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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CNews

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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mos.ru

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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ICT.Moscow

ICT.Moscow published an annual overview of monitoring the use of fifth generation communications in the world.

telecom

artificial_intelligence

internet_of_things

edge_computing

Overview of Global 5G Use Cases in 2021

Deloitte

69% of respondents see the need for the development of 5G networks.

Wi_Fi

Accelerating enterprise innovation and transformation with 5G and Wi-Fi 6

Enterprise WLAN Market Grew 10.3% Year Over Year in Q4 2020 and 1.9% for Full Year 2020.

Worldwide Enterprise WLAN Market 2020

Accenture

5G will add up to €1.0 trillion to European GDP.

The Impact of 5G on the European Economy

Report

Ericsson

In Q4 2020, the total number of mobile subscriptions was around 8 billion, with a net addition of 19 million subscriptions during the quarter.

Ericsson Mobility Report: Q4 2020 Update

ACRA

The total volume of the Russian telecommunications market is expected to amount to 1.79 trillion rubles as of the end of 2020.

ACRA (The Analytical Credit Rating Agency)

Russian telecommunications market: forecast until 2024

Forecast

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

HSE (Higher School of Economics)

digitaleconomy

internet

digitaltransformation

stateservices

Digital Economy: 2020

GSMA

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

The Mobile Economy Russia & CIS 2020

Analysts forecast that 5G will account for around 43 million connections by 2025.

How spectrum will shape the outlook for 5G in Russia

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>
</ul>

9.5% of organizations in the field of telecommunications and information technology carried out innovative activities in 2018.

innovations

Innovation activity indicators: 2020

TMT_Consulting

According to TMT Consulting, the penetration of broadband Internet access (BBA) in the B2C segment&nbsp;in the Moscow market amounted to 88%, the number of subscribers approached 4.3 million in Q2 2020. The market volume exceeded 4.2 billion rubles.

In Russia as a whole, penetration approached 61%, the market volume amounted to 36.1 billion rubles, and the number of broadband access subscribers reached 33.9 million, an increase of 0.7% compared to the first quarter.

Penetration of broadband Internet Access in B2C segmer amounted to 88%, the number of subscribers approached 4.3 million in Q2 2020.

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