JSC Kazakhtelecom is the largest telecommunications company in Kazakhstan, which holds around 82% of the fixed telephony market (90% of the fixed line subscribers and around 70% of the fixed broadband subscribers). State's owns 51% of the company. Further to company's annual report for 2020, Kazakhtelecom is currently included in the register of natural monopolies for traffic transmission services provided to telecommunication operators, connection to telephone public networks (hereinafter - PSTN) provided to independent telecommunication operators, as well as on the transfer of dedicated telephone channels for rent  to telecommunications operators to connect to PSTN.