Southern Telecom

This article is about the Russian telecommunications company. For the U.S. telecommunications subsidiary, see Southern Telecom (Southern Company).

Southern Telecom (Russian: Южная телекоммуникационная компания) which was known in its acronym UTK (Russian: ЮТК) was a telecommunications company owned by Svyazinvest providing coverage to the Southern Federal District of Russia.

OJSC Southern Telecom Company

Native name	Южная телекоммуникационная компания
Company type	Joint stock
Industry	Telecommunications services
Founded	December 21, 2001
Defunct	2011
Successor	Rostelecom
Headquarters	Krasnodar
Key people	Alexander Vladimirovich Andreev, General Manager
Products	Telephony Internet services Cable television service
Parent	Svyazinvest
Website	www.stcompany.ru

History

Southern Telecom was created on the basis of the merger of Kubanelektrosvyaz together with regional telecommunications companies:^[1][2][3]

• Karachayevo-Cherkesskelektrosvyaz
• Svyazinform of Astrakhan Oblast
• Elektrosvyaz of the Republic of Kalmykia
• Elektrosvyaz of Stavropol Krai
• KabBalkTelecom
• Sevosetinelektrosvyaz
• Elektrosvyaz of the Republic of Adygea
• Rostovelektrosvyaz
• Volgogradelektrosvyaz
• Dagsvyazinform
• Administration of Electronic Telecommunication of the Republic of Ingushetia (Ingushelectrosvyaz)
• Elektrosvyaz of the Chechen Republic
• Kuban GSM

The company's area of responsibility had a population of over 18 million people.

Southern Telecom's stock traded on the RTS, MICEX, Nasdaq, Frankfurt, Berlin and Vienna stock exchanges.

Following Svyazinvest's liquidation in 2011 the company was merged into Rostelecom.