Rostelecom, a publicly owned company headquartered in Russia, founded in 1993, employs approximately 5,280 individuals, and reported $10.5 billion in revenue as of 2025. Specializing in telecoms, the company previously held a monopoly on domestic and international long-distance telephone services in Russia until deregulation in January 2006. It carries over 10 billion domestic and over 4.8 billion international long-distance minutes of traffic. Rostelecom's operations also encompass leased line services, intelligent network services, and customer equipment servicing.

Revenue

Founded

1993

Headcount

5,596

Headquarters

Russia

Primary Segment

Telecoms

Ownership

Publicly Owned

News Summary:

Rostelecom announced on July 9, 2026, it completed an infrastructure upgrade for its anti-DDoS platform on its backbone network, enhancing security services for B2B and B2G customers through a collaboration with its subsidiaries Solar and RTK-Service. Earlier that day, Fedilco acquired Rostelecom's Armenian telecom operator GNC-Alfa. This acquisition, which Cyprus's Fedilco Group Limited (Viva Armenia brand) concluded on July 7, involved 100% of the shares of the subsidiary, which operates in Armenia under the OVIO trade name. On July 1, Rostelecom's general shareholders approved dividends of RUB 2.71 per share for both ordinary and preference shares from its 2025 financial results, allocating a total of RUB 9.46 billion, equivalent to 50.6 percent of its 2025 net profit. Previously, on June 23, Rostelecom's Bulat company expanded its line of base stations designed for mobile network operators, increasing their frequency range to align with modern network requirements.

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Rostelecom offers 4 products in the media and telecoms services industry. Rostelecom's product portfolio comprises of telecoms and media and TV services.
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Rostelecom's revenues were $10.5B in 2025. Caretta Research has split Rostelecom's revenue into 4 different product categories, the largest of which is mobile services, which represents 42% of Rostelecom's revenue.
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