OREANDA-NEWS. On 28th March 2007 the Expert RA rating agency confirmed, in the framework of the National Corporate Governance Rating, the earlier assigned corporate governance score of OJSC North-West Telecom at the A level.
 
According to the National Corporate Governance Rating procedures, the score at the A level means that the corporate governance practices level of the Company is evaluated as sufficiently high.
 
According to the analysts of the consortium, North-West Telecom adheres to the world standards of corporate governance practices:  shareholders' meetings are held observing all the procedures established by the laws, the Articles of Association and bylaws of OJSC N.W.Telecom, independent directors taking an active part in the Company management.