Last night, the network of “Ukrtelecom” in the Crimea was put out of action, and during the day asset management estimated cost of $ 20-30 million was transferred to the Russian ” Krymtelekomu. ” In “Ukrtelecom”, which is owned by Ukrainian billionaire Rinat Akhmetov, they find it “illegal seizure of private property.” Crimean authorities insist that the link on the peninsula cut off from Kiev.
“Ukrtelecom”, which serves more than 80% of fixed-line subscribers Crimean peninsula from disabled due in the morning on February 10, officials report. Stopped working and regional network owned by “Ukrtelecom” 3G-operator “Trimob.” “All control equipment is located in Kiev. There were all kept control of the system. This equipment has been turned off in Kiev, and we had no communication,” – said “Y” Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Information and Communications Dmitry Crimea Polonsky, calling the situation “the next political subversion. ” In late September, “Ukrtelecom” has ceased to provide communication services in Sevastopol, its functions assumed the state enterprise “Sevtelekom.”
In the “Ukrtelecom” declared that in Crimea there was “deliberate sabotage by third parties for the purpose of unlawful taking of private property.” According to the operator, about one in the morning Moscow time “means Remote Network Monitoring” every five minutes recorded the physical separation of the fiber optic trunk cable on two fronts, which connect the mainland of Ukraine and the Crimea. Damage fixed in the next reinforcement points on the peninsula. The purpose of these “deliberate” actions were “disconnect the network of the local branch of” Ukrtelecom “from the telecommunication network of Ukraine.”
Director of Public Relations “System Capital Management” (controls “Ukrtelecom”) Natalia Yemchenko on his Facebook page confirmed that the company no longer controls its own office in Simferopol, Crimea. According to her, the room “hijacked by people unknown to us”, which cut off the connection of the peninsula with Ukraine. In “Ukrtelecom” explain that the representatives of the “armed guards” he said, “the introduction of enterprise” Krymtelekom “temporary administration of the Crimean branch of” Ukrtelecom “.” Source: “b” close to “Ukrtelecom”, added that the company will try to reconnect.
On the possible nationalization of the Crimean branch of “Ukrtelecom” became known on February 2 – with such a request to the authorities of the Republic addressed staff of the company, said the agency “Kryminfo.” Last Friday, the Speaker of the State Council of Crimea Vladimir Konstantinov said “RIA Novosti” that the issue could be considered for 11 of February.
But communication failure dramatically accelerated the process. The Ministry of Information and Communication of the Crimea “Kommersant” reported that two hours after disabling communication staff SOEs “Krymtelekom” and emergency services worked at all infrastructural facilities connected “Ukrtelecom”. “To avoid provocations”, they were taken “under the protection of” people’s militia of Crimea, said First Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic Mikhail Sheremet. By eight in the morning managed to recover and coaches landline on the peninsula. In the evening there was a possibility of an emergency call from a mobile phone. “Krymtelekom” also restored the connection to the Internet almost all of the 70 th. Internet users “Ukrtelecom” (the company has been the market leader in broadband Internet access in the Crimea with a share of 40%). “A little more com plicated with telephone communication with other subjects of the Russian Federation and international communications, but to restore it, it will take a day or two”, – assured the “b” Dmitry Polonsky. Communication will be established, he said, with a fiber-optic line that “Rostelecom” held in Crimea on the bottom of the Kerch Strait in April 2014.
Top-manager of one of the Russian mobile operators said that disconnect the network of the Crimean branch of “Ukrtelecom” could be as remote from Kiev and Crimea. “It seems,” Ukrtelecom “lost assets in the region. It is unclear how it will be processed legally,” – he said. The cost of the Crimean business “Ukrtelecom” – $ 20-30 million if the company will be able to get at least a portion of the amount, it will be good luck, concluded the “b”.
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