    <p>
    According to the TelecomDaily report, the provider of home broadband access (BBA), ER-Telecom Holding, yielded 1st place to the subsidiary of AFK Sistema.
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    According to the results of the Q4 2020, MTS surpassed the former leader by about 10 thousand subscribers. By the end of the year, MTS had 3.84 million broadband users, while Er-Telecom Holding had approximately 3.83 million. A quarter earlier, operators served 3.76 million and 3.82 million subscribers, respectively.
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    Denis Kuskov, CEO of TelecomDaily, draws attention to the fact that MTS's subscriber base is growing much faster than that of ER-Telecom Holding. MTS representative Alexei Merkutov associates the growth of the home Internet user base in 2020 with the increasing popularity of converged tariffs that combine mobile, fixed access and TV, the demand for GPON in Moscow and the Moscow region, as well as marketing campaigns.
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    <p>
    For the first time since 2012, Er-Telecom was in second place in Russia in terms of the number of home Internet users among private providers and in third place in the overall standings (the state-owned Rostelecom ranks first with 12.35 million broadband subscribers).
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    <p>
    <a target="_blank" href="https://ict.moscow/news/mts-stala-krupneishim-chastnym-internet-provaiderom-rossii/">Original (in Russian)</a>
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Vedomosti

MTS has become the largest private Internet provider in Russia

    <p>
    According to RBC, in the first quarter of 2021, Mail.ru Group and Rostelecom intend to launch the Spherum service, a platform for teaching and communication of schoolchildren.
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    The platform will be tested in 15 regions of Russia. It is assumed that the video service will be available on desktop devices and through a mobile application: it will be possible to conduct group video conferences with up to 100 participants, each of whom will be able to virtually "raise a hand" or turn on the screen sharing.
</p>
    <p>
    It will be possible to register in Spherum through the VK Connect account (Mail.ru Group is the owner of the VKontakte social network) or the Gosuslugi portal operated by Rostelecom. At the same time, a separate profile will be used in "Spherum" — teachers and classmates will not be able to see the user's page on "VKontakte". In addition to video conferencing, schools or teachers will be able to create closed communities and chats to invite parents and students to them. The new service will be integrated with the My School platform from the Ministry of Education.
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    <p>
    Earlier, Minister of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media Maksut Shadayev <a href="https://ict.moscow/news/rossiiskie-platformy-dlia-videokonferentsii-v-shkolakh-planiruiut-zapustit-v-2022-godu/" target="_blank">said</a> that Mail.ru Group and Rostelecom are working on a joint video service for schools, but according to him, Yandex would also participate in the project.
</p>
    <p>
    In early December, the government <a href="http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/Document/View/0001202012090002?index=0&rangeSize=1" target="_blank">published</a> a decree on conducting experiments to introduce a digital educational environment. It will run until December 31, 2022 in some regions of Russia.
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    <a href="https://ict.moscow/news/rossiiskie-platformy-dlia-videokonferentsii-v-shkolakh-planiruiut-zapustit-v-2022-godu/" target="_blank">Original (in Russian)</a>
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 Rostelecom and Mail.ru Group have developed an analogue of the Zoom video service

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    <li>Moscow Metro <a target="_blank" href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/moscow-metro-launched-a-service-for-instant-fare-payment-in-partnership-with-vtb-google-and-mastercard/">launched</a> a service for instant fare payment in partnership with VTB, Google and Mastercard</li>
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    <li>Beeline and Nokia will jointly <a target="_blank" href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/beeline-and-nokia-will-jointly-implement-open-ran-concept-which-will-accelerate-the-deployment-of-5g-networks/">implement</a> Open RAN concept, which will accelerate the deployment of 5G networks</li>
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    <li>VTB and MTS <a target="_blank" href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/vtb-and-mts-completed-a-deal-to-issue-a-bank-guarantee-through-the-russian-blockchain-platform/">completed</a> a deal to issue a bank guarantee using the Masterchain blockchain platform (Card of <a target="_blank" href="https://ict.moscow/en/card/masterchain/">Masterchain</a>)</li>
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    <li>YouDrive and Citymobil will <a target="_blank" href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/youdrive-and-citymobil-will-combine-technologies-and-resources-to-develop-it-infrastructure/">combine</a> technologies and resources to develop IT infrastructure (Cards of <a target="_blank" href="https://ict.moscow/en/card/youdrive-pool/">Youdrive</a> and <a target="_blank" href="https://ict.moscow/en/card/sitymobil/">Citymobil</a>)&nbsp;</li>
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    <li>Russian retailer Magnit <a target="_blank" href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/russian-retailer-magnit-has-launched-its-magnit-pay-payment-service-and-will-create-a-super-app/">has launched</a> its Magnit Pay payment service and will create a super app</li>
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            <p><b>GOV AGENDA</b></p>
            <p>A list of AI solutions that will be implemented in Russian ministries in 2023-2024 has been <a target="_blank" href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/the-ministry-of-digital-development-has-formed-a-list-of-ai-solutions-that-will-be-implemented-in-russian-ministries-in-2023-2024/">formed</a> by The Ministry of Digital Development</p>
            <p>An inventory of IT resources of Russian government agencies will be <a target="_blank" href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/the-ministry-of-digital-development-will-conduct-an-inventory-of-it-resources-of-government-agencies/">conducted</a> until April 2021</p>
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    <li>Softline <a target="_blank" href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/softline-acquires-german-it-company-softline-ag/">acquires</a> 63.38% of the German IT company Softline AG&nbsp;</li>
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    <li>Mamba dating service <a target="_blank" href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/mamba-dating-service-enters-the-italian-and-german-markets/">enters</a> the Italian and German markets (Card of <a target="_blank" href="https://ict.moscow/en/card/mamba/">Mamba</a>)<a target="_blank" class="ce-block__copy-anchor-btn"></a></li>
    <li>VTB is <a target="_blank" href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/vtb-will-transfer-50-of-citybike-shares-to-the-moscow-city-free-of-charge/">ready to transfer</a> 50% shares of the capital's bicycle rental operator CityBike to the Moscow city free of charge</li>
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    <li><a target="_blank" href="https://ict.moscow/en/research/russian-enterprise-storage-systems-tracker-market-q3-2020/">IDC</a>: external storage systems for a total amount of $129.72 million were delivered to the Russian market in Q3 2020 →</li>
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    <li><a target="_blank" href="https://ict.moscow/en/research/the-story-of-the-year-remote-work/">Kaspersky Lab</a>: more than 1.66 million unique malicious files were detected spread under the guise of messengers and online conference applications during COVID-19 pandemic →</li>
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    <li><a target="_blank" href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/ministry-of-digital-development-mobile-traffic-in-the-first-three-quarters-of-this-year-grew-by-one-and-a-half-times/">Ministry of Digital Development</a>: mobile traffic in the first three quarters of this year grew by one and a half times →</li>
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    <li><a target="_blank" href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/data-insight-the-volume-of-russian-online-export-will-grow-by-42-by-the-end-of-2020/">eBay and Data Insight</a>: the volume of Russian online export will grow by 42% by the end of 2020&nbsp;→</li>
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    <i>a showcase of some e-payment solutions&nbsp;</i>
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    <a target="_blank" href="https://ict.moscow/en/card/visa-qiwi-wallet/">QIWI wallet</a>
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    Electronic payment system
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    <a target="_blank" href="https://ict.moscow/en/card/yandekskassa/">Yandex.Checkout</a>
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    Online payment service for business
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    <a target="_blank" href="https://ict.moscow/en/card/briskly/">Briskly pay</a>
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    Contactless payment service
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    <a target="_blank" href="https://ict.moscow/en/card/1c-sim/">1C-SIM</a>
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    Personal electronic signature tool
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    <a target="_blank" href="https://ict.moscow/en/cards/?tags=electronic_payments"><b>More solutions&nbsp; →</b></a>
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    <b>Aleksey Sergeev</b>, Deputy Vice President of Mail.ru Group, Head of the B2B direction of Citymobil | <a target="_blank" href="https://www.facebook.com/sergeev.aleksey">Facebook</a> | <a target="_blank" href="https://ru.linkedin.com/in/sergeev">LinkedIn</a>. 
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    <b>Boris Golikov</b>, Founder of YouDrive | <a target="_blank" href="https://www.facebook.com/boris.golikov">Facebook</a> | <a target="_blank" href="https://ru.linkedin.com/in/boris-golikov-17903311">LinkedIn</a>
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    <b>Sergey Chernovolenko</b>, CEO of Softline | <a target="_blank" href="https://www.facebook.com/sergey.chernovolenko.58">Facebook</a> | <a target="_blank" href="https://ru.linkedin.com/in/sergey-chernovolenko-70bb41a1">LinkedIn</a>
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Tech in Moscow #18 (14 - 20 December 2020)

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    VTB and MTS were the first in Russia to carry out a transaction to issue a bank guarantee using the <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/card/masterchain/" target="_blank">Masterchain</a> blockchain platform.
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    <p>
    The operation was carried out in real time: VTB issued a digital guarantee signed with an enhanced qualified signature, MTS accepted the document, sent a notification to the bank, and clarified it to VTB.
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    <p>
    According to Vadim Kulik, Deputy President and Chairman of the VTB Management Board, the issuance of electronic bank guarantees makes it possible to speed up the process and reduce paperwork. In turn, Alexander Smirnov, director of the corporate finance and treasury department of MTS, noted that accounting guarantees in the Masterchain network would allow consolidating information on all issued bank guarantees in favor of the MTS group in a single system. This will significantly speed up the process of their issuance and receipt, reduce operating costs for administration, Smirnov believes.
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    <p>
    The Masterchain platform has been developed since 2016 by banks within the Fintech association under the auspices of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation. Qiwi, Sberbank, Alfa-Bank, Tinkoff Bank and others also took part in the creation of the platform.
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    At the end of 2019, Masterchain passed the FSB certification and was put into commercial operation.
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    <a href="https://ict.moscow/news/vtb-i-mts-proveli-sdelku-po-vydache-bankovskoi-garantii-cherez-rossiiskuiu-blokchein-platformu/" target="_blank">Original (in Russian)</a>
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TASS

VTB and MTS completed a deal to issue a bank guarantee using the Masterchain blockchain platform

International and Russian experts on the concept of a "smart city" today and what role technology plays in it

How Smart City is defined in the world today

    <p>
    <i>Successes of medical AI, the race between the United States and China, the hype around autonomous vehicles and other topics of November about artificial intelligence from the @ict_moscow_ai Telegram feed in one digest.</i>
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    At the beginning of the month it was announced than Botkin.AI system for medical images analysis using artificial intelligence from Intellogic had <a href="https://vademec.ru/news/2020/11/05/zaregistrirovano-pervoe-programmnoe-obespechenie-s-ii-dlya-analiza-meditsinskikh-snimkov/" target="_blank">received</a> a registration certificate from Roszdravnadzor and had been admitted to circulation on the Russian market starting from November 3, 2020.
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    <p>
    The company <a href="https://old.sk.ru/news/b/news/archive/2019/05/29/botkinai-poluchil-100-mln-rubley-investiciy.aspx" target="_blank">raised </a>100 million rubles (equivalent to $1.3 million)  investment for the startup last year. This solution <a href="https://ict.moscow/projects/ai/news/1215/" target="_blank">became</a> the second medical software using AI that is registered in Russia, the first one was the solution for analyzing images using AI.
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    <p>
    Also in November Moscow <a href="https://tass.ru/obschestvo/10098247" target="_blank">reported</a> that more than 500 thousand CT images has been analyzed using AI in the capital, and announced the results of the first year of the experiment for introducing artificial intelligence into the Moscow healthcare system: currently about 300 Moscow medical institutions use artificial intelligence services developed by 21 companies. Next year the authors of the project <a href="https://www.mos.ru/news/item/83143073/" target="_blank">plan</a> to increase the number of types of medical research using artificial intelligence from 4 to 10.
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    CB Insights analysts <a href="https://t.me/blockchainRF/3290" target="_blank">presented</a> a list of the 10 most expensive AI companies in the world: 3 out of 10 are from China, the rest are from the USA. Later, the Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology <a href="https://ict.moscow/projects/ai/news/1266/" target="_blank">released</a> the China Internet Development Report 2020, which said that China had overtaken the United States in the number of patent applications in artificial intelligence. In total, 694 thousand applications were submitted in the country, and in the period from January to October of this year the number of applications almost reached 102 thousand. This is 56% more than during the same period of 2019.
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    <p>
    The news agenda of the last month also included messages on bilateral cooperation between Russia and China. At the beginning of November it was announced that Russia and China <a href="http://duma.gov.ru/news/49910/" target="_blank">had agreed</a> to exchange experience in legal regulation. The areas of exchange include the regulation of digital economy, artificial intelligence technologies, personal data security, and legislative support of information security and scientific and technical cooperation. Russian RVC and Chinese DeepBlue Technology <a href="https://www.comnews.ru/content/211378/2020-11-02/2020-w45/rvk-i-kitayskaya-korporaciya-deepblue-technology-budut-razvivat-proekty-oblasti-umnykh-gorodov" target="_blank">signed</a> a memorandum on cooperation in the field of smart cities and industry 4.0. The first project will be aimed at attracting Russian teams for participation in the Smart City project of the Chinese city of Anshan. Priority search areas are intelligent and robotic systems, visual recognition and intelligent detection systems, solutions in artificial intelligence and big data analysis for manufacturing industries, production security systems.
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    Growing hype around AI and autonomous vehicles<a class="ce-block__copy-anchor-btn"></a><a class="ce-block__copy-anchor-btn"></a><a class="ce-block__copy-anchor-btn"></a><a class="ce-block__copy-anchor-btn"></a><a class="ce-block__copy-anchor-btn"></a><a class="ce-block__copy-anchor-btn"></a>
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    <p>
    Rostelecom <a href="https://ict.moscow/projects/ai/news/1225/" target="_blank">released</a> another notable report by publishing the fourth annual monitoring of global digitalization trends. For the second year in a row, AI remains the most notable trend. This is also <a href="https://ict.moscow/projects/ai/news/1234/" target="_blank">confirmed</a> by the quarterly review of the most notable media trends in IT by ICT.Moscow. According to the review, artificial intelligence was mentioned from 15.4 to 17 thousand times a month from July to September of this year.
</p>
    <p>
    Rostelecom also notes that autonomous vehicles trend has been growing rapidly over the past 5 years. Experts see a significant growth in the market of technologies for unmanned vehicles (merger of VW Group and Ford to create unmanned taxis and delivery services, expansion of the partnership between Uber and Toyota, active investment by large corporations in this area). According to Rostelecom analysts, the main barriers to commercial use are infrastructure and regulations.
</p>
    <p>
    NP “GLONASS” also claims that regulation and the lack of uniform technical standards as one of the barriers. In December the Moscow Region will <a href="https://iz.ru/1084300/2020-11-08/v-rossii-zapustiat-testirovanie-sistemy-bespilotnogo-vozhdeniia-v-potoke" target="_blank">launch</a> the testing of the system of transport autonomous driving in traffic using V2X (vehicle-to-everything) equipment from six developers: Fort Telecom, MVS Group, Kaspersky Lab, Sreda Solutions, Keysight and FSUE NAMI. Based on the results of the launch, the domestic Russian standard for data exchange within the V2X infrastructure will be developed.
</p>
    <p>
    Regarding the UAVs area, the first center for the operation of unmanned aircraft systems was <a href="https://ict.moscow/projects/ai/news/1214/" target="_blank">launched</a> in Russia on the basis of the National Research Nuclear University MEPhI. The unit is the first and only one in Russia and has already been granted an official national status. It was also announced that the Ministry of Transport had ordered to develop an information support system for unmanned aircraft flights in the Russian Federation.
</p>
    <p>
    The unmanned vehicles area is actively developing abroad as well. The UK has made an important step in this direction: at the beginning of the month, the testing of six autonomous vehicles <a href="https://bespilot.com/news/913-oxford?fbclid=IwAR0I7hfohhR-kECUZaF9BTa5qnmXhO14Mb9INskfOIELC8Wzus9rdJqX2jQ" target="_blank">began</a> in Oxford under the government’s <a href="https://www.endeavourprogramme.com/" target="_blank">Endeavor</a> program. This is the country’s first autonomous vehicle testing program on public roads. The testing will be conducted during the year in three major British cities, including London.
</p>
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    AI monetization<a class="ce-block__copy-anchor-btn"></a><a class="ce-block__copy-anchor-btn"></a><a class="ce-block__copy-anchor-btn"></a><a class="ce-block__copy-anchor-btn"></a><a class="ce-block__copy-anchor-btn"></a><a class="ce-block__copy-anchor-btn"></a>
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    <p>
    In November, companies continued to announce purchases of start-ups, report on finding new markets and technology profitability. For instance, TechCrunch <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/m-a/20/11/18200266/intel-makes-its-second-ai-acquisition-in-a-week" target="_blank">wrote</a> about another deal by Intel - this time the company purchased the Israeli developer cnvrg.io.
</p>
    <p>
    In Russia Sberbank <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/sberbank-expects-ai-profit-expansion/" target="_blank">claimed</a> it expected an increase in profits from artificial intelligence. The technology will generate about 6% of the targeted net profit of Sberbank this year, as the company plans to use this technology in almost all processes in the expanding range of products. On November 30, the same idea was voiced by the first deputy chairman of the board of Sberbank Alexander Vedyakhin at the online presentation of Investor Day: Strategy 2023. He said that the company intended to issue more than 90% of all loans in 2023 using artificial intelligence.
</p>
    <p>
    Meanwhile, Tinkoff bank <a href="https://ict.moscow/projects/ai/news/1213/" target="_blank">announced</a> that it would create a separate department for the development of AI technologies. In another segment, Gazprom Neft and Zyfra Group <a href="https://ict.moscow/projects/ai/news/1255/" target="_blank">announced</a> the creation of a separate business - a joint venture for developing digital solutions in the oil and gas sector, including using AI. And VisionLabs (part of the Sberbank ecosystem) has <a href="https://ict.moscow/projects/ai/news/1264/" target="_blank">opened</a> an office in Dubai to promote its AI solutions in the UAE market. The company plans to continue its expansion by opening representative offices in Singapore and the USA, and is also considering the possibility of entering the markets of Latin America and Japan.
</p>
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    <p>
    * * *
</p>
    <p>
    Another notable event of November for the Russian AI industry was the <a href="https://t.me/ict_moscow_ai/1226" target="_blank">inclusion</a> of a Russian representative in the work of the interstate group for conducting global consultations in the Ad hoc Committee on Artificial Intelligence of the Council of Europe. Andrey Neznamov, Sberbank’s executive director of the Center for Data Research for Government Bodies, was elected as the chairman of this group.
</p>
    <p>
    <a href="https://ict.moscow/news/ai-digest-november20/" target="_blank">Original (in Russian)</a>
</p>

Digest about AI in Russia: top news in November

    <p>
    Rostelecom buys 51% in the Big Three company, which specializes in waste processing automation, for $16.6 billion. 
</p>
    <p>
    The operator has already signed an agreement for the purchase of 1% and call options for 50% of the shares, which it is selling in the first half of 2021. The Big Three will become part of the Rostelecom group as a subsidiary, while retaining the team.
</p>
    <p>
    The main product of the Big Three is the Waste Management platform. This solution will complement the waste processing technologies that Rostelecom already has.
</p>
    <p>
    According to Igor Zimin, Vice president for Applied Projects of Rostelecom, the deal solves  for the operator the strategic problem of creating another promising business cluster within the company, comparable in potential with such areas as information security and cloud services.
</p>
    <p>
    Rostelecom is not the first telecom operator in the waste processing market. For example, MTS has a federal program for the digitalization of waste collection and disposal. The company has developed an ERP system that streamlines the work with municipal solid waste.
</p>
    <p>
    <a target="_blank" href="https://ict.moscow/news/rostelekom-pokupaet-kompaniiu-po-upravleniiu-pererabotkoi-otkhodov-bolshaia-troika/">Original (in Russian)</a>
</p>

Rostelecom buys waste management company Big Three for $16.6 billion

    <p>
    The development of 5G until 2024 will cost 208 billion rubles (equivalent to $2.6 billion), of which almost 30 billion rubles ($393 million) will be paid from the budget, according to the roadmap that Rostec and Rostelecom have been developing for over a year. On November 16, the document was reviewed by Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko, in the coming days the roadmap will be approved.
</p>
    <p>
    $280 million will be allocated to Rostec as targeted subsidies for the production of Russian 5G equipment and ensuring series production.
</p>
    <p>
    Key targets for 2024:
</p>
<ul>
    <li>5G networks using domestic equipment will be deployed in no less than ten million-plus cities.</li>
</ul>

<ul>
    <li>Capital investments in the construction of 5G in Russia will amount to $1.9 billion (by 2030 - $3.1 billion).</li>
</ul>

<ul>
    <li>The number of subscribers in 5G networks will reach 5 million people (by 2030 - 50 million).</li>
</ul>

<ul>
    <li>The total number of installed 5G base stations will reach 10 thousand, the share of domestic equipment in the infrastructure of commercial networks will be 30%.</li>
</ul>

<ul>
    <li>20 projects will be launched in key sectors of economy on the basis of 5G networks.</li>
</ul>

<ul>
    <li>Russian companies will occupy 1.8% of the global market of 5G-based solutions, and the volume of sales in the domestic market will be 19.5%.</li>
</ul>

<ul>
    <li>Russia will take 8th place in international rankings in terms of the level of 5G development.</li>
</ul>

    <p>
    The representative of Rostec did not comment on the process of harmonization of the roadmap, but highlighted the importance of creating modern and reliable data transmission technologies. The specialized holdings of the corporation and other market players that can offer affordable and innovative solutions will be involved in creating the best solution, CEO of Rostec Sergey Chemezov explained.
</p>
    <p>
    Rostec, Rostelecom and the government <a target="_blank" href="https://ict.moscow/news/pravitelstvo-opredelilos-s-kompaniiami-po-razvitiiu-tsifrovykh-tekhnologii/">signed</a> an agreement on 5G development in summer 2019. Rostec was supposed to develop sections of the project roadmap on the development of domestic technologies and equipment, their promotion, market formation and stimulation of demand.
</p>
    <p>
    <a target="_blank" href="https://ict.moscow/news/na-razvitie-5g-v-rossii-napraviat-200-mlrd-rub/">Original (in Russian)</a>
</p>

$2.6 billion will be allocated for the development of 5G in Russia

    <p>
    Rostelecom announced the signing of legally binding agreements to acquire LLC Lukoil-inform, which represents the telecom business of the Lukoil group.
</p>
    <p>
    "The structure of the transaction involves the acquisition of 50.1% of the shares at the time of the transaction, and also provides for the possibility of the buyer and seller selling call / put options, respectively, for the remaining 49.9% of the shares in 2023," the operator said in a statement.
</p>
    <p>
    The transaction amount will be at least 2 billion rubles ($25,9 million). Lukoil will maintain the volume of existing contracts for telecommunications and IT services with Lukoil-inform for the next 5 years.
</p>
    <p>
    The deal will strengthen Rostelecom's position in the B2B segment, create a center of excellence for digital development of oil and gas companies and provide an opportunity for additional sales of Rostelecom's digital services.
</p>
    <p>
    <a target="_blank" href="https://ict.moscow/news/rostelekom-pokupaet-telekommunikatsionnyi-biznes-lukoila/">Original (in Russian)</a>
</p>

Rostelecom

Rostelecom buys telecommunications business of Lukoil

    <p>
    <br>Rostelecom published
the fourth annual monitoring of global digitalization trends. For the second
year in a row, artificial intelligence has been the most notable trend.
</p>
    <p>
    Experts note
a steady growth in the visibility of the technology across all data sources - approximately
30% per year. With reference to the MIT study, the authors claim that the
development of AI is approaching its limit due to the limited computing power,
but this problem can be solved by using quantum computers.
</p>
    <p>
    Several
promising technologies in AI highlighted by experts:
</p>
    <p>
    Federated
learning - a machine learning technique on multiple decentralized edge devices
or servers with local data samples;
</p>
    <p>
    Neural
architecture search - automation of neural networks training with minimal human
participation;
</p>
    <p>
    Machine
reading comprehension - machine reading algorithms capable of reading and
understanding text and then answering questions about it.
</p>
    <p>
    Also, the autonomous
vehicles trend has been growing rapidly over the past 5 years. Experts note a
significant growth in the market for technologies for autonomous vehicles (VW
Group and Ford collaboration for creating unmanned taxis and delivery, the
expansion of partnerships between Uber and Toyota, active investment by large
corporations in this area), etc. According to the authors of the study, the
main barriers to industrial use are infrastructure and regulation.
</p>
    <p>
    <a target="_blank" href="https://ict.moscow/news/iskusstvennyi-intellekt-vtoroi-god-podriad-iavliaetsia-glavnym-tekhnologicheskim-trendom-soglasno-novomu-issledovaniiu-rostelekoma/">Original (in Russian)</a>&nbsp; &nbsp;
</p>

Rostelecom: AI is the main technology trend for the second year in a row

5G in the laboratory conditions: global trends in the study of next-generation communications

    <p>
    Amendments to the law that increase the number of uses for biometrics and clarify requirements for data security are likely to be adopted by the end of 2020. Izvestia writes about this with reference to Anatoly Aksakov, head of the State Duma committee on the financial market.<br>This will allow banks to commercialize facial recognitions payments in shops and cafes. In terms of clarifying the rules for storing and processing data, credit institutions and Rostelecom (acting as the operator of the EBS) will be given time to bring the systems in line, explained the head of the financial market committee.&nbsp;&nbsp;<a></a>Rostelecom is counting on the adoption of the bill by the end of 2020, the company said.
<a></a><a></a><a></a>
</p>
    <p>
    
In the first reading, the bill was approved in July 2019, and then its consideration was frozen. Now&nbsp; face and voice data from the state unified biometric system can be used only for remote opening of deposits.&nbsp;&nbsp;<a></a><a></a>
</p>
    <p>
    <a target="_blank" href="https://ict.moscow/news/oplatu-po-biometrii-mogut-zapustit-do-kontsa-goda/">Original (in Russian)</a><a></a><a></a>
</p>

Izvestia

A bill expanding the scope of biometric data can be passed by the end of 2020

    <p>
    Sberbank,
represented by its subsidiary Sberbank (Switzerland) AG, became
the first Russian bank to join the Komgo blockchain-based commodity trading
finance platform.
</p>
    <p>
    Komgo is based
on blockchain technology, which allows members to quickly exchange data in
a digital, secure and decentralized way. The
platform implements a wide range of solutions that simplify interaction between
participants in trade finance.
</p>
    <p>
    Sberbank
noted that commodities trade finance is one of the
strategic business areas of Sberbank (Switzerland) AG. For 8 months of this
year, this structure has financed the supply of more than 15 million tons of
goods worth over $5 billion.
</p>
    <p>
    <a target="_blank" href="https://ict.moscow/news/sberbank-prisoedinilsia-k-blokchein-platforme-finansirovaniia-torgovli-syrevymi-tovarami/">Original (in Russian)</a>
</p>

CNews

Sberbank joined blockchain-based commodity trade finance platform

Experts on the peculiarities of the development and consumption of IT solutions in the field of culture and tourism

Technologies in tourism and culture: prospects of the platforms and the impact of COVID-19

    <p>
    Three Russian IT projects became the winners of the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.itu.int/net4/wsis/stocktaking/Prizes/2020">2020 UN World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Prizes contest</a>. 
</p>
    <p>
    Awards were received by:
</p>
<ul>
    <li>Rostelecom - in the Access to Information and Knowledge category for the educational project for the elderly and people with disabilities “Alphabet of the Internet”;</li>
</ul>

<ul>
    <li>the Ministry of Economic Development of Russia - in the Electronic-government category for the public services quality monitoring system “Your control”;</li>
</ul>

<ul>
    <li>&nbsp;“System” LLC (Ekaterinburg) - in the E-Education category for the creation of the first international cyber school of the future for the new IT generation KIBERone.</li>
</ul>

    <p>
    A total of 800 applications were received for the 2020 WSIS Prizes. During online voting 354 projects were selected, and five winners were selected in each of the 18 categories of the contest.
</p>
    <p>
    WSIS Prizes is an international contest in the field of information and communication technologies, which implements the activities of the World Summit on the Information Society. The purpose of the competition is to find the world’s best ICT practices.
</p>
    <p>
    <a target="_blank" href="https://ict.moscow/news/tri-rossiiskikh-it-proekta-poluchili-nagrady-mezhdunarodnoi-premii-initsiirovannoi-oon/">Original (in Russian)</a>
</p>

Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation

Three Russian IT Projects Received UN-Initiated International Awards

    <p>
    Rostelecom and Waves Enterprise are developing an e-voting system by the order of the Central Electoral Commission.
</p>
    <p>
    The system is based on the results of the research work, software and technical solutions of Russian manufacture, including a blockchain platform included in the Unified Register of Russian software. According to Rostelecom, particular attention is given to information security issues.
</p>
    <p>
    The first technological test of the system was conducted on August 7. Public testing will be held on August 31.
</p>
    <p>
    According to the decision of the Central Electoral Commission, the remote voting technology will be used during the by-elections of the deputies of the State Duma of the seventh convocation on September 13 in Kursk and Yaroslavl regions.
</p>
    <p>
    <a target="_blank" href="https://ict.moscow/news/rostelekom-i-waves-enterprise-razrabotaiut-sistemu-golosovaniia-na-blokcheine/">Original (in Russian)</a>
</p>

Rostelecom and Waves Enterprise will develop a blockchain-based e-voting system

    <p>
    The Ministry of Industry and Trade proposes to oblige companies with state participation over 50% and their subsidiaries to purchase goods from the register of Russian and Eurasian industrial products in accordance with the time plan developed by the Ministry of Industry and Trade. This information is reported by Kommersant with reference to the projects of three draft decrees of the government.
</p>
    <p>
    On August 8, the documents were sent for approval to the Ministry of Finance, the Federal Antimonopoly Service, the Ministry of Economic Development and the Federal Treasury.
</p>
    <p>
    According to Sergei Sukhman, President of Zelix, who is familiar with the process of documents development, purchases based on quotas will be carried out in several key areas: telecommunications equipment, computation tools and data storage systems.
</p>
    <p>
    The interviewed participants of the market say that the decisions will have a big impact on large corporations, such as Rostelecom and Rostec, which will have to rebuild the infrastructure.
</p>
    <p>
    Russian companies are facing difficulties with entering government procurement markets, and the quotas will be an effective measure to support the domestic manufacturers, Rostec representatives explain.
</p>
    <p>
    According to Ivan Pokrovsky, Executive Director of Electronics Developers and Manufacturers Association, the quotas are still being established. They may probably be set at 30-50% of the purchase volume.
</p>
    <p>
    <a href="https://ict.moscow/news/minpromtorg-predlozhil-vvesti-kvoty-na-zakupku-goskompaniiami-rossiiskogo-telekom-oborudovaniia-i-skhd/" target="_blank">Original (in Russian)</a>
</p>

Kommersant

The Ministry of Industry and Trade proposed to introduce quotas for the purchase of the Russian telecom software and data storage systems by state-owned companies

    <p>
    ‘Big Data Platform’ company (joint venture of VTB and Rostelecom) has developed and is currently implementing the first universal geoplatform in Russia based on the analysis of depersonalized data using machine learning methods. Data from banking sector, telecom and digital services is used for analysis.
</p>
    <p>
    The platform allows to forecast demand, client flows and other factors to make decisions on the location of the retail outlets, offices, advertising objects, and also to evaluate the investment attractiveness of buildings and land plots. It is available in 50 cities in Russia.
</p>
    <p>
    <a target="_blank" href="https://ict.moscow/news/platforma-bolshikh-dannykh-vnedriaet-universalnuiu-ai-platformu-geoanalitiki/">Original (in Russian)</a>
</p>

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    <li>Morgan Stanley <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/morgan-stanley-values-yandexs-driverless-company-at-7-billion-1/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Values</a> Yandex's Driverless Company at $7 Billion</li>
    <li>Cognitive Pilot <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/cognitive-pilot-brings-agricultural-drones-to-the-us-market/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Brings</a> Agricultural Drones to the US Market </li>
    <li>ExoAtlet <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/cognitive-pilot-brings-agricultural-drones-to-the-us-market/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Gets</a> FDA Approval To Sell Medical Exoskeletons in the US </li>
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    <li>Moscow Metro <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/moscow-metro-introduces-face-pay/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Introduces</a> Face Pay</li>
</ul>

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    <li>New Service for OTT Platforms <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/new-service-for-ott-platform-launched-in-moscow/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Launched</a> in Moscow</li>
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            <p>Russia to <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/russia-to-increase-the-export-of-cloud-gaming-55-times-by-2030/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Increase</a> the Export of Cloud Gaming 55 times by 2030</p>
            <p>Russian Officials <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/russian-officials-defined-ai-projects-for-government-support-program/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Defined</a> AI Projects for Government Support Program</p>
            <p>Telecoms in Russia <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/telecoms-in-russia-get-10-year-lte-license-renewal-with-new-requirements/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Get</a> 10-year LTE License Renewal with New Requirements</p>
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    <li>Edtech Novakid <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/edtech-startup-novakid-raises-35-ml-to-enter-asian-markets/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Raises</a> $35 ml to Enter Asian Markets</li>
    <li>MTS <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/mts-plans-to-purchase-foodtech-bartello/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Plans</a> to Purchase FoodTech Bartello </li>
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    <li>Gaming Courses <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/gaming-courses-to-be-introduced-to-russian-state-universities-programs/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">to Be Introduced</a> to Russian State Universities’ Programs</li>
    <li>Rostec <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/rostec-to-create-a-fund-for-investments-in-edtech-and-hr-tech/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">to Create</a> a Fund for Investments in EdTech and HR-Tech (Cards of <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/cards/?tags=Rostec" target="_blank">Rostec</a>)</li>
    <li>Yandex <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/plans-to-spend-650-ml-on-e-commerce/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Plans</a> to Spend $650 ml on E-Commerce (Cards of <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/cards/?tags=Yandex" target="_blank">Yandex</a>)</li>
    <li>Kaspersky Lab <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/kaspersky-lab-presents-a-system-for-real-time-recognition-from-drones/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Presents</a> a System for Real-Time Recognition from Drones (Cards of <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/cards/?tags=Kaspersky_Lab" target="_blank">Kaspersky Lab</a>)</li>
    <li>Blockchain-Based Time Capsule <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/blockchain-based-time-capsule-to-be-developed-in-moscow/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">to Be Developed</a> in Moscow</li>
</ul>

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            <p><b>GOV AGENDA</b></p>
            <p>Digital Assets Operators <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/digital-assets-operators-create-association-in-russia/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Create</a> Association in Russia</p>
            <p>Subsidies for Driverless <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/subsidies-for-driveless-testing-in-russia-prolong-for-2022/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Testing</a> in Russia Prolong for 2022</p>
            <p>Russia’s Major Banks <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/russias-major-banks-plan-to-join-unified-biometric-system/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">To Join</a> Unified Biometric System</p>
    </div>
    <p>
    <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/" style="" target="_blank"><b>More news →</b></a>
</p>
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<h2>
    INVESTMENT DEALS&nbsp;AND FINANCIAL REPORTS
</h2>

<ul>
    <li>MTS <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/mts-acquires-controlling-stake-in-factorin/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Acquires</a> Controlling Stake in Factorin (Card of <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/card/factorin/" target="_blank">Factorin</a>)</li>
    <li>Edtech Uchi.ru <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/edtech-uchi-ru-buys-a-share-in-tutoronline/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Buys</a> a Share in TutorOnline (Card of <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/card/tutoronline/" target="_blank">TutorOnline</a>)</li>
    <li>Teachbase Edtech <a href="http://ict.moscow/en/news/teachbase-raised-investment-for-scaling/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">raised</a> Investment </li>
    <li>Yandex <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/yandex-reports-strong-second-quarter-results-plans-to-spend-650-ml-on-e-commerce/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Upgraded</a> its Revenue Forecast for 2021 to $4.6 billion</li>
    <li>Mail.ru <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/mail-ru-posts-17-4-growth-in-second-quarter-2021-revenue/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Posts</a> 17.4% Growth in Second Quarter 2021 Revenue</li>
</ul>

<hr />
<h2>
    ANALYTICS AND INSIGHTS
</h2>

    <p>
    <i>researches, monitorings, reports and other analytics of Moscow and Russian IT market</i>
</p>
<ul>
    <li><a href="https://ict.moscow/en/research/internet-infrastructure-of-russia-during-the-pandemic/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">HIGHER SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS</a>: Internet infrastructure of Russia during the pandemic →</li>
    <li><a href="https://ict.moscow/en/research/smart-home-device-market-in-the-first-half-of-2021/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">M.VIDEO-ELDORADO</a>: Smart home device market in the first half of 2021 →</li>
    <li><a href="https://ict.moscow/en/research/the-dynamics-of-emergence-of-new-software-companies-in-russia/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">RUSSOFT</a>: The dynamics of emergence of new software companies in Russia →</li>
    <li><a href="https://ict.moscow/en/research/results-of-the-analysis-of-the-security-of-russian-companies/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">ROSTELECOM-SOLAR</a>: Results of the analysis of the security of Russian companies <b>→</b></li>
</ul>

    <p>
    <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/research/" target="_blank"><b>More analytics →</b></a>
</p>
<hr />
<h2>
    DIGITAL SOLUTIONS FROM MOSCOW
</h2>

    <p>
    <i>a showcase of some </i><b><i>EduTech solutions</i></b>
</p>
<ul>
    <li><a href="https://ict.moscow/en/card/uchi-ru/" target="_blank">Uchi.ru</a></li>
</ul>

    <p>
    The education online platform used by the students of first grade through eleventh grade for studying school subjects in an entertaining manner.
</p>
<ul>
    <li><a href="https://ict.moscow/en/card/tutoronline/" target="_blank">TutorOnline</a></li>
</ul>

    <p>
    Online school that makes it possible to study mathematics and Russian, physics and chemistry, as well as foreign languages, programming, probability theory and other sciences
</p>
<ul>
    <li><a href="https://ict.moscow/en/card/getcourse/" target="_blank">GetCourse</a></li>
</ul>

    <p>
    Online learning platform
</p>
    <p>
    
</p>
    <p>
    <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/cards/?tags=education" target="_blank"><b>More solutions  →</b></a>
</p>
<hr />
    <p>
    
</p>
<h2>
    KEY ACTORS IN IT
</h2>

    <p>
    <i>discover people who stand behind the innovative companies and projects in Moscow</i>
</p>
    <p>
    <b>Ilya Parshin</b>, CEO of Uchi.ru | <a href="https://ru.linkedin.com/in/ilya-parshin-034129a8" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a>
</p>
    <p>
    <b>Andrey Maklin</b>, Founder of Factorin  | <a href="https://ru.linkedin.com/in/amaklin" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">LinkedIn</a>
</p>
    <p>
    <b>Svetlana Demyashkevich, </b>Chief Financial Officer at Yandex  | <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/svetlana-demyashkevich-57508b1" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a>
</p>
    <p>
    <b>Vasily Maguryan, </b>Chief Executive Officer at MY.GAMES | <a href="https://www.facebook.com/vmaguryan" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Facebook</a>
</p>
<hr />
    <p>
    <a target="_blank" href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/?filterCategory=Tech-in-Moscow">Previous Tech in Moscow newsletters</a>
</p>

Tech in Moscow #25 (26 - 30 July 2021)

Review of CityTech services landscape worldwide and particularly in Moscow

CityTech: a fresh approach to digital services for residents of big cities

    <p>
    The idea of ​​creating the “National video surveillance platform” information system <a href="https://ict.moscow/news/v-rossii-obsuzhdaetsia-sozdanie-edinoi-sistemy-videonabliudeniia/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">is being discussed</a> in Russia. The system will unite city video surveillance systems throughout the country and become a unified framework for analyzing incoming video data. The model in which cameras will be equipped with computing modules and independently recognize and record incidents, and only after that send the video stream to data centers, will be taken as the basis for the system.
</p>
<h2>
    <b>Pros and cons</b><b></b>
</h2>

    <p>
    The technique, where surveillance cameras with built-in “on-board” video analytics modules are responsible for primary video processing before sending it to the server, is called “edge analytics” - product director of Ivideon, a cloud surveillance systems developer, Zaur Abutalimov explains. In general, experts mentioned both advantages and disadvantages of this approach.
</p>
<div class="incut-block ">
                        <p class="quote-icon">
                    If we speak about the advantages,
first of all, the use of such a system reduces the load on servers. Secondly,
in the long term, this approach can help reduce the operational costs of both
the data center and communication channels. Thirdly, the video surveillance and
video analytics systems are being accelerated, they become faster. This is
achieved due to the fact that the video stream comes to the camera directly
from the matrix, it is not compressed or additionally processed.
        </p>
                        <p>
                    
        </p>
                        <p>
                    
        </p>
                        <p>
                    
        </p>
                        <p>
                    
        </p>
        <div class="quote-owner">
                    <div class="quote-owner__logo">
                <img alt="Zaur Abutalimov" src="https://ict.moscow/static/30a26b46-6786-5ddf-b7a7-ca06d82092d5.jpeg">
            </div >
                <div>
            <p class="quote-owner__title">
                                    Zaur Abutalimov
                            </p>
                            <p class="quote-owner__description">Product director of Ivideon</p>
                    </div>
    </div>
</div>
    <p>
    Other market participants have given similar arguments.
</p>
<div class="incut-block ">
                        <p class="quote-icon">
                    If we consider video cameras networks at the regional level, the introduction of AI cameras will have a cumulative effect on the speed of response processing and will help to save money on the volume of storage on the central node.
        </p>
        <div class="quote-owner">
                    <div class="quote-owner__logo">
                <img alt="Igor Afonin" src="https://ict.moscow/static/51464563-1398-51d6-891c-dec320af5d30.jpeg">
            </div >
                <div>
            <p class="quote-owner__title">
                                    Igor Afonin
                            </p>
                            <p class="quote-owner__description">Director of Multimedia Center and Situation Centers, “T1 Integration”</p>
                    </div>
    </div>
</div>
    <p>
    Despite the higher cost of such cameras, the cost of equipment in the data center will decrease, and in the long term and in case of scaling, the project can be cost-effective.
</p>
<div class="incut-block ">
                        <p class="quote-icon">
                    The proposed solution will significantly increase the number of cameras and reduce the cost of the entire system.
        </p>
        <div class="quote-owner">
                    <div class="quote-owner__logo">
                <img alt="Nikita Mokhnatkin" src="https://ict.moscow/static/e238e1c6-eb0b-54d6-9fa7-2e03f2f17afa.jpeg">
            </div >
                <div>
            <p class="quote-owner__title">
                                    Nikita Mokhnatkin
                            </p>
                            <p class="quote-owner__description">Head of the information systems security sector, Innopolis University</p>
                    </div>
    </div>
</div>
    <p>
    Moreover, since the decision to transmit the video signal to the control center will be made by the camera itself, the recognition algorithms must ensure the highest accuracy in detecting illegal actions, Mokhnatkin points out. However, today, according to ISS, it is still too early to talk about it.
</p>
<div class="incut-block ">
                        <p class="quote-icon">
                    So far, the computing resources of the cameras are not sufficient for the operation of complex video analytics algorithms or complex solutions, where identification of an incident is based on the result of processing data from several video analytics detectors. Thus, the use of video analytics is limited to simple detectors, for example, “abandoned objects”, “object counting”, “line crossing”, “face detection”, etc. Server analytics allows to implement much more flexible and complex solutions.
        </p>
        <div class="quote-owner">
                <div>
            <p class="quote-owner__title">
                                    ISS
                            </p>
                            <p class="quote-owner__description">Press service</p>
                    </div>
    </div>
</div>
    <p>
    Nevertheless, the company representatives add that the quality of processing by built-in video analytics algorithms “on board” the camera can still be higher, and it can be feasible to use the system if narrow data transmission channels are available, or during short-term projects, for example, at public events (festivals, concerts, etc. etc.).
</p>
    <p>
    Market participants mentioned information security risks, the inability to conduct retrospective video analysis, the use of video from one camera to detect different types of incidents, and the necessity to use the products of certain vendors among the main disadvantages of using cameras with computing modules.
</p>
<div class="incut-block ">
                        <p class="quote-icon">
                    Another challenge in using such devices is the need to modernize and update the databases in each of them. For example, in a conventional video surveillance system, it is enough to replace one camera with another with similar or superior characteristics and, if necessary, separately improve the server capacity - the data will be processed in the data center regardless of which source sent it. But this is not the case with a smart camera.
        </p>
        <div class="quote-owner">
                    <div class="quote-owner__logo">
                <img alt="Pavel Lobanovsky" src="https://ict.moscow/static/1ad8b081-04c6-5f5c-b440-3d320142dd98.png">
            </div >
                <div>
            <p class="quote-owner__title">
                                    Pavel Lobanovsky
                            </p>
                            <p class="quote-owner__description">Expert of the engineering systems unit of the IT outsourcing department, KORUS Consulting Group</p>
                    </div>
    </div>
</div>
    <p>
    
</p>
    <p>
    The proposed model has both positive and negative features, so it can be assumed that hybrid solutions will be preferable.
</p>
<div class="incut-block ">
                        <p class="quote-icon">
                    Speaking about the national video surveillance platform, it is necessary to take into account the fact that a huge number of video surveillance networks using cameras with different functionalities have already been deployed in the regions. What approach can prevail in this case is not very clear yet. I believe that a hybrid option will most likely be chosen - in this case new networks will use AI cameras when the need arises, and old networks will be integrated via cheaper communication channels with the central core of the platform.
        </p>
        <div class="quote-owner">
                    <div class="quote-owner__logo">
                <img alt="Igor Afonin" src="https://ict.moscow/static/40f306d4-2f61-5c8b-8c38-c505a3e12d3b.jpeg">
            </div >
                <div>
            <p class="quote-owner__title">
                                    Igor Afonin
                            </p>
                            <p class="quote-owner__description">Director of Multimedia Center and Situation Centers, “T1 Integration”</p>
                    </div>
    </div>
</div>
    <p>
    
</p>
    <p>
    Alexander Sivolobov from Skoltech believes that there is no alternative to smart IP cameras. But in this context the question is what functionality will be entrusted to the cameras, and what functions will be performed by centralized data centers.
</p>
<div class="incut-block ">
                        <p class="quote-icon">
                    It is most likely that the main question will be what kind of architecture the solution will have. Probably, it will be a divided unit, where there will be a separate camera from a well-known manufacturer, and next to it there will be a small server with a system for recognizing faces, cars, etc.
        </p>
        <div class="quote-owner">
                    <div class="quote-owner__logo">
                <img alt="Alexander Sivolobov" src="https://ict.moscow/static/92fd8dd5-2331-5233-9484-87638224f7dc.jpeg">
            </div >
                <div>
            <p class="quote-owner__title">
                                    Alexander Sivolobov
                            </p>
                            <p class="quote-owner__description">Deputy Head of the Skoltech-based NTI Center of Excellence in Wireless Technologies and the Internet of Things</p>
                    </div>
    </div>
</div>
<h2>
    <b>Security issues</b><b></b>
</h2>

    <p>
    Information security risks - possible data leaks and unauthorized access by intruders - are the most widely discussed issue of the potential use of cameras with computing modules.
</p>
<div class="incut-block ">
                        <p class="quote-icon">
                    It is true that additional information security risks are emerging. Smart cameras will be of much greater interest to cybercriminals: the cameras will probably contain confidential data, ranging from the accounts using which they will be connected to the data center to provide remote control or to download updated databases, which will be used for search, to the data itself and the software.
        </p>
        <div class="quote-owner">
                    <div class="quote-owner__logo">
                <img alt="Sergey Nenakhov" src="https://ict.moscow/static/4f8e9447-8188-5306-8dd6-ddf11358a2a7.jpeg">
            </div >
                <div>
            <p class="quote-owner__title">
                                    Sergey Nenakhov
                            </p>
                            <p class="quote-owner__description">Head of information security audit department, Infosecurity (a Softline Company)</p>
                    </div>
    </div>
</div>
    <p>
    
</p>
    <p>
    Special attention is paid to the potential risks of compromising biometric data.
</p>
<div class="incut-block ">
                        <p class="quote-icon">
                    The use of biometric data is becoming more popular, however, in my opinion, protective measures for the collection, storage and processing of such data are not enough. Today, the only good thing that protects us from large-scale incidents is the fact that biometric data is used just as an additional security factor.
        </p>
        <div class="quote-owner">
                    <div class="quote-owner__logo">
                <img alt="Sergey Zolotukhin" src="https://ict.moscow/static/50bd80d1-9c76-5b88-8ab3-e18376adc59e.jpeg">
            </div >
                <div>
            <p class="quote-owner__title">
                                    Sergey Zolotukhin
                            </p>
                            <p class="quote-owner__description">Information security specialist, Group-IB</p>
                    </div>
    </div>
</div>
    <p>
    Sergey Nenakhov from Softline believes that due to the relative physical accessibility of individual devices it will be necessary to pay special attention to protecting channels of communication with the data center, and protecting data on the device, for example, using encryption. Andrey Arsentiev from InfoWatch Group says that cybercriminals will be interested in the data in central storages. According to the expert, it will be necessary “to implement measures to protect data from copying and transmission by internal violators”.
</p>
    <p>
    Nikita Mokhnatkin from Innopolis University has a different point of view. He believes that the proposed model is more secure.
</p>
<div class="incut-block ">
                        <p class="quote-icon">
                    The decentralized architecture will ensure information security of personal data. It is easier to protect one server than hundreds of cameras. At the same time, if the intruders manage to hack a classic data center, they will get access to all information at once, and in the case of separate surveillance cameras only a small part of information will be available to violators.
        </p>
        <div class="quote-owner">
                    <div class="quote-owner__logo">
                <img alt="Nikita Mokhnatkin" src="https://ict.moscow/static/973ea9c7-6995-59d0-8976-c02b25f3c78d.jpeg">
            </div >
                <div>
            <p class="quote-owner__title">
                                    Nikita Mokhnatkin
                            </p>
                            <p class="quote-owner__description">Head of the information systems security sector, Innopolis University</p>
                    </div>
    </div>
</div>
    <p>
    
</p>
<h2>
    <b>Experience of the first ones</b><b></b>
</h2>

    <p>
    Global surveillance systems are being implemented all over the world, they are widely used in Asian countries. But the use of cameras with built-in computing modules will be an innovation.
</p>
<div class="incut-block ">
                        <p class="quote-icon">
                    I am not aware of any significant experience in using such systems. The implementation of advanced technologies for detecting illegal actions is “at the cutting edge” of technologies, these are the latest scientific achievements, and it will not be possible to “adopt someone’s experience”. These are innovations, and in this case Russia is in the first echelon.
        </p>
        <div class="quote-owner">
                    <div class="quote-owner__logo">
                <img alt="Nikita Mokhnatkin" src="https://ict.moscow/static/56937e4d-06dc-5716-961a-3ab4f9f5e945.jpeg">
            </div >
                <div>
            <p class="quote-owner__title">
                                    Nikita Mokhnatkin
                            </p>
                            <p class="quote-owner__description">Head of the information systems security sector, Innopolis University</p>
                    </div>
    </div>
</div>
    <p>
    
</p>
    <p>
    Both ISS and T1 Integration representatives mention this point.
</p>
<div class="incut-block ">
                        <p class="quote-icon">
                    I have not seen materials on the implementation of large video surveillance systems using AI cameras with a detailed description of the functionality in the open sources.
        </p>
        <div class="quote-owner">
                    <div class="quote-owner__logo">
                <img alt="Igor Afonin" src="https://ict.moscow/static/3c081c93-e7b7-5c69-85bc-00aebbf4bbc6.jpeg">
            </div >
                <div>
            <p class="quote-owner__title">
                                    Igor Afonin
                            </p>
                            <p class="quote-owner__description">Director of Multimedia Center and Situation Centers, “T1 Integration”</p>
                    </div>
    </div>
</div>
<div class="incut-block ">
                        <p class="quote-icon">
                    It seems like we have not seen similar projects, which have been maintained for a long time after launch.
        </p>
        <div class="quote-owner">
                <div>
            <p class="quote-owner__title">
                                    ISS
                            </p>
                            <p class="quote-owner__description">Press service</p>
                    </div>
    </div>
</div>
    <p>
    However, Zaur Abutalimov from Ivideon notes that the use of cameras with built-in video analytics modules in local projects is <i>“a worldwide practice for Safe City projects, which has already replaced the outdated continuous streaming method, which is less secure due to possible failures resulting from increased load on the network and servers”</i>. The expert mentions the example of <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/are-you-ready-for-facial-recognition-at-the-airport-11565775008" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">using</a> facial recognition at the check-in counters in US airports, and the example of <a href="https://www.tadviser.ru/index.php/%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%82:%D0%A1%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BF%D1%83%D1%80_%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B2%D1%8B%D0%BC_%D0%B2_%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B5_%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%BF%D1%83%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BB_%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D1%83%D1%8E_%D1%81%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BC%D1%83_%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F_%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%86_%D0%B4%D0%BB%D1%8F_%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F_%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">using</a> technology for identification in Singapore.
</p>
    <p>
    In other words, edge analytics technology is currently used only in local projects in some countries and is at the initial stage of development. The implementation of such a video surveillance project at the national level may set a great precedent on the world stage.
</p>
    <p>
    <a href="https://ict.moscow/news/reaktsiia-otrasli-v-rossii-obsuzhdaiut-sozdanie-edinoi-sistemy-videonabliudeniia/" target="_blank">Original (in Russian)</a>
</p>

Experts — about the advantages and disadvantages of the “National video surveillance platform”

The creation of a unified video surveillance system is being discussed in Russia

Smart assistants in Russia: market overview, trends and prospects

    <p>
    ICT.Moscow jointly with the Moscow Government launches the <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/projects/smartcitymoscow/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Smart City Moscow</a> section. It includes information on 68 Moscow projects in the field of "smart cities",  which is published in English for the first time. Project include <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/projects/smartcitymoscow/case/5g-demo-center/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">5G Demo Center,</a> <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/projects/smartcitymoscow/case/experimental-legal-regime-in-the-field-of-ai/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">an experimental legal regime in the field of AI</a>, <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/projects/smartcitymoscow/case/analysis-of-radiology-images-using-ai" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">analysis of radiological images using AI</a> and others. 
</p>
    <p>
    All projects are divided into the following "smart city" categories: human and social capital, digital government, urban environment, urban economy, end-to-end technologies, digital technologies and communications. Each project includes description, key results, and an indication of relevant UN Sustainable Development Goals.
</p>
    <p>
    The following materials are also included in the section:&nbsp;
</p>
<ul>
    <li>a selection of more than 600 open data sets on urban infrastructure facilities</li>
</ul>

<ul>
    <li>more than 30 sets of data collected by the Department of Prospective Projects of the IT Department of Moscow Government according to ISO37120 and U4SSC international standards</li>
</ul>

<ul>
    <li>news, research, monitoring, reports and other "smart city" analytics</li>
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    This section will be useful for foreign companies, governments and analysts to study the Moscow practices and look for new ideas for their projects. The section will be regularly updated in the future.&nbsp;
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    <a href="https://ict.moscow/news/na-ict-moscow-dostupen-pervyi-angloiazychnyi-katalog-moskovskikh-reshenii-smart-city/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Original (in Russian)</a>
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ICT.Moscow launches the first English-language catalog of Moscow smart city solutions

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    An international version of the blockchain tech base<a href="https://ict.moscow/en/projects/blockchain/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"> has become available</a> at ICT.Moscow. The new section presents 52 Russian practices of technology application in various fields. Practices of the Federal Tax Service of Russia, Sberbank, Norilsk Nickel, the Moscow Government, Rostelecom, Kaspersky Lab, Russian Railways, S7 Airlines, M.Video, Megafon and others are included in the section.<br>
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    For ease of study, all practices are divided into several categories: FinTech, Public sector, Industry and Energy, Logistics and Transport, Retail, MedTech, E-document flow, EdTech, HR-Tech, Real estate and other. Most of the cases are presented in the areas of FinTech - 16 and Public sector - 13.<br>
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    Cards with descriptions of blockchain solutions developed by Moscow developers, and market analytics are also available in the new section.
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    Project will be useful for analysts and smart city experts, as well as developers of blockchain projects to find new scenarios and partnerships. In the future, the blockchain tech base will be regularly updated with new cases.<br>
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    <a href="https://ict.moscow/news/na-ict-moscow-zapushchena-mezhdunarodnaia-versiia-bazy-znanii-o-blokcheine/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Original (in Russian)</a>
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Tech base contains 52 Russian cases of technology application