OREANDA-NEWS. September 15, 2008. Web users in Kurgan, Perm, Salekhard, Tyumen, Khanty-Mansiysk can now enjoy all Yandex services at local rates.

Uralsvyazinform, the largest provider of telecommunications services in the Urals region, has become Yandex’s new partner in the Local Network Program in these cities. Additionally, in Ekaterinburg and in Chelyabinsk, which are already a part of our own local access program, Uralsvyazinform starts providing access to Yandex’s services at local rates.

Uralsvyazinform is the second provider taking on the costs of bringing Yandex traffic to web users.

At the moment, Yandex has over thirty partnerships with internet providers in thirteen cities in Russia. The company also has its networking equipment set up in Kyiv and in Frankfurt.

Providers are welcome to join Yandex’s Local Network Program. To become a member, please, apply at noc@yandex-team.ru.