Key events of 2018
23 January 2018
Rostelecom created the Geodata Information System (GIS) for the Arkhangelsk Region
25 January 2018
Rostelecom signed an agreement with the Moscow Government on telemetry transmission from special vehicles
13 February 2018
Rostelecom signed an agreement with TechnoServ Cloud on traffic monitoring and DDoS protection services
19 February 2018
Rostelecom introduced the first beta version of the Unified Biometric System
22 February 2018
Fitch affirmed Rostelecom’s investment grade rating of BBB- with a stable outlook
1 March 2018
Rostelecom invested in Sailfish, a mobile operating system developer
6 March 2018
Rostelecom placed bonds for RUB 10 billion at 7.15% p.a.
18 March 2018
Rostelecom provided video surveillance at Russia’s presidential election
21 March 2018
Rostelecom announced its updated Strategy 2022 and the new Dividend Policy for
21 March 2018
Rostelecom named Regional Supporter of the 2018 FIFA World Cup
21 March 2018
Rostelecom, Nokia, and the Skolkovo Foundation launched the first open pilot zone for the next-generation 5G network in Russia
9 April 2018
Rostelecom doubled the capacity of its Transit Europe–Asia terrestrial cable system
21 May 2018
5G pilot zone opened in Innopolis
22 May 2018
Rostelecom acquired 100% of Solar Security, a technological leader in target monitoring and information security management products and services
23 May 2018
Rostelecom, the State Hermitage, and Ericsson launched a 5G pilot zone
6 June 2018
The Russian Ministry of Construction, Housing, and Utilities and Rostelecom signed a cooperation agreement to jointly implement Smart City projects
18 June 2018
Rostelecom’s Annual General Shareholders’ Meeting was held; the dividend per share was determined at RUB 5.05; the new Board of Directors and Audit Commission were elected; the auditor was approved
22 June 2018
ACRA affirmed Rostelecom’s rating of АА(RU) with a stable outlook
2 July 2018
The Unified Biometric System launched in Russia
30 August 2018
Rostelecom launched the Videoserver cloud service
4 September 2018
Rostelecom and the Russian Ministry of Energy signed a cooperation agreement
6 September 2018
Rostelecom and Yandex launched a joint tariff with a 12 Tb cloud storage
10 September 2018
Rostelecom provided video surveillance on the Single Election Day
24 September 2018
Rostelecom and Nokia established a joint venture to develop innovations
26 September 2018
Rostelecom presented new digital services and its new brand
14 November 2018
Rostelecom launched a Unified Cyber Security Platform
21 November 2018
3GPP consortium confirmed compliance of Rostelecom’s 5G pilot zone with its latest standards
14 December 2018
Rostelecom acquired LLC Start2Com, a leading developer of billing solutions
19 December 2018
Rostelecom sold the Central Telegraph building on Nikitsky Lane
24 December 2018
The Extraordinary General Shareholders’ Meeting approved the payment of an interim dividend of RUB 2.5 per share for the nine months ended 31 December 2018
26 December 2018
Sberbank and Rostelecom made contributions to the capital of a commercial real estate developer
27 December 2018
Rostelecom successfully completed the first stage of testing quantum communications equipment for its network