OREANDA-NEWS  On 25 November was announced, that Southern Telecommunications Company (UTK) summed up the results of the corporate competitions "Best linear - technical section of "UTK" PJSC in 2008" and "Attention, New Idea! "

According to the results of the competition “Best linear - technical section of "UTK" PJSC in 2008” Kanevsky linear-technical center of UTK’s Krasnodar branch has become a winner. It was awarded the main prize – a car GAZ 2705-410 – which keys were presented to the head of the section Nikolay Sergienko.

Taganrog linear-technical center of UTK’s Rostov branch headed by Anatoly Ibragimov took the second place and was awarded a car UAZ-390994.

Kislovodsk linear-technical center of UTK’s Stavropol branch headed by German Chertorevsky took the third place and was awarded a car “Niva”.

All linear - technical sections of the Company took part in the competition held from June till October 2008 in two stages. During the first stage the competition was held among linear - technical sections of the branches, and during the second stage the competition continued among winners of the regional stage. Assessment criteria were developed on the basis of the industry normative documents and standards and included quality of provision of local telecommunication services, parameters of technical maintenance of the telecommunication network of a linear - technical section, quality of work of local repair service, Internet service parameters, conditions of work and labour protection.

"The competition was held in order to distinguish the employees who made a great contribution to the success of the section, as well as to unite the team, to enhance the prestige of the profession and to ensure personal career successes of employees", - UTK’s Technical Director Evgeny Rzhevsky noted.

On the first of July 2008 the Company launched the contest “Attention! New idea!” in order to develop innovation activity, as well as to stimulate the work of employees and display their talents. Any employee of the Company who presented his (her) ideas dealing with effective solutions of corporate problems (revenue growth, cost reduction), relations with clients and partners (increase in sales, etc.), deployment of new services (innovation solutions), could take part in the competition. More than 50 projects were presented to jury for consideration. According to the results of the competition the following winners were given diplomas and money awards. Head of the Kuschevsky linear - technical section of the Krasnodar branch, Seversky center Boris Metelyov won in the nomination “Internal processes” with the idea "Troubleshooting of rural cable lines by cable detector using inductive and contact method. New approach". Marketing manager of the Rostov branch. Central center, Marina Savchenko became a winner in the nomination "Clients and external environment " with the idea "Creation of a regional portal of general education to keep high the image of the Company and to attract new subscribers to Mediazona portal". Konstantin Piskunov, head of the division for repair of telecommunication facilities of the Krasnodar branch, Eastern center, won in the nomination "Personnel" with the idea "Instructions and information for workers of linear - technical sections, departments and services of communication centers". In addition, the jury named Alexander Galkin, the leading expert of the marketing department of the Volgograd branch, Central center, as one of the winners of the competition for the idea "Computer club DISEL".