Khantymansiiskokrtelecom has concluded an agreement with RTK Leasing to lease telecommunications switching equipment.  The agreement is valued at Rub 236.2 mn.  Under the terms and conditions of the agreement Khantymansiiskokrtelecom is to purchase switching facilities and optic access network equipment from Alcatel.  The term of the agreement will be five years.  If all goes according to plan the equipment should be delivered by February 2003 and used to expand the telecommunications network in the city of Novosibirsk, using new advanced subscriber access technology.  

The charter capital of OJSC Khantymansiiskokrtelecom currently stands at Rub 348.6 bn.  The majority shareholder of OJSC Khantymansiiskokrtelecom is OJSC Svyazinvest, with a 38 percent interest.