Katelco
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Katelco (Template:Lang-ru) is a telecommunications company in Kazakhstan (1995-2011).
It 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.<ref>About Katelco</ref><ref>Katelco timeline</ref> The name is an abbreviation for "Kazakhstani Telecommunications Company".
Katelco provides broadcast services for national, regional and corporate TV.<ref>Marat Terterov (2004) " Doing Business with Kazakhstan" ISBN 0-7494-3990-4, p. 138</ref> It is the owner and operator of the National Satellite Broadcasting System (NSBS) and Satellite Multi-channel Digital Broadcasting System of Direct Broadcasting "Katelco Plus". It owns main control center in Almaty and teleports in Astana and Oral with uplink facilities in other regional capitals.<ref>http://www.kitel.kz/en/2004/oview/431270397/ "Kazakh Telecommunications CJSC"], a profile from 2004 KITEL exhibition</ref>
Among other resources, it uses the KazSat satellite.<ref name=IKS>"Kazakhstan: Telecommunication 'Star of the East' ", IKS magazine, May 1, 2007</ref>
In 2007 Katelco was listed among top 10 Kazakhstan communication operators by the Russian telecom business magazine InformCourier-Svyaz.<ref name=IKS/>
31 January 2011 the company was merged to the Kazteleradio, JSC - national terrestrial and satellite operator of Kazakhstan for television and radio broadcasting.
