PM wants Rostelecom to launch services in Crimea

News General Russian Federation 25 MAR 2014
PM wants Rostelecom to launch services in Crimea
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has ordered the Russian Government to help telecoms operator Rostelecom and subsidiaries launch services in the Crimean peninsula, reports the Prime business news agency. Medvedev wants them to launch services as soon as possible to guarantee the security of classified information and stop this from being transmitted over foreign telecoms networks.

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General

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Rostelecom

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Russian Federation,  Ukraine

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Government telecommunications licensing, Voice services, Services, Market, Launch, Network operations services, Internet Access, Product, Government policy

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