'''PeterStar''' is a competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC) in St. Petersburg, Russia established in 1992.<ref>[http://www.peterstar.ru/about/index.html ЗАО “ПетерСтар”: История развития ПетерСтар]. ЗАО “ПетерСтар” website. [https://web.archive.org/web/20010602031831/http://www.peterstar.ru/about/index.html Archived] from the original 2 June 2001. Retrieved 12 June 2021.</ref>
==History== It was co-founded in 1992 by the Luxembourg based "ComPlus Holding" SA as the first non-state owned cell phone operator in St. Petersburg.<ref name=rospres20012000>[https://rospres.site/forum/item/23100-valeriy-nikolaevich-yashin-podrobnosti Валерий Николаевич Яшин - подробности]. ''«Руспрес»'' (rospres) website. 20 January 2000. Retrieved 12 June 2021.</ref><ref name=Kommersant25122001>Чеберко, Иван (25 December 2001). [http://www.compromat.ru/page_11391.htm Телекоммуникации-2001: Кому принадлежит Россия]. ''Kommersant''. Retrieved 12 June 2021.</ref>{{efn|PeterStar was one of several Joint Ventures (JV) in the Telecominvest holding ({{langx|ru|холдинг «Телекоминвест»}}) which was created in 1994 as a holding for St. Petersburg telecoms.<ref name=rospres20012000/> The Leningrad State Telephone Network (LGTS) ({{langx|ru|Ленинградской государственной телефонной сети (ЛГТС)}}) employee Leonid Reiman created these joint ventures and was responsible for the privatization of these formerly state owned companies into joint ventures with foreigners.<ref name=Forbes17022012>Дзядко, Тимофей (17 February 2012). [https://www.forbes.ru/sobytiya/lyudi/79318-leonid-reiman-dose-svyazista Леонид Рейман: связист, министр, подозреваемый]. ''Forbes.'' Retrieved 12 June 2021.</ref><ref>Львов, Василий (13 August 2004). [http://www.compromat.ru/page_15328.htm Кто украл "Телекоминвест"? Putingarch Рейман]. "''Русский курьер''" (ruskur.ru) website. Retrieved 12 June 2021.</ref><ref>Лукьянова, Инна (11 September 2000). [http://www.profil.orc.ru/items/?item=4924 У Реймана есть тайна. Эта тайна- национальность: Новый член путинской команды- министр связи Леонид Рейман]. "''Профиль''" (profile.ru) website. [http://www.compromat.ru/page_10135.htm Archived] from the original on by compromat.ru. Retrieved 12 June 2021.</ref>}}
In 1992 - 1995 the company was headed by Anatoly Afanasyev. Initially, the St. Petersburg City Telephone Network had 45% stake in PeterStar. Valery Yashin, who was elected as the Director General of the St. Petersburg City Telephone Network ({{langx|ru|ОАО "Петербургская телефонная сеть"}}) in 1992,<ref>[http://hotyellow98.com/vor/merging.html О слиянии ОАО "ПТС", ОАО "СПб ММТ" и ОАО "СПб Телеграф"]. "НТРРТ" (NTRRT) website. [http://www.compromat.ru/page_9347.htm Archived] from the original on 20 January 2000. Retrieved 12 June 2021.</ref><ref>[http://hotyellow98.com/vor/yashin.html Валерий Николаевич Яшин - подробности]. "НТРРТ" (NTRRT) website. [http://www.compromat.ru/page_9348.htm Archived] from the original on 20 January 2000. Retrieved 12 June 2021.</ref><ref>[http://versia.bfg.ru/topsecret/src/topsecret/full_story.cfm?rel=3745&id1=41&id=3801,Main Питерцы уже в телефонных трубках]. "''Версия''" (Versiya). [http://www.compromat.ru/page_10369.htm Archived] as Яшин подписал кое-какие бумаги, имеющие хорошую судебную перспективу: Питерцы уже в телефонных трубках on compromat.ru website. Retrieved 12 June 2021.</ref> was a member of the Managing Committee, Leonid Reiman, First Deputy Director General of the St. Petersburg City Telephone Network, was a member of the board of directors. The remaining 55% stake belonged to the Tiller company of the British businessman Anthony Georgiou. Yashin was a former director of the Leningrad State Telephone Network (LGTS) ({{langx|ru|Ленинградской государственной телефонной сети (ЛГТС)}}) and was general director of Svyazinvest ({{langx|ru|«Связьинвест»}}), which was formed on 18 September 1995 with federal ownership stakes in 85 joint-stock telecommunication companies,<ref name=Kommersant25122001/> and Nikolai Pevtsov is a director of one of the LGTS companies. James Hutt is a director of one of the companies co-owners of PeterStar. Through Complus Holding, which co-founded PeterStar in 1992, Yashin, Pevtsov and Reiman controlled PeterStar through the Danish firm Danco Finans, which controlled Complus Holding, with Reiman as the beneficiary.<ref name=Forbes17022012/><ref>Christoph, Pauly; Jörg, Schmitt (1 August 2005). [http://www.compromat.ru/page_17248.htm "Правление Commerzbank в лапах русской мафии": Гальмондово хитросплетение]. ''Der Spiegel''. Archived from the original on 17 August 2005. Retrieved 12 June 2021.</ref><ref>Филонов, Дмитрий (30 March 2017). [https://republic.ru/posts/81158 Кассовое братство. Кто стоит за новой реформой в торговле? Силовики, чиновники и человек, разыскиваемый Интерполом. Кто под присмотром ФСБ делает бизнес на кассовых аппаратах]. ''Republic'' (republic.ru) website. [http://www.compromat.ru/page_37844.htm Archived] from the original on 31 March 2017 as Новые чипы обогатят Германа Грефа, Алишера Усманова, Григория Березкина, Леонида Реймана: Кассовое братство on compromat.ru website. Retrieved 12 June 2021.</ref>
PeterStar offers a wide range of fixed telecommunication services including voice, data (ISDN, Frame Relay, ATM, Ethernet), calling cards, PBX sales (Avaya and Ericsson). PeterStar maintains the entire 32x-xxxx St. Petersburg numbering range and has over 2,000 kilometers of fibre optic cables under the city streets. Competitors include Golden Telecom, Metrocom, Equant, Westcall, and others.
==Management== Since 2001 its Director General has been Victor Koresh (b. 1953).
In 2010 PeterStar was sold as part of the Synterra group ({{langx|ru|Синтерра}}) to MegaFon, one of the three largest mobile providers in Russia.
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==External links== *[http://www.peterstar.ru/eng/ Official site]
Category:Mobile phone companies of Russia Category:Internet service providers of Russia Category:Companies based in Saint Petersburg