| "Kazakhstani Telecommunications" JSC «Qazaqstan telekommýnıkatsııalary» AQ Russian: АО «Казахстанские телекоммуникации» | |
| Type: | Joint Stock Company |
| Fate: | Merged |
| Successor: | Kazteleradio, JSC (OTAU TV) |
| Founder: | Government of Republic of Kazakhstan |
| Location City: | Almaty |
| Location Country: | Kazakhstan |
| Area Served: | Kazakhstan |
| Key People: | Serik Burkitbaev ; Bazarbek Kartzhanov ; |
| Industry: | Telecommunications |
| Services: | Satellite broadcasting |
| Parent: | KBC, JSC; Samghau Holding, JSC; NIH Arna Media, JSC |
| Subsid: | Nursat, JSC |
| Homepage: | , |
Katelco (Russian: КАТЕЛКО) was a telecommunications company in Kazakhstan founded in 1995. It closed in 2011.
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.