Southern Telecom

{{Short description|Russian telecommunications company}}

{{about|the Russian telecommunications company|the U.S. telecommunications subsidiary|Southern Telecom (Southern Company)}}

{{Infobox company

| name = OJSC Southern Telecom Company

| logo = Southern Telecom logo.png

| type = Joint stock

| foundation = December 21, 2001

| location = Krasnodar

| key_people = Alexander Vladimirovich Andreev, General Manager

| num_employees = —

| revenue = —

| industry = Telecommunications services

| products = {{plainlist|

• Telecommunications services
• Internet services
• Cable television service

}}

| homepage = [http://www.stcompany.ru/ www.stcompany.ru]

}}

Southern Telecom is a Svyazinvest company providing coverage to the Southern Federal District of Russia. The company was formed in 2001 by the merger of 9 large telecommunications companies into the extant Kubanelectrosvyaz OJSC in Krasnodar:

• Electrosvyaz of the Adygea OJSC
• Svyazinform of the Astrakhan Region OJSC
• Volgogradelectrosvyaz OJSC - Volgograd region
• KabBalktelecom OJSC - Kabardino-Balkaria
• Electrosvyaz of the Kalmykia Republic OJSC
• Karachaevo-Cherkesskelectrosvyaz OJSC - Karachay–Cherkessia
• Rostovelectrosvyaz OJSC - Rostov Oblast
• Sevosetinelectrosvyaz OJSC
• Electrosvyaz of Stavropol Territory OJSC

The company's area of responsibility has a population of over 18 million people.

Southern Telecom's stock trades on the RTS, MICEX, Nasdaq, Frankfurt, Berlin and Vienna stock exchanges.