Center for Navigation Technologies (Navitel)

CNT CJSC (NAVITEL brand) is a Russian high-tech company engaged in the development software and services for navigation and cartography GPS(,), GLONASS aimed at markets, Russia CIS countries, and. Europe Asia The company develops navigation ON and automotive navigation maps for the following platforms: personal navigation devices (PND, WinCE), smartphones and tablets based on,,,,,. In OS Android iOS Bada Windows Mobile 2010, NAVITEL Symbian Java received the prestigious Brand of the Year/EFFIE Award.

Facts about Navitel

Activity: Development of navigation software and navigation maps

Representative Offices: Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Czech Republic, Taiwan

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Users: 8.5 million

Partnerships abroad: Europe (over 20 countries including Russia, Poland, Hungary), America (Mexico, Peru, Chile, Venezuela), Middle East (Turkey, Iran, Jordan), Asia (India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Indonesia), Africa ( Kot-d, Senegal) and other countries.

Company history

2022

Details about the purchase of Navitel by MTS

On April 25, 2023, it became known that the operator MTS disclosed the details of the acquisition of the Navitel group of companies Russian provider navigation and cartographic solutions.

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According to CNews, referring to MTS documents, the operator acquired 50.85% in Navitel for 690 million rubles. Thus, the entire company is valued at 1.35 billion rubles. As of the end of 2022, Navitel's mapping services provided global coverage for more than 40 million users worldwide. The company is also developing navigation devices and DVRs. The deal is expected to help its participants develop new and promising areas, such as unmanned vehicles.

It is known that the legal entity of Navitel is the Center for Navigation Technologies JSC (CNT). CNews clarifies that this company was founded in 2007: initially 75% of its shares belonged to Alexander Kazakov, who served as general director of the company, and Konstantin Galichsky owned another 25%.

In 2022, shortly before the transaction with MTS, the sole shareholder of CNT JSC was CNT Trading House LLC, created in 2013 by Alexander Kazakov (was the only member of this company). In 2017, the 100% share passed to Alexei Pershin, General Director of CNT Trading House. Then the share of Alexei Pershin decreased to 58.08%. Denis Pershin became the owner of another 39.92%, the remaining 2% - Alexander Kazakov.

"In October 2022, MTS-Auto, a subsidiary of MTS, first became the owners of 40% in the CNT Shopping Center, then its share increased to 50.15%. Another 0.7% in MTS owns directly. The share of Alexei Pershin decreased to 24%, Denis Pershin - to 23.95%, Alexander Kazakov - to 1.2%, "the CNews publication[1]

Attracting investment from MTS

MTS invested in Navitel for the development of navigation and mapping solutions. The Russian telecommunications operator announced this on October 7, 2022.

According to the press service of MTS, the company, under the terms of the deal, will receive control in the Navitel group of companies, which will allow MTS to form its own geoplatform for the development of ecosystem services and transport solutions. The priority will be the use of navigation and plug service in MTS Auto head devices for cars, the use of maps in MTS mobile applications, as well as map data as a Big Data source to improve and create products of the entire MTS group.

MTS invested in Navitel for the development of navigation and cartographic solutions

The deal will allow MTS to acquire its own solutions in the geoservice platform and competencies in building optimal routes, which will make it possible not only to strengthen the direction of MTS Auto, but also to use geolocation and mapping solutions more efficiently in more than 60 MTS services and projects in many areas - from smart cars, monitoring of transport and kicksharing to mobile applications, gadgets for retail, as well as in the analysis of big data during the construction of telecom infrastructure and the creation of new products, including advertising and recommendation services, - said Denis Smirnov, General Director of MTS Auto.

According to him, MTS Auto and Navitel, through synergy and investments, MTS will receive resources to improve cartography, online services and IT processes, including for the implementation of tasks on the use of cartography for unmanned vehicles in the future.

The main direction of MTS Auto, a 100% subsidiary of MTS, is the provision of high-speed Internet in cars, the development of automotive multimedia devices, comfort systems and telematics, as well as software for them. A separate area of ​ ​ activity is the creation of complex solutions for the digitalization of the motor transport industry.^[2]

2017: Navitel and GLONASS to create automated monitoring system

Navitel (CNT) GLONASS and announced in February the signing of an agreement on the creation of an automated facility monitoring system based on State an automated information system. " ERA-GLONASSThe result of cooperation will be the largest Russian IT project in the field of monitoring. transport

2012: Capture of hackers

In March 2012, the Department for Combating Economic Crimes (OEB) and the Fourth Directorate MINISTRY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS Russia announced that they had stopped the activities of copyright violators of Navitel. The official statement of the Ministry of Internal Affairs indicates that this activity was carried out "on an especially large scale."

The police managed to install 10 Internet resources on which the attackers, posing as the official sites of the developer company, offered users to download the allegedly licensed Navitel Navigator program.

However, it was found that the program was changed in such a way that after downloading it could work without a license and certificate of the copyright holder. During the year of the resources existence, modified software was copied by Internet users more than 38 thousand times.

After installing the program, the user had to send SMS a message to a short number to receive the activation code. The cost of the message was 300, rubles while the price of a legally distributed product was 2.4 thousand rubles. Thus, the damage caused to the copyright holder amounted to over 90 million rubles. Navitel has already announced its intention to go to court with a claim for damages.

In addition to the fact that the downloaded unlicensed program worked incorrectly, when it was installed on smartphones, it performed malicious functions, that is, secretly sent SMS to shortcodes from the user, as a result of which there was a regular unauthorized debiting of funds from the account.

The investigation opened a criminal case under Art. 146 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (copyright infringement). The police identified several members of the criminal group. Three of them are under recognizance not to leave. These are residents of Saratov with programming skills, according to the materials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. One of the defendants had previously been convicted of committing a similar crime. ISPs are sent ideas about blocking resources created by attackers.

Also, according to the results of the examinations, the issue of initiating a criminal case under Part 1 of Art. 273 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (creation, use and distribution of malicious computer programs). The computers and disks seized from the suspects during the search software were transferred to the company's Computer Forensics Laboratory. Group-IB

2009-2011

• In 2011, NAVITEL car navigators were awarded the Mark No. 1 Award in Russia. Navitel users have access to highly detailed maps of 24 countries in Europe and Asia with support for free interactive services, including Navitel. Traffic jams, throughout the coverage area. More than 150 highly qualified employees of the Department of Geodesy and Cartography work on the development and improvement of navigation maps in CJSC "CNT," in total more than 400 people work in the company.
• Since 2009, under the NAVITEL brand, the company has been supplying automotive navigation devices to the market.

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