What is "katelco"

Katelco 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. The name is an abbreviation for "Kazakhstani Telecommunications Company".

Katelco provides broadcast services for national, regional and corporate TV. 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.

Among other resources, it uses the KazSat satellite.

In 2007 Katelco was listed among top 10 Kazakhstan communication operators by the Russian telecom business magazine InformCourier-Svyaz.

31 January 2011 the company was merged to the Kazteleradio, JSC - national terrestrial and satellite operator of Kazakhstan for television and radio broadcasting.