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Rostelecom

It is a service for leasing National cloud platform’s computing power to deploy clients information system.

The service provides flexible configurations for virtual machines (any OS and any configuration), possible virtualization platforms are Windows Azure Pack (Hyper-V hypervisor by Microsoft), VMware ESXi or KVM.

There are two ways of managing data storage and processing center: a simple panel for business users and additional tools for system administrators.

In addition, the service provides a customizable tool for monitoring the virtual infrastructure with SMS or e-mail notifications, load balancing, DNS management, access to virtual infrastructure via VPN, protection from DDoS attacks and backupping.

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Rostelecom concluded a forward contract (on delivering goods of a stipulated quality and quantity upon a certain date) for the supply of equipment for fiber optic communication lines with the T8 equipment manufacturer. By the end of the year, the company and its subsidiary T2 RTK Holding under the Tele2 brand will sign a number of similar contracts totaling RUB 20-25 bn (USD 326-407 m).

 
 Rostelecom is negotiating terms with:

<ul>
 <li>Bulat - for production of routers;</li>
 <li>QTech - for production of switching devices;</li>
 <li>NTR and Bulat - for production of base stations supporting 2G and 4G in 2023 to be used for bridging the digital gap and also in corporate networks;</li>
 <li>X-Holding by Yadro - for production of base stations supporting 2G, 4G and also 5G (in the long run) in 2025.</li>
</ul>

 
 T2 RTK Holding plans to conclude a forward contract with the Protei core network supplier. According to Rostelecom, the contracts are concluded as part of work of the industry competence center for mobile networks. The products will be tested in the company laboratories and in the operator’s pilot zones.

 
 <a href="https://ict.moscow/news/rostelekom-i-tele2-nachali-zakliuchat-forvardnye-kontrakty-s-otechestvennymi-proizvoditeliami-oborudovaniia/" target="_blank">Original in Russian</a>

Rostelecom and Tele2 Conclude Forward Contracts with Russian Equipment Manufacturers

T2 RTK Holding (Tele2 brand, owned by Rostelecom) initiated restructuring with the subsequent spin-off of the tower business into an independent legal entity. Tele2 says that “the formation of the tower company has not been completed yet”, and “different options of infrastructure management” are being discussed.

 
 In November 2021, president of Rostelecom Mikhail Oseevsky <a href="https://tass.ru/ekonomika/12941519" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">announced</a> the plans to create a separate organization for tower infrastructure. Then he said that there was no task to sell the towers quickly. Later, in May of this year, head of Rostelecom <a href="https://www.interfax.ru/business/841541" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">specified</a> that the company would not sell towers within the next two years.

 
 According to AC&M Consulting, at the end of 2020 there were 85,000 antenna mast structures in Russia, of which about 13,000 were owned by Tele2.

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 Beeline and MegaFon quit the tower assets in 2021. VEON (Beeline head company) <a href="https://ict.moscow/news/veon-obiavil-o-prodazhe-bashennykh-aktivov-v-rossii-servis-telekom-za-70-mlrd-rublei/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">sold</a> about 15.4 thousand antenna mast structures to Service-Telecom for 70 billion rubles. Kismet Capital Group holding <a href="https://ict.moscow/news/megafon-peredal-bashennye-aktivy-nezavisimomu-operatoru/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">acquired</a> the First Tower Company with 17,000 towers from MegaFon. At the beginning of 2022, MTS also <a href="https://ict.moscow/news/struktura-kismet-vedet-peregovory-o-pokupke-sotovykh-vyshek-mts/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">planned</a> to sell the tower company with 23 thousand antenna mast structures. Now, according to Kommersant, the company “continues to consider various scenarios, observethe interest in the asset and communicate with potential investors”.

 
 <a href="https://ict.moscow/news/tele2-vydeliaet-bashennye-aktivy-v-otdelnuiu-strukturu/" target="_blank">Original in Russian</a>

Kommersant

Tele2 Creates Separate Structure for Tower Assets

Severstal, Highland Gold and the Ural Mining and Metallurgical Company, together with Rostelecom, are considering the joint development of specialized software. The joint venture will supervise the work. The investment amount may exceed several billion rubles within three years.

 
 The first solutions will deal with the ‘critical functionality’. Specialists also plan to analyze existing solutions, formulate uniform requirements of market participants for software, prepare a road map for the development of software products adapted to the realities of the Russian mining industry. The created solutions can be commercialized both in the Russian and foreign markets.

 
 <a href="https://ict.moscow/news/metallurgicheskie-kompanii-sovmestno-s-rostelekomom-planiruiut-sozdat-razrabotchika-otraslevogo-po/" target="_blank">Original in Russian</a>

Interfax

Metal Companies and Rostelecom Plan to Create Industry Software Developer

Rostelecom will enter the microelectronics market. JSC Westelcom (owned by Rostelecom) and Elvees R&D Center established a joint venture - SI Micro. Elvees R&D Center owns 49% of the company, and Westelcom owns 51%.

 
 According to the sources of Kommersant, Rostelecom regards Elvees as a strategic partner in the design center market for exclusive development of solutions. “In this case, the company will have a subordinate supplier, which will be focused on the development of components for telecom equipment, and Elvees will get financial leverage,” the sources of Kommersant explain.

 
 Rostelecom can also involve Elvees R&D Center in the development of solutions for the Internet of Things (smart sensors for home, electricity and water meters, security systems).

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 Elvees R&D Center is the developer of Scythian mobile processor and microcircuits based on Multicore ­­— the center’s own design platform. The revenue of Elvees R&D Center for 2021 amounted to $16.9 million (1.1 billion rubles), which is 55% lower than in 2020.

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 <a href="https://ict.moscow/news/rostelekom-i-npts-elvis-sozdali-sp-esai-maikro-dlia-vypuska-mikroelektroniki/" target="_blank">Original (in Russian)</a>

Rostelecom and Elvees R&D Center Established a Joint Venture SI Micro to Produce Microelectronics

The Radio Research and Development Institute has tested the Russian LTE base station developed by the Institute and the Laboratory of Infocommunication Networks. The base station operates in the 2.3-2.4 GHz band. VoLTE voice calls, ViLTE video calls, data transmission with support for various QoS profiles, S1 and X2 handovers have been performed during the tests.

 
 Previously, the base station was tested in the laboratory environment, and at the end of March it was demonstrated to Rostelecom and Tele2. During these tests data transmission speed of 90 Mbps was reached. Future tests will be carried out at the test site of the Radio Research and Development Institute in Balashikha, and the base station will be included in the Tele2 network.

 
 <a href="https://ict.moscow/news/v-nii-radio-ispytali-otechestvennuiu-bazovuiu-stantsiiu-lte/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Original (in Russian)</a>

CNews

Radio Research and Development Institute Tests Russian LTE Base Station

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The service allows to plan conferences quickly and effectively via the internet portal. Access to the conference is available via a fixed or mobile phone, up to 500 participants can join the conference. The service allows to view statistics on the conferences held and show documents to the participants, and also provides protection from unauthorized access.

Service for holding negotiations and meetings

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The system provides call distribution, call transfer to the employee’s mobile or home telephone and short number functions. There system also has interactive voice response (IVR) and call forwarding functions.

The service provides comprehensive statistics on all completed, answered and missed calls, conversation recording is also available. Additional features are as follows: voice mail, music on hold, all holding, ringback tone and black/white list.

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