MegaFon will develop an environmental monitoring system for the sea area of ​ ​ the Kamchatka Territory

2023: Development of the environmental monitoring system of the Kamchatka Krai with the help of MegaFon

On June 23, 2023, the company MegaFon announced that it had become a partner Governments of the Kamchatka Territory in the field of ecological marine safety. The operator will help implement technologies monitoring to preserve and restore the marine ecosystem, as well as prevent possible natural and man-made disasters.

Within the framework of cooperation, MegaFon will develop a system for automatic monitoring of key parameters of the water environment in the sea area of ​ ​ the Kamchatka Territory, according to the agreement of intent signed by the parties. The system will be equipped with an optimal number of monitoring stations, multi-parameter hydrochemical submersible probes, communication devices and autonomous power supply.

According to the specified parameters, the platform will be able to identify the prerequisites for possible natural accidents, automatically transmit data to the structures of authorities. MegaFon will ensure the integration of the platform with information systems, situational centers of interested entities of the Russian Federation and federal executive bodies.

The agreement also provides for the development of wireless and underwater fiber-optic communication lines in the region for environmental monitoring of the Pacific coast.

MegaFon's eco-monitoring solutions are used by regional authorities and industrial enterprises both in Russia and abroad. The monitoring system will help the Government of the Kamchatka Territory to monitor the environmental situation of the sea in real time, analyze the data obtained and transfer them to the relevant services of the regulatory authorities. Timely detection of deviations from the specified standards will allow the authorities to promptly inform the population, take measures to eliminate natural and man-made disasters and minimize damage from possible accidents, said Emin Antonyan, MegaFon's Commercial Director for Corporate and Government Segment Development.

In 2021, MegaFon patented the MegaFon Ecology platform based on IoT (Internet of Things) technology. The platform in real time collects, analyzes and transmits data on the volume and composition of industrial emissions to the client and regulatory authorities, as well as predicts exceeding permissible values ​ ​ and calculates the potential amount of fines. In June 2022, the decision was included in the register of Russian software.