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According to Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin, the creation of a 5G network in the capital will begin in 2022.

 
 “The comfort on the streets of Moscow is not limited to the physical environment. In parallel, we have deployed an extensive free Wi-Fi network and starting next year, the city will begin to build a 5G network together with cellular operators, which opens up fundamentally new opportunities for the provision of digital services," the Mayor said at the "Russia Forum: Driving the Future" as part of Expo-2020 in Dubai.

 
 At the end of May, the mayor of the capital <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/sergei-sobyanin-5g-will-be-tested-in-the-moscow-metro/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">announced</a> the start of testing the fifth-generation communication technology in the Moscow metro. The details of the project were not disclosed at that time.

 
 In July, the State Commission for Radio Frequencies <a href="https://digital.gov.ru/ru/documents/7973/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">rejected</a> the application of the Rostelecom for obtaining frequencies of 3.4-3.8 GHz for testing 5G in the metro. However, in October, Forbes <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/moscow-telecoms-may-get-4-3-8-ghz-frequencies-for-5g-used-by-the-military/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">reported</a> that the government was discussing the issue of transferring the 3.4-3.8 GHz range for the deployment of 5G networks by cellular operators in Moscow.

 
 

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 Press Service of the Mayor and the Moscow Government
 

 
 <a href="https://ict.moscow/news/sergei-sobianin-sozdanie-seti-5g-v-moskve-nachnetsia-v-2022-godu/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Original (in Russian)</a>

Moscow 24

Mayor of Moscow Sergey Sobyanin: 5G to be Launched in the City in 2022

The Smart Cadastre service based on neural networks and spatial analysis algorithms began to be used to fill the Unified State Register of Real Estate (Rosreestr).

 
 The service classifies the identified real estate objects and generates various datasets, including by categories:

<ul>
 <li>absent in the USRN;</li>
 <li>located in "zone allowed"/ "zone not allowed", that is, suitable or unsuitable for involvement in circulation.</li>
</ul>

 
 Currently, Smart Cadastre is undergoing a trial operation. Soon it is planned to introduce it in the Khabarovsk Territory. According to Rosreestr estimates, the service will add additional land plots to circulation and replenish the USRN database with 17 million records

 
 <a href="https://ict.moscow/projects/ai/news/2015/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Original (in Russian)</a>

Rosreestr

Rosreestr Deploys Smart Cadastre 

Since the beginning of this year, MegaFon has been recording an increase in demand for smart home products in its retail chain.

 
 In physical terms, the indicators increased by 34%, while in monetary terms the demand spiked by 41%. Among the most popular products are smart speakers with voice control. Their share of sales reached 62%. This is followed by intelligent lighting systems with a share of 10.4%, with smart sockets taking third place (6.4%).

 
 In turn, Tele2 clarified that in 2021 the demand for its smart home devices increased by 24% year-on-year. The most in-demand were video surveillance systems, set-top boxes and smart speakers. The latter, according to the company's forecasts, will gain popularity as voice assistants develop, but the leadership will remain with the smartphone.

 
 MTS reported that in the third quarter of 2021, their customers purchased four times more smart devices in the company's showrooms and online stores compared to the same period in 2020. Outlets, light bulbs, and home control centers were the best sellers in this category. Also in demand were humidity and temperature sensors, robotic vacuum cleaners and IP cameras.

 
 According to the preliminary <a href="https://t.me/ICT_Moscow/5256" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">results</a> of the ICT.Moscow poll, in which more than 300 people took part, 35% of respondents do not use smart home devices, another 34% choose Xiaomi products, while 31% prefer Yandex devices.

 
 <a href="https://ict.moscow/news/operatory-otmechaiut-rost-sprosa-na-ustroistva-dlia-umnogo-doma-v-2021-godu/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Original (in Russian)</a>

ComNews

Telecom Operators See Growing Demand for Smart Home Devices in 2021

USM Holding will withdraw from the capital of VK Group by selling its 45% stake in MF Technologies (controls 57.3% of VK Group's voting shares) to SOGAZ Group. According to Kommersant, USM has confirmed the fact of the deal, its terms have not been disclosed.

 
 The SOGAZ Board of Directors “approved a 45% participation in the capital of MF Technologies JSC". The agreement was considered a "promising strategic investment."

 
 USM founder Alisher Usmanov said that he leaves VK Group "at the peak of indicators both in terms of audience and financial metrics." In turn, the CEO of USM Ivan Streshinsky clarified that the holding's business strategy will now “be focused on the “green agenda”, adding that the telecommunications business and related digital projects require“a lot of attention”.

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 Connect with

 
 <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ivan.streshinsky" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Ivan Streshinsky</a>, the CEO of USM

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 At the end of November, Sberbank <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/sberbank-completes-the-deal-of-selling-its-stake-in-vk/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">sold</a> a 36% stake in MF Technologies to Gazprombank for $174.3 million (12.8 billion rubles). The reason for the sale was not specified.

 
 <a href="https://ict.moscow/news/usm-prodast-doliu-v-vk-group-gruppe-sogaz/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Original (in Russian)</a>

Kommersant

USM to sell its stake in VK to SOGAZ 

IT company T1 Consulting has held a T1 Pitch Day pitch session for startups that presented their projects to IT market players and representatives of the financial industry, including VTB, MTS Bank, Post Bank, and Rosbank.

 
 Among the participants were Moscow teams:

<ul>
 <li>Optimajet, a product developer to reduce the time and cost of automating and deploying applications;</li>
 <li>ePlat4m Orchestra, a platform for creating applications for quick product launch to the market;</li>
 <li>Botman, a visual chatbot builder and document generator;</li>
 <li>SiteProtector, an online business vulnerability monitoring software.</li>
</ul>

 
 According to the organizers of the pitch session, the greatest interest among business representatives was aroused by projects that automate business processes without programming skills. In second place in popularity are solutions in the field of information security.

 
 <a href="https://ict.moscow/news/startapy-optimajet-eplat4m-orchestra-botman-i-siteprotector-predstavili-proekty-na-pitch-sessii-t1-pitch-day/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Original (in Russian)</a>

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