Rostelecom has integrated devices based on the Aurora OS into the O2O - Infrastructure Operator for Operators project

2021: Integration of the Aurora OS-based device into the project "O2O - infrastructure operator for operators"

Rostelecom on August 31, 2021 announced that it had integrated devices based on the Aurora mobile operating system (OS) into the O2O infrastructure operator for operators project. Field technical specialists who are engaged in servicing communication facilities of other operators are equipped with smartphones with the Digital Installer mobile application on the Aurora OS, which allows you to fully automate work processes.

At the first stage, the project involved employees of 30 regional branches of Rostelecom, which serve base stations of third-party operators. The employee's corporate smartphone received the maximum functions of a mobile workplace. As a result, it was possible to abandon the design of outfits on paper, which had to be received and handed over in the office of the customer company. With the help of a mobile device, you can build the optimal route of movement, as well as monitor the employee's availability of tools and materials necessary to perform tasks.

Now the whole process has become as clear and transparent as possible. The mobile application "Digital Installer" on "Aurora" allows all participants to interact in real time: the dispatcher - create an online service order, monitor the timing and quality of repair work; to the executor - quickly start the task, generate and send to the customer photo reports of the work results, which contain watermarks with GPS coordinates and date of completion. Thus, the solution allows you to build an end-to-end process between the customer's network management center, the contractor's dispatch service and the technician who is directly on site and servicing the telecom infrastructure.

Within the framework of the project "O2O - infrastructure operator for operators," Rostelecom provides service and continuous operation of more than 181 thousand kilometers of fiber-optic communication lines and over 80 thousand mobile base stations of other telecom operators.

The mobile application on the Aurora operating system is integrated into the Unified Digital Installer platform developed by the Rostelecom technical infrastructure unit. The platform automates the work of all traveling technical personnel, in particular, already more than 90% of the orders for repair work and installation of services are issued in paperless online format. Digital technologies have reduced the time to complete tasks and increased the efficiency of using specialists.

The Digital Installer project, implemented using the Aurora OS, has increased the efficiency of Rostelecom's production and business processes. Our company is ready to implement similar projects in enterprises of a wide range of industries. 'Aurora' is a Russian mobile OS that has the necessary certificates from the FSB and FSTEK, which allows you to implement solutions on its basis at critical infrastructure facilities, while guaranteeing the independence of the platform and reliable information security, "said Oleg Polyakov, director of the project" Trusted Mobile Environment "of Rostelecom.

We already have projects with Russian Railways and power engineers to automate the work of visiting personnel, in particular, bypass routes and repair teams. Soon, during the All-Russian Population Census, 360 thousand tablets will be used under the control of the Aurora OS. The Digital Installer project at Rostelecom is another evidence of the maturity and effectiveness of the domestic operating system, which allows you to create a trusted mobile infrastructure to solve a variety of business problems, said Mikhail Pisarev, commercial director of Open Mobile Platform.

2019: Results of the tender for the supply of smartphones with the domestic OS "Aurora"

On May 7, 2019, Rostelecom summed up the results of the tender for the supply of smartphones from the domestic mobile OS Aurora (Sailfish Mobile) for the project "Trusted Mobile Environment"^[1]. The initial purchase cost was estimated at 3.658 billion rubles.

Rostelecom bought 300 thousand smartphones on the Aurora OS

9 companies took part in the tender. As a result of all procurement procedures, the customer selected three suppliers. Each of them will have to deliver 100 thousand smartphones to Rostelecom. A contract for 946.3 million rubles will be concluded with Retentiva Distribution Company, for 949.8 million rubles with Center Distribution, and for 997.5 million rubles with Cutek.

Thus, Rostelecom will receive 300 thousand mobile devices on the Aurora OS at an average price of 9645 rubles. apiece. The total purchase cost will be 2.894 billion rubles.

In addition to the Aurora operating system (formerly Sailfish) version no lower than 3.0.2, smartphones should be pre-installed with cryptographic protection of PathfinderSSL information, as well as a number of applications, including an Internet browser with GOST encryption.

The Sailfish platform , which received the Russian-language name "Aurora" in February 2019, is a secure mobile, multitasking OS for mobile applications for a hardware platform based on the ARM processor.

According to the customer's TA, devices based on a secure mobile OS should be controlled using the configuration control and monitoring module, which includes:

• a server portion in which microservice components are implemented;
• Web user interface for their administration
• a client part that is integrated into the OS on mobile devices.

The secure mobile operating system's information protection (MMS) must be presented at all operating system levels: user login, process start and stop, file creation and operation, integrity control, event audit. The OSS shall support the authentication of the OS user at logon, as well as the user's logical communication with user-generated processes.

With regard to "iron," the requirements were as follows:

• Screen: at least 5 ', but not more than 6', with a resolution of at least 1280x720, HD + IPS
• Housing material: plastic/aluminum
• Processor: 4-core MediaTek, Spreadtrum or Qualcomm with at least 1.2 GHz
• 2 GB RAM minimum
• Built-in memory: at least 16 GB
• Camera: front at least 8MP AF, front at least 5MP
• Memory card slot: MicroSD support for at least 64 GB memory cards
• SIM card: support for two SIM cards, 2G, 3G, 4G
• Bluetooth: at least version 3.0
• Existence NFC
• Battery: not less than 2500 mAh

The warranty period for a smartphone should be 12 months from the moment of its transfer to the user, but not more than 18 months from the moment of its delivery to the customer. If the same warranty deficiency is detected in 20 percent or more of smartphones from the amount of the entire order during the warranty period, the entire batch is considered unsuitable and must be completely replaced within 150 days.

According to the documentation, representatives of federal state authorities, authorities of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, local authorities, municipal organizations, budgetary institutions and companies with state participation should become users of smartphones.

On March 1, 2018, Rostelecom officially announced the acquisition of 75 percent shares in Open Mobile Platform LLC (OMP) and Votron LLC, which are working on the Sailfish operating system . Both companies directly or indirectly belonged to the founder of the ESN group, billionaire Grigory Berezkin.

In August 2018, it became known about the state's plans to transfer officials and employees of state-owned companies to use the Russian Sailfish mobile operating system. The corresponding expenses were estimated at 160.2 billion rubles, Kommersant reported, citing a federal official.

It was noted that the Russian authorities plan to transfer 7.9 million employees of government agencies, budget institutions and companies with state participation to smartphones with Sailfish OS by 2021. It was planned to allocate approximately 71.3 billion rubles for these purposes from the federal budget, 78.2 billion rubles from state-owned companies and another 10.7 billion rubles from local budgets.

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