The Russian-Italian company on installation of telephones to RIKT

JSC The Russian-Italian Company on Installation of Telephones works in the field of communication services in Mezhdurechensk of the Kemerovo region. JSC RIKT has a share over 75% on services of broadband access in the Internet and a share of 38% on services of cable television. The scope of fiber-optical network makes more than 90% of households of the city. Also the company is the only thing in the city the wire telephone operator. The fiber-optical network "Rikta" on FTTB technology covers 100% of city infrastructure - multi-storey houses, the enterprises and the organizations.

2020: MTS purchased "Rikt" for 360 million rubles

In October, 2020 the cost of the transaction on sale of the Kemerovo provider ShPD and cable television of "Rikt" of MTS company became known. The operator of "the big three" reported about it in the finance documents.

Paid 360 million rubles for purchase of 97.42% of "Rikt" of MTS own means (without attraction of actions). This transaction, as reported in materials of MTS, will allow the company to increase a share in the Kemerovo region.

In 2020 MTS announced the obligatory offer on the redemption of the rest "Rikt" then the share grew to 100%.

MTS purchased the Kemerovo Internet service provider "Rikt" for 360 million rubles

According to data of TMT Consulting analytical company, the share of "Rikt" in the ShPD Kemerovskoy market of the region by October, 2020 makes 3%. The share of MTS after purchase of the Mezhdurechensk operator in the region will grow to 7%. Rostelecom (24%) is in the lead in the region, Transtelecom (20%), on the third – "The E-light Telecom" is in the second place (Good Line, 19%).

Earlier the CEO of the Mezhdurechensk company "RTA Telecom" Vadim Kostenko in a conversation with the Telesputnik edition said that in Mezhdurechensk Rikta the cable sewerage which was controlled earlier by Rostelecom belongs. With respect thereto Rostelecom has a zero penetration in this large Siberian city now. Such provision did not suit the Kemerovo branch of Rostelecom therefore the federal company repeatedly made attempts to purchase "Rikt".

In Mezhdurechensk in the ShPD market the share of "Rikt" is estimated at 63%, in the market of paid TV — at 58%. The network of the operator is built on FTTB technology. It covers all multi-storey houses, the enterprises and the organizations of Mezhdurechensk. In addition the company renders services of video surveillance, creation of corporate VPN networks and installation and service of audio-and video on-door speakerphones. ^[1]

2019: Purchased MTS 97% of capital stock of RIKT company

In June, 2019 MTS purchased 97.42% of capital stock of JSC RIKT at group of owners, reports "Sibdepo". Financial performance of the company will be consolidated in financial statements of MTS from the second quarter 2019.

MTS noted that the transaction "corresponds to general strategy of our company<...> - creation of an effective infrastructure ecosystem for providing different convergent services to subscribers under a brand of MTS based on both the mobile, and fixed networks".

2018

According to the database " circuit.focus ", at the end of 2018 "Rikt" received revenue in the amount of 244 million rubles that is 1% less in comparison with 2017. Net profit was 33.8 million rubles. As of March 31, 2019 42.79% of the stocks "Rikta" belonged to JSC Geointvest, 0.04% — to the CEO Vladimir Tsypan.

The CEO of the Mezhdurechensk company "RTA Telecom" Vadim Kostenko explained Telesputnika that in Mezhdurechensk Rikta the cable sewerage which was controlled earlier by Rostelecom belongs. With respect thereto Rostelecom has a zero penetration in this large Siberian city with the population more than 97 thousand people now. Such provision did not suit the Kemerovo branch of Rostelecom therefore the federal company repeatedly made attempts to purchase "Rikt".

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