Since January, the number of Russian IT solutions in the Technology Bank online register for industry has increased by more than 50% to 240. This year, 125 new solutions have appeared, of which 22 have been added since October.

 
 “The increase in number of applications for inclusion in the city online register is due to the high demand for import-substituting technologies among Moscow manufacturers,” Vladislav Ovchinskiy, head of the Moscow Department of Investment and Industrial Policy, explains.

 
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Technology Bank Got 125 Solutions since Beginning of 2022

The Department of Information Technologies of Moscow stated the main work areas for 2023 based on the city social budget for 2023, adopted by the Moscow City Duma. Among the areas are:

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 <li>online services. This focus area includes maintaining stable work of the mos.ru portal, Citywide Contact Center and feedback ecosystem. The plan includes the development of new services, the upgrade of the current mos.ru functions and the acceleration of the conversion of public services into the electronic form;</li>
 <li>sectoral digitalization. The development of information systems is planned in the communal services sector, healthcare, education, construction, culture, sports and other industries;</li>
 <li>ensuring stable operation and development of IT infrastructure. In particular, the development of the city Wi-Fi and data centers;</li>
 <li>information security. The area implies the protection of the city digital infrastructure from cyberattacks;</li>
 <li>the substitution of imported software and hardware solutions.</li>
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Moscow DIT Listed Focus Areas for 2023

Rostec may exchange the control of its subsidiary Spektr, LTE and 5G telecom equipment developer, for investments from institutional investors, development institutions and other organizations. The share in Spektr can be transferred to Rostelecom, Aquarius, Eltex and the X-Holding organizations. However, a Rostec representative says it is still too soon to talk about share transfers to any specific companies.

 
 Rostec currently owns 100% of Spektr. At the same time, the motion to reduce its share in Spektr to 25% is stated in draft amendments by the Ministry of Digital Development to the governmental decree on the rules of allocating subsidies to the state corporation for the development of a telecom product line for communication networks.

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 Earlier the Ministry of Digital Development <a href="https://ict.moscow/news/mintsifry-predlozhilo-izmenit-pravila-vydeleniia-subsidii-rostekhu-na-5g-s-uchetom-vostrebovannosti-lte/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">was reported</a> to propose to change the rules for allocating subsidies to Rostec for 5G development considering the high demand for LTE.

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 UPD (November 1, 2022):

 
 The Yadro group <a href="https://t.me/antidigital/5724" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">did not confirm</a> the negotiations on acquiring a share of the Spektr telecom vendor company.

 
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Rostec May Exchange Control of Spektr for Investment

On November 1, an experiment began to initiate the use of open-license software, algorithms, databases and documents, including those belonging exclusively to the Russian Federation. Previously, the experiment was expected to start on May 1, but the decree was signed only on October 10. During the experiment, which will last until the end of April 2024, the national open-source software repository will be created.

 
 Among the participants are the Ministry of Digital Development, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Federal Service for State Registration, Cadastre and Cartography (Rosreestr), the Russian Information Technology Development Fund (RFRIT) and other organizations. Open-license policy will allow to commercialize or close the reused source code without additional approval.

 
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TAdviser

Experiment to Create National Open-Source Software Repository is Launched in Russia

Russian software developers, higher education institutions and research institutes have signed a cooperation agreement to introduce Russian CAD/CAE systems into the advanced training of specialists in aircraft engine construction. The parties to the agreement are the P.I. Baranov Central Institute of Aviation Motors (CIAM, part of the N.E. Zhukovskiy Institute research center), ASCON software developer, the APM research and software development center and the P.A. Solovyov Rybinsk State Aviation Technical University.

 
 The parties plan to develop study material and educational courses based on the digital twin demonstrator representing a small gas turbine engine, developed at CIAM. The Russian software will be used in the materials to the greatest extent possible. Such an approach will allow to conduct research in the field of digital twins and analyze their potential. All CAD and CAE models used in the demonstrator are fully parameterized.

 
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Central Institute of Aviation Motors and Rybinsk State Aviation Technical University Develop Digital Twin Demonstrator on Russian Software

The Ministry of Digital Development will use the platforms of Positive Technologies and Cyberpolygon for Bug Bounty to find vulnerabilities of the Gosuslugi public services portal. However, at the moment, the ministry does not plan to actually reward the participants, because “the use of Bug Bounty platforms was proposed by the companies themselves”.

 
 Yaroslav Babin, head of the Standoff 365 Bug Bounty by Positive Technologies, says white-hat hackers are willing to search vulnerabilities for free, because “they are interested in challenges and value the experience and their platform rating”. He believes, the participation can lead to being hired or invited to limited projects of other clients. Luka Safonov, Cyberpolygon CEO, says that in this particular case the company is ready to pay the rewards on its own, but “it will not be a matter of hundreds of millions, but about 100,000 rubles for one vulnerability”.

 
 The founder of the DLBI data leakage and darknet monitoring service Ashot Oganesyan warns the participants “can use the opportunity for their own benefit”.

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 Earlier it was <a href="https://ict.moscow/news/mintsifry-planiruet-legalizovat-belykh-khakerov/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">announced</a> that the Ministry of Digital Development planned to introduce the concept of Bug Bounty into the legislation to legalize the payments to information security specialists, who look for vulnerabilities in information systems on a contractual basis.

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Vedomosti

Platforms of Positive Technologies and Cyberpolygon to Be Used to Find Vulnerabilities of Gosuslugi Portal

Moscow Citywide Wi-Fi network has reached the ninth anniversary. The network contains more than 24,000 Wi-Fi hotspots and is available within the Garden Ring and the Third Ring, as well as in almost 1,000 facilities and organizations. In 2022, about 800 new hotspots have been added, and the amount of traffic has exceeded 8 million gigabytes. The first Wi-Fi hotspot was installed at the Frunzenskaya Embankment in 2013.

 
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Moscow Citywide Wi-Fi Network Working for Nine Years

The Ministry of Digital Development expects 3G to stay in large cities until 2025. The transition from 3G in rural areas will start in 2027. Terminals are said to be the biggest 3G shutdown issue. These are both the network operator equipment and customer devices that support the 3G and earlier standards.

 
 MTS says it will take actions following the 3G subscribers withdrawal, and notes that operators are inclined to use the 3G frequencies for actual standards, including the next-generation ones. “We are gradually changing from 3G to LTE, but for now the complete 3G network shutdown is not an option” – MegaFon company says. There is “a large number of working devices in the network with 3G support” - the operator explains. Tele2 is also not ready to announce the shutdown of 3G networks due to difficulties with network equipment availability and the slow replacement of such 3G devices as smartphones and M2M devices, including ATMs, terminals and security systems.

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 Earlier it was <a href="https://ict.moscow/news/operatory-sviazi-do-kontsa-goda-podpishut-forvardnye-kontrakty-na-postavku-rossiiskikh-bazovykh-stantsii-lte-i-5g/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">reported </a>that operators would sign forward contracts for <a href="https://ict.moscow/news/rostelekom-i-tele2-nachali-zakliuchat-forvardnye-kontrakty-s-otechestvennymi-proizvoditeliami-oborudovaniia/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">supply </a>of Russian LTE and 5G base stations by the end of the year. The first contracts were signed by Rostelecom and Tele2.

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Kommersant

3G Stays in Russian Cities till 2025

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77% of the total number of households in Russia have Internet access.

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Digital Economy: 2020

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Mobile technologies and services generated 6.1% of GDP in the CIS region in 2019.

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The Mobile Economy Russia & CIS 2020

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The statistics digest of HSE presents the results of statistical surveys that characterize innovation processes in the country’s economy. The digest presents indicators that reflect the development of technological innovation, resource provision, staff potential and the effectiveness of innovation, including the level of novelty and sales markets for innovative products.

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	<li>According to 2018 data, in the field of telecommunications and information technology, 9.5% of organizations carried out innovative activities.</li>
	<li>Organizations’ own funds are spent to meet more than half (50.6%) of the costs of technology innovation. In industrial production, the costs covered by the companies funds are estimated at 65.9%; in the field of telecommunications and IT - 95.5%.</li>
	<li>Organizations engaged in telecommunications and IT are strengthening their positions in innovative markets - in 2018 the production of products based on new and improved technologies exceeded the level of the previous year by 12.4% and amounted to 138.6 billion rubles ($1.8 billion).</li>
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9.5% of organizations in the field of telecommunications and information technology carried out innovative activities in 2018.

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Innovation activity indicators: 2020

The Institute for Statistical Studies and Economics of Knowledge of the National Research University - Higher School of Economics has released&nbsp; a statistical collection that continues the series "Indicators of the Digital Economy".&nbsp;This series is published annually by the Higher School of Economics in partnership with the Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation and the Federal State Statistics Service.

Key insights from the&nbsp;statistical abstract prepared by&nbsp;Higher School of Economics:

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	<li>The jobs of over 8 million people or 12% of the total number of working Russians are related to the intensive use of ICT. Most of them are working in the “Information and communication”, “Financial and insurance activities” and “Professional, scientific and technical activities” industries.</li>
	<li>In 2019, the fixed broadband traffic amounted to 45.8 exabytes, mobile traffic - three times less. A third of Russian subscribers (33.7%) in 2019 had access to high-speed Internet - 100 Mbps - 1 Gbps, almost a half of subscribers (45.2%) had 10-100 Mbps speed, and one fifth of all subscribers had Internet speed of less than 10 Mbps.</li>
	<li>Russians are not inferior to the residents of the United States in terms of the demand for the Internet (83 and 82%, respectively), Poland (80%), Italy (78%), but they are far from the leaders - Ireland and the Scandinavian countries (97–99%). Russians most often use the Internet for communication (the indicator is close to the European average), and much less - for searching for jobs and content.</li>
	<li>Internet users named spam e-mail as the main threat to information security: in 2019, 22.3% of users experienced it. Three times less users experienced virus attacks in the same period (7.5%; for comparison: in 2015 - 17.1%). There are eight times less users of anti-spam filters than those who have installed anti-virus tools.</li>
	<li>Most in-demand technologies in the economic and social sectors will be wireless communication technologies,&nbsp;neurotechnologies, artificial intelligence and&nbsp;distributed ledger systems.</li>
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Most in-demand technologies in the economic and social sectors will be wireless communication technologies, neurotechnologies, artificial intelligence and distributed ledger systems.

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Digital Economy Indicators 2020

The study on Russian Digital Economy Companies was conducted by RVC, state fund of funds and a development institution in the Russian venture capital market. Project contains an analysis of the activities of about 400 small and medium-sized companies in the field of creating and commercializing products and services based on end-to-end technologies of the digital economy in Russia. &nbsp;

The study highlighted the top 50 leading companies in each business category based on an analysis of indicators such as annual revenue, growth, the use of end-to-end technologies, patent activity, and export potential. &nbsp;Study included companies that develop quantum technologies in Russia, neurotechnology and artificial intelligence, virtual reality technology, big data, industrial Internet, wireless technology, robotics and sensor components, distributed registries, and new manufacturing technologies.&nbsp;

According to the study, the bulk of digital technology companies are concentrated in Moscow and the Moscow Region (50% of companies and 92 billion rubles in total revenue). This is followed by the Leningrad Region (13% and 28 billion rubles), the Republic of Tatarstan (3% and 4 billion rubles), Novosibirsk Region (2% and 9 billion rubles) and Tomsk Region (2% and 1 billion rubles) — Permanent leaders in the ranking of innovative regions of Russia.

The most popular end-to-end technology among developers has become an artificial intelligence. Every fifth company is concentrated in this area, 17% of companies are developing virtual reality technologies, followed by IoT — 15% of companies.

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The bulk of digital technology companies are concentrated in Moscow and the Moscow Region (50% of companies and 92 billion rubles in total revenue).

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The top 50 leading companies of Russian Digital Economy

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The urban digitalization index «IQ of cities» was developed by the Russian Ministry of Construction (Minstroy) together with Lomonosov Moscow State University in the framework of the departmental project «Smart City», which is being implemented as part of two national projects - «Housing and Urban Environment» and «Digital Economy».

«IQ of cities» is calculated in ten areas (city management, smart housing and communal services, innovations for the urban environment, smart city transport, intelligent public and environmental safety systems, tourism and service, intelligent social services systems, economic status and investment climate, communications network infrastructure) and contains 47 indicators.

According to the monitoring results, the highest level of urban IQ was in Moscow. Kazan and St. Petersburg were in second and third places, followed by Nizhny Novgorod and Ufа.

The highest level of urban IQ was in Moscow. Kazan and St. Petersburg were in second and third places.

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Digital Economy: 2020

The Mobile Economy Russia & CIS 2020

Innovation activity indicators: 2020

Digital Economy Indicators 2020

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