OREANDA-NEWS. October 06, 2010. COMSTAR – United TeleSystems (JSC COMSTAR-UTS, LSE: CMST), the leading supplier of integrated telecommunication solutions in Russia and the CIS has announced signature of voice interconnection agreement with BT (formerly British Telecom), one of the largest global operators.

COMSTAR-UTS and BT entered into a framework agreement on voice interoperability service to set forth organizational, technical and economic terms and conditions of service provision in international voice traffic transit.

Under this agreement, COMSTAR-UTS and BT connect their network at one of the largest traffic exchange nodes Telehouse North in London (UK). The network interaction pattern used allows to promptly enhance connection capacity in case of traffic volume growth. Besides, the companies will gain direct access to each other communication networks for transit and termination of COMSTAR-UTS international traffic.

To provide the quality of service to COMSTAR-UTS customers, both parties will ensure high-quality service of both basic phone calls and data exchange (fax and modem connections, ISDN).

"COMSTAR-UTS continues to extend partnership relations with the largest international telecom operators, building up the capacity of trunk channels on a scheduled basis. This is one of the key trends of our network and long-distance communication services development. BT is one the major global market suppliers of telecommunication solutions, and conclusion of partnership agreement with them makes for us a good strategic reserve for extension of our relationships in future. “We think such partnership became possible thanks to high-quality operation of COMSTAR-UTS own distant communication network,” Aleksey Goncharuk, Senior Vice President of JSC COMSTAR-UTS, said.

“Our agreement with COMSTAR-UTS underlines our commitment to serving wholesale solutions to Russia and the CIS telecommunication market, which is of great interest for us,” Steve Kelly, Vice President Europe, Middle East and Africa, Global Telecom Markets at BT Global Services, pointed out.

COMSTAR-UTS has arranged a connection node of its international network in the centre of voice traffic exchange Telehouse North. The connection node capacity is 80 Е1 streams. Besides, COMSTAR-UTS international network has large connection nodes in the centres of voice traffic exchange in Frankfurt am Main and Kiev.

BT, in turn, is present in 170 countries of the world, being one of the key suppliers for integrated telecommunication solutions to Wholesale, Retail and corporate customer sectors worldwide.