Aykhoum iHome

Aykhoum LLC - the telecommunication operator created in 2000. The company has own optical network more than 1000 km long. in Moscow and the next Moscow area, constructed on CWDM/DWDM technology. The operator has the developed geographically distributed P2P network of W-ix having points of presence in 30 cities of Russia, Ukraine, Europe and the USA with total loading more 500gbit/sec.

2019: ER-Telecom is purchased by Aykhoum

On November 15, 2019 JSC ER-Telecom Holding (TM "Дом.ru" and "Дом.ru Business") and telecommunication operator "Aykhoum" (iHome) announced the transaction on acquisition of a share in the amount of 100% of authorized capital of the company. For ER-Telecom this first large acquisition in Moscow, it will allow the company to be fixed in the market of interoperator services.

After acquisition by ER-Telecom of iHome will save operational independence. Will direct the project – Gorbunov Andrey who was earlier holding a position of the vice president for commerce and development of iHome.

ER-Telecom made the first large acquisition in Moscow. The iHome company is purchased

The company has own network more than in 30 cities of the Russian Federation and points of accession of traffic in 8 countries of the world. The operator renders the innovation services for telecom operators and corporate clients.

According to the president of ER-Telecom Andrey Kuzyaev, purchase of iHome will bring synergy effect and also will allow the company to charge up the capacity of own federal backbone network.

"To the transaction with ER-Telecom of iHome acted as the operator renting communication channels at different partners. At the same time, the capacity of our federal backbone network was underloaded. As a result, we had an excellent opportunity to reach synergy effect and to increase profitability of business. Arrival of the iHome command, will unambiguously strengthen positions of holding in the operator market. Andrey Gorbunov will head the B2O direction. Taking into account iHome revenue of ER-Telecom from this direction of business in 2020 will make more than 3 billion rubles. In the next five years we intend to increase B2O scales twice", - the President of JSC ER-Telecom Holding Andrey Kuzyaev noted.

The director of Piter-IX Nikolay Metlyuk considers that the transaction we will help  ER-Telecom to strengthen positions in the market  of interoperator services and exchange of traffic. Metlyuk estimated all company iHome at 1.5 billion rubles.

The source of the Kommersant newspaper in one of telecom operators says that iHome generally services small operators in regions and often uses infrastructure of larger companies, all it can occupy no more than 0.3-0.5% of total amount of traffic in the Russian market. Nevertheless its transition under control of ER-Telecom can lead to appearance of the large player who can compete with a point of exchange of traffic of MSK-IX of Rostelecom, it does not exclude.