, broadband Internet access and wireless Wi-Fi Internet access services. Local and intrazonal communication services were arranged via the PeterStar network, as well as national and international traffic transmission from the communication sites to the long distance carriers Rostelecom and MTT and Internet traffic transiting via PeterStar’s external IP gateways. Along with the above PeterStar provided the functioning of the television images transmission network in the new high definition TV format from the event sites.
In the context of meetings of the leaders of the Great Eight and invited states PeterStar performed the orders for providing the delegations of Great Britain, Germany, India, Italy, Canada, USA, France, Japan with integrated communication services on the territory of Strelna, Petrodvorets, the Pulkovo-1 Airport, in the Pribaltiskaya Hotel, Pulkovskaya Hotel, and the Kempinski Moika 22 Hotel.
In addition to the official delegations communication was provided for the national delegations of Kanada, USA and Japan at their work places in the press centers in Strelna and the Pribaltiskaya and Pulkovskaya Hotels. There was additionally arranged about 450 work places for the journalists covering the summit, each equipped with high-speed Internet access, telephone lines and all necessary office machinery.
For the convenience of journalists PeterStar implemented direct videoconferencing between the cottage township in Strelna, the International Press Center, the Pribaltiskaya Hotel, and the Kempinski Moika 22 Hotel. This allowed the journalists to receive on a twenty-four hour basis information on the summit events directly from the participants of such events. Moreover PeterStar developed a mobile office of the American TV Company NBC on the Palace Square, from which live commentaries were arranged on certain events.
“Participation in the provision of the Great Eight Summit with telecommunication services played an important role in forming our company’s portfolio and reputation. We got a quantity of positive comments and thanks from the organizers towards PeterStar. The experience obtained will help us to implement with confidence subsequent orders difficult in both technical and organizational aspects from budgetary as well as commercial structures”, – says Victor Koresh, General Director of ZAO PeterStar.

About Company:

ZAO PeterStar was founded in 1992. The PeterStar Company is one of the leaders on the telecommunications market of the Northwest Region. The Company specializes in the provision of integrated services of digital communication such as telephony, high-speed Internet access and data transmission.

The Company started its activity in Saint Petersburg and has achieved considerable results in its development. To date PeterStar serves 170 thousand telephone lines and 20 thousand corporate customers.

The share occupied by the Company on the business telephony market of Saint Petersburg is 60%. According to independent sources PeterStar is one of the leading ISPs and occupies 21% of the Internet service market in Saint Petersburg, 44% of the market in Pskov, and 33% of the market in Murmansk.



Press Service of ZAO PeterStar: Alina Karpichenko, PR Manager of ZAO PeterStar (812) 329-90-53, 962-35-82, karpichenko@office.peterstar.com