Miranda media
Since 2004
Russia
Southern Federal District of the Russian Federation
Simferopol
Adzhimushkaya str., 9
Top managers:
Igor Alexandrovich Zhizhikin
Owners
As of February 2019, Miranda media LLC offers dedicated access to Internet resources using its own data transmission channels that provide access to Russian and foreign network segments and high-speed transmission of large volumes of traffic, as well as access to any information and multimedia content of the global Internet. The company has its own fiber-optic network in the Republic of Crimea with a length of more than 1700 km. In 6 cities of Crimea, as of February 2019, services are provided to provide broadband access to the Internet based on FTTB (FTTH) and telephony technologies.
History
2024
Change of ownership
The Crimean telecommunications operator Mirandas Media has changed its ultimate owner. Instead of the previous owners, consisting of top managers of the company, control over the organization passed to Alexander Milishnikov. Changes in the ownership structure in September 2024 are reflected in the data of the Kontur.Focus database.
According to reports, the company " Cnews Mirandas Media" was founded "" Rostelecom to provide fixed and mobile services To the Crimea in and new Russian regions. The operator built two fiber optic communication lines (FOCLs) that connected Crimea with the mainland. Russia Soon, "" Rostelecom reduced its stake in Mirandas Media to less than 20%, and 80% of the shares were transferred to the Luxtrans Shipping Company.
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Among the first owners of Luxtrans were such top managers as Pavel Toporishchev, Andrey Sukhov and Andrey Timofeev. However, since the summer of 2024, all rights to Luxtrans have been transferred to Arkitelekt LLC, whose general director is Alexander Milishnikov. He also owns the Moscow telecom operator LLC. NSS Kirill Frolov, who owns 0.1% of the shares, is a minority partner in Architekt.
Mirandas Media significantly expanded its assets in recent years, according to the publication of the publication of September 24, 2024. Thus, the company acquired the operator "Elemte Invest," which owns a license for the provision of cellular services in Crimea. In addition, Mirandas Media began managing the CrimeaTelecom operator, privatized in 2019. The company also launched its own cellular network in Crimea and continues to develop business in new Russian regions.
The subsidiary "Mirandas Media" - MirTelecom"" - provides mobile communication services in the territory Hersonskaya and Zaporozhskaya regions, and in 2023 the company received licenses for the provision of communication services Donetsk Luganskaya in the people's republics. All these regions are now integrated into the Mirandas Media network[1]
Launch of mobile communications in Crimea
On May 21, 2024, the telecommunications company Mirandas Media, which provides fixed-line services and Internet access in Crimea, announced its entry into the region's cellular market.
At the time of the start of the provision of mobile communications services (under the Miranda brand), subscribers have access to the Start tariff for 200 rubles per month. This price includes 800 minutes of calls and 300 SMS messages to the numbers of Crimea, Sevastopol and Krasnodar Territory, as well as 30 GB of Internet and calls within the network without restrictions. At the initial stage, the coverage zone will cover 78% of Crimea, by the end of 2024 - 89%.
In addition to Miranda, by May 2024, two more mobile operators are operating in Crimea: Vivacell-MTS and CPC Telecom. According to Kommersant, local users and tourists complain about the quality of mobile communications and the Internet.
According to the general director of Mirandas Media Igor Zhizhikin, the cellular infrastructure on the Crimean peninsula was built in just a few months. All running base stations support the 4G/LTE standard.
Mirandas Media told RBC about the company's plans to recoup investments in the construction of the network by increasing revenue from the provision of services for government agencies, individuals and operators.
 | We will offer subscribers a converged product, which will include cellular services, broadband Internet, as well as a subscription to our online cinema drom, "a representative of the telecom operator told the publication. |  |
According to him, corporate and state clients on the peninsula plan to offer "a number of new products and services." Mirandas Media also recalled that by May 2024 in Crimea, the Big Four of Russian mobile operators do not have their own networks, they can use the company's infrastructure and services to serve their customers who come to rest on the peninsula.[2]
Launch of mobile Internet in the LPR
On January 17, 2024, telecommunications operators Vivacell-MTS (+ 7Telecom brand) and Miranda Media launched mobile Internet in the Luhansk People's Republic (LPR). Prior to that, such a service in the region "in test mode" was provided only by the local ISS operator.
As Kommersant writes with reference to the + 7Telecom message, at the first stage the company will offer mobile Internet only in Lugansk, but within a year the company promises to extend it to key highways (Lugansk - Donetsk, Lugansk - Rostov-on-Don), other largest settlements. By January 17, 2024, the operator has a tariff "For Communications," which includes 20 GB of Internet and unlimited inside the network.
Miranda Media claims that mobile Internet is already available "on the territory of absolutely the entire republic." The Start Lugansk tariff includes 30 GB of Internet, 800 minutes of calls and 300. SMS Kommersant Russia A spokesman for the operator said that when traveling around, users "can use mobile services as in the home region and not pay for roaming while online." Tele2
According to the source of the publication, the network in Lugansk was deployed on old Nokia and Ericsson equipment. The network there is small, but Chinese manufacturers would not risk delivering something new directly there, the source said.
The mobile Internet service in the LPR was suspended in May 2023 after massive shelling of Lugansk by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. On December 14, 2023, the head of the LPR Leonid Pasechnik said that the test launch of mobile Internet began in a number of cities and regions of the LPR. He noted that the Internet will not be resumed in areas nearby to the line of combat contact. On December 26, 2023, the ISS operator announced that it had fully resumed the mobile Internet service to subscribers of the republic.[3]
2023
Igor Zhizhikin - the new general director of Miranda Media
In December 2023, Igor Zhizhikin became the general director of the Miranda media telecommunications group (which is the management company of CrimeaTelecom JSC), which provides communication services in Crimea. The former head of the company was Ivan Zima. Read more here.
Construction of a mobile network in the LPR
In October 2023, the Crimean telecom operator "Miranda media" spoke about the construction of its mobile network in the Luhansk People's Republic (LPR). It is assumed that in 2024 the entire territory of the region will be covered by the company's network.
| | Thanks to the construction of new base stations on the most modern equipment in the Luhansk People's Republic, a network is being created that will ensure uninterrupted voice data transmission (calls). In the future, when the corresponding decision of the defense headquarters is made to resume the work of the mobile Internet, this network will also provide high-speed mobile Internet, "says Andrei Yershov, Minister of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of the Luhansk People's Republic. - A stable mobile network will cover all the main roads from Lugansk towards Donetsk, Severodonetsk, Starobelsk, Sverdlovsk. | |
Most likely, the Crimean operator seeks to develop a wide range of services in the LPR, including mobile communications, Alexander Sivolobov, deputy head of the Skoltech-based NTI Competence Center for wireless communications technologies and the Internet of Things, told Vedomosti. To maintain networks in the region, the operator may require technical support, network design and testing specialists, as well as marketing and sales specialists. According to the expert, Miranda Media's plans to update the infrastructure in the LPR are designed for at least 2-3 years.
By mid-October 2023, Miranda Media operates in the territories of Zaporozhye and Kherson regions under the MirTelecom brand, providing customers with mobile and fixed-line services. In Crimea, Miranda Media is also building a new mobile network, which is expected to launch in 2024. Since 2014, in the republic, the operator has been providing digital fixed-line services (Internet) in the consumer, business, operator and state segments.[4]
Start of work in the DPR and LPR
In early April 2023, it became known that Miranda Media (operating in Crimea, owned by Rostelecom by 19.999%) was entering the market of the Luhansk People's Republic (LPR ). Earlier, the telecommunications operator began working in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR).
Sheets"" drew attention to the fact that "Miranda media" published vacancies for specialists in the field of communications in Lugansk on a recruiting service. HeadHunter The head of the technical operation site will have to deal with the operation of communication networks, organize emergency recovery work, plan the construction of fiber-optic networks and check the work performed, according to the description of the vacancy posted on March 24, 2023. Salary will be from 60,000 rubles. on hand. Also, "Miranda's media" is looking for a specialist in working with telecom operators, who should start selling services to other LPR operators, coordinate interaction with local players on renting the "last miles," indicated on HH.ru. This vacancy was published on March 28, 2023. Salary will be from 50,000 rubles. on hand, the newspaper writes.
According to Kommersant, until April 1, 2023, the Ministry of Digital Development, together with the LPR government, Rostelecom and Miranda Media, was supposed to determine the principles for creating and operating a single telecom operator in the region. According to the source of the publication, representatives of the LPR and Miranda Media proposed to do this by consolidating the assets of Lugansk Telephone Company LLC as part of a joint venture with Miranda Media.
The exit of Miranda Media in the LPR and DPR in cooperation with local operators will actually lead to a monopoly in the segment of data transmission services, says Dmitry Galushko, general director of the Orderkom consulting company.[5]
2022
Ivan Zima - the new CEO of Miranda Media
On May 12, 2022, it became known about the appointment of Ivan Zima to the post of general director of the Crimean Internet provider Mirandas Media, one of the founders of which is Rostelecom. Read more here.
The start of the creation of a mobile operator in Crimea for 3 billion rubles
On April 4, 2022, it became known that To the Crimea a mobile operator was being created in. The bank "" Russia allocates 3 billion for the implementation of the project. rubles More. here
Notes
- ↑ Cellular operator of Crimea and new regions quietly changed ownership
- ↑ Another mobile operator will be launched in Crimea
- ↑ Traffic will go from the LPR
- ↑ In 2024, residents of the LPR will be able to use stable mobile communications in the 2G/3G/4G standards created by Miranda Media
- ↑ Crimean telecom operator "Miranda media" after the DPR enters the LPR
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