Katelco

"Kazakhstani Telecommunications" JSC
Kazakh: «Қазақстан телекоммуникациялары» АҚ
«Qazaqstan telekommýnıkatsııalary» AQ
Russian: АО «Казахстанские телекоммуникации»

Company type	Joint Stock Company
Industry	Telecommunications
Founded	Almaty, Kazakhstan (September 26, 1995 (1995-09-26))
Founder	Government of Republic of Kazakhstan
Defunct	January 31, 2011 (2011-01-31)
Fate	Merged
Successor	Kazteleradio, JSC (OTAU TV)
Headquarters	Almaty , Kazakhstan
Area served	Kazakhstan
Key people	Serik Burkitbaev (President); Bazarbek Kartzhanov (Chairman); Aleksey Chernov (Vice-President, CTO)
Services	Satellite broadcasting
Parent	KBC, JSC; Samghau Holding, JSC; NIH Arna Media, JSC
Subsidiaries	Nursat, JSC
Website	www.katelco.kz, www.katelcoplus.kz

Katelco (Russian: КАТЕЛКО) was a telecommunications company in Kazakhstan founded in 1995. It closed in 2011.

History

Katelco was established in 1995 as an integrated system to provide satellite television (including direct-to-home service Katelco Plus), radio, data transmission (including internet access), and telephony.[1][2] The name is an abbreviation for "Kazakhstani Telecommunications Company".

Katelco provided broadcast services for national, regional and corporate TV.[3] It owned and operated of the National Satellite Broadcasting System (NSBS) and Satellite Multi-channel Digital Broadcasting System of Direct Broadcasting "Katelco Plus". It owned main control center in Almaty and teleports in Nur-Sultan and Oral with uplink facilities in other regional capitals.[4]

Among other resources, it used the KazSat satellite.[5]

In 2007 Katelco was listed among top 10 Kazakhstan communication operators by the Russian telecom business magazine InformCourier-Svyaz.[5]

31 January 2011 the company was merged into the Kazteleradio, JSC - national terrestrial and satellite operator of Kazakhstan for television and radio broadcasting.

References

1. "About Katelco". Archived from the original on 3 March 2009. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
2. "Katelco timeline". Retrieved 8 August 2018.^[permanent dead link‍]
3. Marat Terterov (2004) " Doing Business with Kazakhstan" ISBN 0-7494-3990-4, p. 138
4. http://www.kitel.kz/en/2004/oview/431270397/ "Kazakh Telecommunications CJSC"], a profile from 2004 KITEL exhibition
5. "Kazakhstan: Telecommunication 'Star of the East' ", IKS magazine, May 1, 2007

External links

• Katelco home page