[July 06, 2009] 'Comstar-UTS reorganises operations in Privolzhsky district' Tweet (DMeurope Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Comstar-UTS is reorganising its regional businesses in the Privolzhsky federal district (PFD), including the operations of subsidiary Stream-TV. The operator will group its businesses in PFD into the Privolzhsky macro branch as it seeks to consolidate the regional assets of Comstar-UTS Group of companies. The centre of the macroregion branch will be located in Saratov. The operator's near future plans in the PFD include the completion of the branch;s reorganisation as well as the introduction of double- and triple-play services. In PFD cities where Comstar-UTS has operations, there are over 6.5 million inhabitants and about 200,000 registered companies. At the end of Q1 2009, the subscriber base of telecom services by Comstar-UTS Group of companies in PFD included 41,000 private users, 13,000 corporate users, 494,000 pay-TV subscribers, 71,000 broadband subscribers, of which 67,000 were residential users. At present, Comstar-UTS Group provides telecommunication services in 14 cities in the PFD, namely Saratov, Engels, Balakovo, Nizhny Novgorod, Dzerzhinsk, Izhevsk, Ulyanovsk, Orenburg, Buzuluk, Buguruslan, Sorochinsk, Pervomaysky, Samara and Togliatti. ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) (c) 2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]