Best Telecom Companies in Moscow, Russia
The 51 best Telecom companies in Moscow, Russia in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Russian Towers.
Our analysis of 100 Telecom companies
$83.4b in tracked funding; 91% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.
Ranked: Best Telecom companies in Moscow
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian Towers Telecom tower infrastructure provider | $100M | 142 mo ago | Acquired | — | 2009 | — | — |
| 2 | Enforta Business communication services provider | $40M | 222 mo ago | Acquired | — | 2003 | SentryModernizrjQuery+2 | — |
| 3 | NFWare Cloud-based enterprise network virtualization provider | $4M | 66 mo ago | Series A | — | 2014 | TildaNginxAmazon Web Services+24 | — |
| 4 | Fairwaves Low cost equipment for small mobile operators in rural areas | $118K | 142 mo ago | Seed | — | 2011 | — | — |
| 5 | Wimark Software-defined wi-fi network management solutions provider | $17K | 125 mo ago | Seed | Ilya Khodyakov Founder & CEO | 2014 | — | — |
| 6 | Megafon MegaFon PJSC is a leading Russian universal telecommunication service provider, operating in all segments of… | — | 93 mo ago | Acquired | — | 2002 | Cart FunctionalitySentryNode.js+15 | — |
| 7 | Verticali Provider of telecommunications infrastructure solutions | — | 109 mo ago | Series A | Georgy Chumburidze Founder & CEO | 2013 | — | — |
| 8 | WestCall Business communication services provider | — | 228 mo ago | Series A | Victoria Tikhonova CEO | 1996 | — | — |
Top 8 Telecom companies in Moscow
#1
Series A · Moscow, Moscow · founded 2014 · 20 employees$3.9Mraised▾
Cloud-based enterprise network virtualization provider. It uses virtualization of edge and core network elements by using standard servers instead of proprietary hardware.
- Jan 2021Series A$1.4M
- Jan 2018Seed—
- Mar 2017Seed$2.5M
- Nov 2015Seed—
#2
Acquired · Moscow, Moscow · founded 2009 · 41 employees$100Mraised▾
Russia Towers is an independent owner of tower sites (has around 1700 sites) and provide tower infrastructure to the telecom players in Russia and CIS. Its solutions include leasing space, site construction as per the requirements. It also purchases the sites from other tower companies.
- Sep 2014Conventional Debt$52.1M
- Jun 2012PE—
- Feb 2012PE$100M
- 2010PE—
#3
Acquired · Moscow, Moscow · founded 2003 · 1001 employees$40Mraised▾
Enforta (brand name of Prestige Internet) is a telecom service provider which caters to government and business customers in Russia. It provides broadband internet access (wireless, satellite) with data speeds up to 10 Mbps, VPN, WiFi hotspots, managed WiFi, VoIP telephony with hosted PBX, and local & long distance fixed telephony. It provides these services through its own network. It also provides IP CCTV, virtual phone numbers, installation, and supports services. ER-Telecom acquired the company to expand its customer base.
- Jan 2008Series C$40M
#4
Seed · Moscow, Moscow · founded 2011 · 7 employees$118Kraised▾
Fairwaves manufactures and sells low-cost open source equipment and turnkey solutions for small mobile operators to start services in rural areas and achieve profitability. Its product rugged BTS is a Network-in-a-Box integrating BSC, MSC, VLR, HLR and SMSC in a single device. Its product is based on distributed VoIP core that benefits from local switching rather than a centralized acrchitecture.
- Sep 2014Seed$118K
#5
Seed · Moscow, Moscow · founded 2014 · 11 employees$16.5Kraised▾
Wimark Systems provides a software-defined multi-vendor wi-fi network management solutions to the telecom operators, internet service providers, and enterprise customers. Its solution enables centralized management of wi-fi network in a cost-effective manner. It decouples management functions (such as hardware controller) and runs virtualized network instances. Its solution can be deployed both on-premise and in the cloud.
- Feb 2016Seed—
- 2015Seed$16.5K
- Apr 2015Grant (prize money)$96.9K
- Unattributed—
#6
Acquired · Moscow, Russia · founded 2002 · 4874 employees—raised▾
MegaFon PJSC is a leading Russian universal telecommunication service provider, operating in all segments of the telecommunications markets in Russia. The Company and its subsidiaries have licenses to operate in all of the Russian regions and in the Republics of Abkhazia, South Ossetia and Tajikistan. The Company was the first in Russia to launch 3G for commercial operations. In July 2012 MegaFon was awarded one of four ten-year licenses for the provision of 4G/LTE services throughout the entire Russian Federation and has already started providing these services in 50 different regions.
#7
Series A · Moscow, Moscow · founded 2013 · 168 employees—raised▾
Provider of telecommunications infrastructure solutions. This company builds and acquires various communication facilities, offering services such as equipment placement on existing and new structures, comprehensive projects for seamless mobile coverage, distributed antenna systems, dual-purpose towers, fiber optic network connections, and maintenance services adhering to international quality standards. They serve mobile operators, infrastructure owners, and suppliers. The company's services support the development of cellular networks and enhance the efficiency of urban infrastructure.
- 2017Series A—
#8
Series A · Moscow, Moscow · founded 1996 · 53 employees—raised▾
Provider of telecommunication services in Russia. The company offers leased lines and broadband internet services in the Moscow, Leningrad, Ryazan, and Volgograd Regions, virtual and physical hosting, local and intra-zone telephone, data transmission, telematics services, and cable television packages. It sets up international corporate virtual private networks as well.
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- Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology16
- Bauman Moscow State Technical University13
- Moscow Technical University of Communication and Informatics12
- Lomonosov Moscow State University11
- Moscow Aviation Institute10
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