History of Rostelecom

The main article about the company: Rostelecom.

Some topics related to the history of Rostelecom are included in separate articles:

• How the government manages Rostelecom
• Rostelecom strategy
• Rostelecom's financial performance
• Rostelecom JV, acquisitions and sales of companies
• Corruption at Rostelecom
• Rostelecom's work on the development of state IT systems
• Chronicle of the relationship between the Ministry of Communications and Rostelecom on the project "Electronic Government"
• Rostelecom Offices

2024

Rostelecom will talk about the Territory project at the IT in Industry 2024 conference

At the IT in Industry conference , Rostelecom will present the Territory project, the purpose of which is to develop the digital independence of Russia and develop new industry standards together with industry leaders. Read more here.

Rostelecom decided to strengthen its position in the APCS market and create an analogue of the popular Siemens solution

Rostelecom"" will participate in the creation of products and elements open industrial automation platform and in the future plans to present an alternative analogue of the company's product Siemens and. software SCADA In August 2024, TAdviser was told about this by Vladimir Volkov, vice president for work with large corporate clients of Rostelecom.

Work on the creation of an open APCS is carried out within the framework of a working group created in August 2023 by order of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, its chairman is Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation Vasily Shpak. The formation of a group of companies included in the industrial centers of competence (ICC) "Chemistry" and "Metallurgy" was initiated. As of August 2024, it includes 27 largest industrial companies, and about 20 more companies participate unofficially.

As part of the PP-1912 on the course on import substitution of equipment and software in the field of critical infrastructure, enterprises should switch to domestic analogues of the software and hardware complex. To solve this problem, in particular, Rostelecom plans to develop a high-load PAC, which will become a functional alternative to the popular foreign PAC today - Siemens Simatic S7-1500, Vladimir Volkov told TAdviser. It will be hardware.

As for the software, alternative software has already been developed, included in the register of domestic software - SuperSCADA. It provides functionality in terms of remote control, dispatching and working with interfaces. The developer of this product in the register is RTK Automation, a manufacturer of intelligent process control systems. The company was created in 2020 as a joint venture between MZTA and Rostelecom and is part of the MZTA Group of Companies.

"Rostelecom" has outlined big plans in the market of discrete and continuous production

Rostelecom plans to become a prominent player in the discrete and continuous production market, says Vladimir Volkov. This is not a new direction for the company: it has been working on creating solutions in this area for more than three years. We are talking about the implementation of complex projects, including not only the organization of communication channels, but also, in fact, the field level of devices, software and hardware systems, sensors, metrology, metrology circuits, as well as upper-level software circuits. All this together makes it possible to solve complex problems of production modernization.

After the departure of foreign vendors from Russia, such as Yokogawa, Siemens, Schneider and ABB, the market is especially in dire need of developing its own APCS products and switching to the domestic technology stack. Since Rostelecom already has extensive experience in developing and implementing its own software, we took the answer to this request for ourselves, - said the vice president for work with large corporate clients of Rostelecom.

In addition, the previously popular service model was also unavailable to Russian companies. For example, Siemens, Schneider provided service automation on the service model, taking over the costs and investments associated with CAPEX on the project. Rostelecom also plays the role of such a partner.

Appointment of ex-Deputy Head of the Ministry of Digital Development Dmitry Oguryaev as Vice President of Rostelecom

Ex-Deputy Head of the Ministry of Digital Development Dmitry Oguryaev has been appointed vice president of Rostelecom. This became known on August 20, 2024. Read more here.

Appointment of Yevgeny Miroshnikov as vice president of Rostelecom

Former head of the digital development department of the Belgorod region Yevgeny Miroshnikov became vice president of Rostelecom. The company reported this on August 19, 2024. Read more here.

Rostelecom employee died during shelling of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kursk region

On August 15, 2024, it became known that an employee of Rostelecom was killed in shelling by the armed forces of Ukraine (AFU) in the Kursk region. The tragic incident occurred in the border area, where specialists carried out work to restore communication. Read more here.

In the Krasnoyarsk Territory, accused of preparing a terrorist attack at Rostelecom facilities were convicted

In mid-August 2024, a military court sentenced two residents of the Krasnoyarsk Territory, Vyacheslav Koromyslov and Sergei Nazarchuk, accused of preparing a terrorist attack at Rostelecom communications facilities. According to the investigation, the accused planned to blow up cell sites in order to protest the current government and prevent the sending of subpoenas for those mobilized through Public services. The court sentenced them to seven and six years in prison, respectively. Read more here.

Launch of a free educational program "Data analysis in Low-code platforms" together with TSU

IT-school Rostelecom"" on August 14, 2024 announced the start of the free educational online program "Analysis data Low-code in Platforms." The program is implemented in the framework of cooperation with (Tomsk State University TSU) with the support of the federal project "Employment Promotion." More. here

Rostelecom brought 8 IT subsidiaries and more than 60 IT solutions into a separate cluster

On August 8, 2024, Rostelecom announced to TAdviser the creation of a commercial IT cluster consolidating expertise and advanced development of IT subsidiaries. The cluster will offer the market more than 60 ready-made IT solutions covering a wide range of tasks of digitalization and increasing the efficiency of business processes.

"The formation of a commercial IT cluster is a natural stage in the development of Rostelecom as a driver of digital transformation. We are ready to provide accumulated experience and expertise to companies striving to optimize processes, increase competitiveness and accelerate business growth through the introduction of digital technologies, "commented Mikhail Oseevsky, President of Rostelecom

The newly formed division will be headed by David Martirosov as senior vice president for commercial IT products at Rostelecom. He previously served as vice president of IT Operations and Infrastructure.

As noted in the company, the emergence of a commercial IT cluster completes the reorganization of the IT direction of Rostelecom, which now includes two independent units. Thus, the IT unit under the leadership of Senior Vice President for Information Technology Dariya Khalitova is focused on a large-scale transformation of the IT landscape, including the introduction of AI technologies, complete import substitution and the implementation of strategic projects, including of national importance. In turn, the commercial IT cluster under the leadership of Senior Vice President David Martirosov will work as a vendor of software products for external customers, supplying IT solutions to the market.

"The strategic goal of the commercial IT cluster is to promote digital business transformation. As a vendor, we offer the market access to proven technologies that have successfully proven themselves both within the company and from external customers from different industries. Rostelecom plans to actively develop the cluster, including through M&A transactions, expanding its portfolio of IT products and services, "said David Martirosov, Senior Vice President for Commercial IT Products at Rostelecom.

The commercial IT cluster will include companies:, "Basis",, "Golden Eagle",, "TData" Sputnik" Aikumen IBS RTK "OS Group" IT plus," "," RTK Soft Labs as well as product lines (RTK DPC "Public Cloud" including) and ecosystems "Lukomorye." Among the solutions offered:, cloud services development tools, ON data management products virtualization servers , and workplaces, dynamic infrastructure, technologies and others. artificial intelligence

Appointment of Vasily Slushkin as director of programs in the block for the development of state digital platforms at Rostelecom

In early August 2024, it became known about the appointment of Vasily Slushkin as director of programs in the block for the development of state digital platforms in Rostelecom. As part of the telecommunications operator, the ex-head of the Gostech PKU began to oversee the areas of ecology and nature management. Read more here.

Agreement with TSU on training of highly qualified IT personnel

On June 6, 2024, Rostelecom and Tomsk State University (TSU) announced the start of cooperation in the field of training highly qualified IT personnel and the development of specialized programs for additional and additional professional education (DOP and DPO). Signatories were David Martirosov, Vice President for IT Operation and Infrastructure of PJSC Rostelecom, and Eduard Galazhinsky, Rector of Tomsk State University. Read more here.

Dariy Khalitov became the chief information officer of Rostelecom

Dariy Khalitov, who has served as vice president for information systems development for the past two years, has been appointed senior vice president for information technology at PJSC Rostelecom. This was reported to TAdviser on May 13, 2024 by representatives of Rostelecom. In this post, Darius replaced Kirill Menshov, who left the company of his own free will and moved to Sberbank.

Placement of bonds in the amount of 10 billion rubles

Rostelecom placed exchange-traded bonds in the amount of 10 billion rubles, the coupon rate will be 14.4% per annum. The company announced this on March 29, 2024.

Under the terms of the placement, the term of circulation of bonds will be 2 years from the date of the placement, the face value of one bond - 1,000 rubles.

Settlements on transactions when placing bonds of the 002R-14R series will be held on the Moscow Exchange on April 3, 2024. The funds from the placement will go to refinance the existing debt and will not lead to an increase in the debt burden

The organizer of the placement of bonds was Gazprombank.

Securing 100% of Mango Telecom

In February 2024, Rostelecom, through a subsidiary of Telecom-1 LLC, secured 100% of Mango Telecom and M. Developer, owned by Embisi Invest ZPIF. This is evidenced by the data of the Unified State Register of Legal Entities (USRUL). Read more here.

Rostelecom appointed sole executor of IT services in the government building in Moscow City

Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin signed a decree appointing Rostelecom as the only contractor for the provision of IT services in the government building in Moscow City. The corresponding document was published on February 7, 2024. Read more here.

Rostelecom appointed sole executor of the GIS OMS modernization project

Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin signed a decree, which he again appointed Rostelecom as the sole executor of the project to modernize the state information system of compulsory health insurance (GIS compulsory medical insurance). The corresponding document was published in early February 2024. Read more here.

2023

Mishustin appointed Rostelecom the only provider of Internet access services for election commissions and schools

On January 23, 2024, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin signed a decree appointing Rostelecom as the only provider of Internet access services for secondary schools, secondary vocational educational institutions, as well as for regional and territorial election commissions. In addition, the operator will be responsible for data protection tools and tools to restrict access to prohibited information. Read more here.

"Rostelecom" increases by 10% the tariffs for the passage of traffic for operators. Communication in Russia will rise in price

At the end of November 2023, it became known about the order of the Ministry of Digital Development to increase the maximum prices for interconnection and traffic passing services provided by Rostelecom. As a result, communication in Russia will rise in price.

As Kommersant"" writes with reference to the document of the Ministry of Digital Development, the cost of services for passing Rostelecom traffic in January 2024 will be increased by 10% due to "economic changes in the last two years." We are talking about the total level, inflations which for 2020-2023. reached 32%, the newspaper clarifies.

Rostelecom itself is in favor of raising prices. The previous increase in tariffs was planned in the fall of 2021 - the provider asked to increase the cost of its services by 6.5% "in connection with the development of communication networks," but the document was never accepted in the end.

MTS The publication was told that the company "assesses the possible impact of the increase in prices for its own expenses and the impact on subscribers." At the same time, the telecom operator recognizes an increase in the cost of infrastructure maintenance costs.

MTS has a sufficient resource of its own backbone networks and will optimize costs as much as possible by using its capacities, the company said.

According to the source, Kommersant after the increase in tariffs, the cost of passing voice traffic will also increase. Against this background, the costs of operators will first increase, then the changes will affect the cost of final consumer services, the newspaper's interlocutor explained. According to him, we should expect an increase in final tariffs within inflation, but up to 10%. The Ministry of Digital Development claims that tariffs for Rostelecom subscribers and other operators will not change.

An analyst at the MForum Aleksei Boyko forum attributes the increase in Rostelecom tariffs primarily to an increase in the company's equipment and labor costs.^[1]

TAdviser interview with Dmitry Khalitov, Vice President for Information Systems Development

Dariy Khalitov, Vice President for Information Systems Development at Rostelecom, in November 2023, in an interview with TAdviser, spoke about the transformation of the concept of "project management system" (SUP), trends in the development of the global and Russian market segments of SUP, and Rostelecom's developments in this area - the YAGA platform and the LUKOMORYE IT product family. Read more here.

Agreement with the Higher School of Economics on the development of a series of training cases

Rostelecom and the Higher School of Business of the Higher School of Economics (VSHB) on November 7, 2023 signed a long-term partnership agreement, under which VSHB teachers will develop a series of training cases based on an analysis of real business situations from the management practice of Rostelecom group companies. A total of 16 cases will be created covering different aspects of management: project management, strategies and marketing, organizational behavior, leadership, as well as operational and financial management. Read more here.

Mishustin approved Rostelecom as the only procurement contractor for a digital platform in the social sphere

Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin signed a decree appointing Rostelecom as the sole executor of the Pension and Social Insurance Fund of the Russian Federation in 2023 and 2024. procurement of work on the creation of the state information system "Unified Centralized Digital Platform in the Social Sphere" (second stage). The corresponding document was published at the end of October 2023. Read more here.

The discovery of the cyber police in conjunction with the Don State Technical University

Rostelecom"" together with a subsidiary expert in the field cyber security of "" Solar launched a cyberpolygon in the south. Russia The cyber training platform has opened in the Rostov-on-Don base with the Don State Technical University (DSTU) support of the regional. governments Rostelecom announced this on October 11, 2023. More. here

Innopolis University Agreement to Train Next Generation Engineers

On September 21, 2023, Rostelecom and Innopolis University signed a cooperation agreement within the framework of the federal project Advanced Engineering Schools (PISH). The document was signed by Kirill Menshov, Senior Vice President for Information Technology at Rostelecom, and Kirill Semenikhin, Director of Innopolis University. The parties intend to create joint educational programs for the training of new generation engineers, develop and apply advanced technologies for the development of IT products, as well as exchange experience and knowledge between teachers, students and specialists of both organizations. Read more here.

Top manager of Rostelecom crashed to death on a motorcycle on Rublevka

Top manager of Rostelecom Anton Kalinin died in an accident on Rublevo-Uspenskoe highway in Moscow. This was reported on July 20, 2023 by the TASS agency with reference to the press service of the capital's headquarters of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation. Read more here.

Rostelecom selected the only GIS supplier on the GosTech platform

On July 3, 2023, it became known that by order of the Government of the Russian Federation, the Roste lecom company was determined by the only supplier for state contracts for the creation, operation and development of state information systems (GIS) on the GosTech platform. Read more here.

Creation of a venture capital fund of 8 billion rubles

On June 15, 2023, Rostelecom announced the launch of a new venture capital fund. Its volume will amount to 8 billion rubles, said Sergey Anokhin, First Vice President and Financial Director of the company.

This is the amount of investment in addition to our existing fund and investment plans for the development of a new digital business, "he explained (quoted by Interfax).

Speaking about the current venture capital fund of Rostelecom, Anokhin was referring to KommIT Capital, which, according to the top manager of Rostelecom, plans to invest about 13 billion rubles in more mature companies in the next 3 years, which have already "groped" their niches.

As for the new venture capital fund, he, as Sergei Anokhin said, will focus on supporting domestic Internet services, digital platforms, and industrial software developers . He added that the fund will focus on those companies that have passed through industrial centers of competence in the field of import substitution of software. The fund will invest in such companies both independently and in cooperation with other major players.

The size of the fund of several billion rubles is quite significant for Russian venture capital funds, according to experts interviewed by Vedomosti, commenting on the government's initiative to support the venture. The amount of even 3 billion rubles called "decent for the Russian fund" the founder of the analytical platform Dsight (Disite) Arseny Dabbach. According to him, over the past five years, venture capital funds with a volume of more than 2 billion rubles have been created on the Russian market less than ten. 3 billion rubles - "the typical size of the Russian venture capital fund, although due to inflation and the depreciation of the ruble, many teams are now trying to raise larger amounts," said Alexey Basov, managing partner of the investment bank BSF Capital^[2]

What state IT projects Putin promised to implement the head of Rostelecom

On June 7, 2023, a working meeting of President RFVladimir Putin with the head of Rostelecom Mikhail Oseevsky was held, within the framework of which issues of eliminating digital inequality, increasing the share of mass socially significant services available in electronic form, achieving "digital maturity" of key sectors of the economy and social sphere, in particular healthcare. This was reported on the Kremlin website.

According to Oseevsky, a new platform for the social sphere - the social treasury - has already been developed. In 2023, it is planned to be implemented in all regions of the Russian Federation. It is assumed that after the introduction of the platform, which will cover the Pension Fund, the Social Insurance Fund, medical and sociological expertise, citizens will receive social services remotely, without paper documents and proactively.

Great. It will just really help people, make their lives easier, "the head of state appreciated.

Mikhail Oseevsky also said that by June 2023, Rostelecom and the CEC of Russia are completing work on the creation of a new election platform, which, together with the remote electronic voting system, will have to be used in the presidential elections in 2024. The start of testing the system is scheduled for autumn 2023.

Another topic of the report of the head of Rostelecom was the project "Elimination of digital inequality," within the framework of which telecommunications communication of small settlements is provided.

Last [2022], this project gained a new breath, a new meaning, the installation of base stations for mobile communications began. Citizens had such a request, and we now see in traffic in these settlements that it is more than the national average. People are very active through the Internet using government services, educational resources, information. This [2023] year and in the next years this work will continue, - said Oseevsky.

He also spoke about the construction of the West-East main canal:

From the western border we reached Moscow and over the next three years we plan to go to the eastern border. Most importantly, the interest in this project of our Asian partners has not decreased, they are still waiting for completion, since the shortest route from Asia to Europe lies through our territory.[3]

TAdviser interview with Kirill Menshov, Senior Vice President, Information Technology

Kirill Menshov, Senior Vice President for Information Technology of PJSC Rostelecom, told TAdviser how Rostelecom participates in the creation of a technologically independent industry of the Russian high-tech industry. Read more here.

Creating a B2E TechLab with Magnit

Rostelecom and the federal retail network Magnit are creating a technological laboratory B2E TechLab to launch new digital solutions and products in the retail sector. Rostelecom announced this on April 18, 2023. Read more here.

Rostelecom launches its own production of surveillance cameras and telecom equipment

On April 13, 2023, Rostelecom announced the launch of its own video surveillance cameras and telecommunications equipment. The production of this device will be carried out by subsidiaries - Elektra and RTT in St. Petersburg and Moscow, said Mikhail Oseevsky, President of Rostelecom. Read more here.

In the Voronezh region revealed collusion during the construction of communication lines for 901 million rubles

On March 15, 2023, it became known that the Tushinsky District Court of Moscow would consider the criminal case of a cartel conspiracy at the auction to find a contractor for the construction of communication lines in the Voronezh Region. Read more here.

Small Business IT Equipment Provider Growth Program Approval

On January 31, 2023, it became known that Rostelecom approved a program to "grow" suppliers of IT equipment and other solutions from small businesses in order to potentially participate in the procurement of goods, works and services. It will be implemented with the participation of the SME Corporation.

The press service of the latter reported that the initiative of Rostelecom involves the possibility of announcing selections among SMEs for "growing" suppliers in several positions at once, including overalls and footwear, computers, monitors and projectors, communication equipment and components for it, antennas and holders for them, gas analyzers, structures and communication lines, work on laying communication lines.

Rostelecom will accept applications for the first "growing" program from SME monitor suppliers (OKPD code 2 26.20.17). The selection began on January 30, 2023, and will last a little more than a month - until March 1.

For those included in the "growing" programs of SME suppliers, state-owned companies will develop individual development maps. At the discretion of the customer, they can provide for a set of measures, including methodological and information, financial and legal, organizational and methodological support, as well as the ability to conclude offset agreements.

On November 12, 2022, changes came into force that launched the implementation of programs for "growing" SME suppliers.

According to them, customers - companies with state participation can provide support to small and medium-sized enterprises to expand their capabilities and increase efficiency. It is carried out as part of the implementation of the national project for the development of SMEs, which is supervised by First Deputy Prime Minister Andrei Belousov.

In addition to Rostelecom, the program of "growing" suppliers from among SMEs at the end of January 2023 was approved by Russian Railways and Inter RAO^[4]

Create a Data Development Company

On January 12, 2023, it became known that Rostelecom had created a new company to which the telecommunications operator would transfer the business of developing data management services. The established structure was called Tdata, its general director is Stanislav Lazukov, head of sales at Rostelecom's data management unit. Read more here.

2022

Rostelecom will continue to be the only supplier of ICT infrastructure for Rostelecom Public services in 2023-2024.

On December 26, 2022, an order signed by Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin was published, according to which Rostelecom will continue to be the only supplier of ICT infrastructure for Public services in 2023-2024. More details here

Rostelecom has created a company in the field of medical intelligent systems and compulsory medical insurance services

On November 23, 2022, it became known about the creation of a joint venture (JV) by Rostelecom and the Element Laboratory - for the development of intelligent systems and digital services for compulsory health insurance (compulsory medical insurance ). Read more here.

Top manager of Rostelecom sentenced to prison for supplying computers with counterfeit software to medical institutions

At the end of October 2022, a verdict was passed on the deputy director of the Ulyanovsk branch of Rostelecom in a case of fraud in the supply of computer equipment to medical institutions. The accused received 2 years in prison with serving in a general regime colony. Read more here.

Rostelecom closes all communication salons

On October 6, 2022, it became known about Rostelecom's decision to close all its communication salons, in which companies, individuals and legal entities, could connect Rostelecom services and services, buy a smartphone, repay a loan, make a money transfer, receive an order from an online store, etc. Read more here.

Putin appointed "daughter" "Rostelecom" the organizer of the development of identification and authentication technologies in the Russian Federation

At the end of September 2022 Russia Vladimir Putin , the president appointed the "daughter" "the Rostelecom organizer of the development of identification technologies in the Russian authentications Federation. We are talking about the company "Center for Biometric Technologies" (CBT). More. here

Rostelecom has been selected as the only integrator of GIS OMS and Uniform State Health Information System

In September 2022, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin signed a decree that approved the sole executor of the contract for the integration of GIS compulsory medical insurance and Uniform State Health Information System. Read more here.

Roskomnadzor drew up a protocol at Rostelecom for data leaks

On July 22, 2022, information appeared that Roskomnadzor had drawn up an administrative protocol against Rostelecom under Part 1 of Art. 13.11 of the Administrative Code ("Violation of the legislation of the Russian Federation in the field of personal data"). This was reported by Vedomosti with reference to a representative of the department. The maximum fine under this article for a single violation is 100,000 rubles, for a repeated one - up to 300,000 rubles.

The protocol was submitted to the court - which one is not specified. It is also known that during the audit, Roskomnadzor revealed violations of the law in the field of circulation of personal data of customers.

The press service of Rostelecom did not comment on this information.^[5]

Data from Rostelecom employees hit the Web

On June 6, 2022, it became known that Rostelecom employees' data were publicly available. The company confirmed the problem and suggested that it arose due to the actions of one of the former employees.

According to the Telegram channel "Information Leaks," the text file posted on the darknet contains 109.3 thousand lines, including:

• Full name of the employee;
• Corporate email address (all on the rt.ru domain and its subdomains);
• Login to the corporate system and domain;
• Contact phone numbers (home, work, mobile);
• Characteristics of the dismissed and active employee;
• Record creation date (19.01.2021 to 15.12.2021);
• Position of the employee.

As noted by the Telegram channel, earlier the same source laid out the databases of the SKOLKOVO Management School, the educational portal GeekBrains, the Yakut portal Ykt.Ru and the delivery service Delivery Club. Judging by the leaked data, there are contact data from employees of various regional branches of the company.

Rostelecom explained that the company has begun an investigation into the leakage of data from the company's internal accounts, and the possibility of external penetration into the infrastructure is excluded.

{{quote 'We are aware of information that has appeared on Telegram channels. We check for involvement in the incident of one of the former employees, who in December 2021 copied part of the internal telephone directory. An investigation is underway. There is no talk of external penetration into the company's systems, the Rostelecom press service said. }} In the first half of 2022, several large data leaks of users of Russian services were registered. Against this background, the Ministry of Digital Development agreed on a bill that tightens the responsibility of companies for the leakage of personal data of customers. It involves not only the introduction of a revolving fine of 1%, but also an increase to 3% if the company tries to hide the incident.^[6]

TAdviser interview with Alexei Nikolaev and Arina Smotrova

Process Mining The representative TAdviser talked with, the Arina Smotrova director of programs of the Transformation Office, and, the Rostelecom Alexey Nikolaev director of the competence center for management IT and monitoring systems, about what the concept is, what the conditions and prerequisites for its implementation are, the degree of readiness for its adoption by business, as well as the goals and results of a specific project for the deployment of Process Mining at Rostelecom. T1 Integration More. here

Rostelecom asked the government to make it the only supplier of servers and DSS for public procurement

On May 13, 2022, it became known about Rostelecom's request to make its affiliated structure the only supplier of servers and DSS for public procurement. Thus, the company plans to create a "single window" for government purchases of computer equipment. Read more here.

The Ministry of Digital Development terminated the contract with Rostelecom for the electronic driver's license system

On May 13, 2022, it became known that Ministry of Digital Development it terminated the Rostelecom state contract for the creation of driver's license windows from "." In the future project , it would allow drivers to present rights to road inspectors from. mobile application More. here

Theft of telecom equipment in Chelyabinsk

As it became known on May 4, 2022, telecom equipment was stolen from Rostelecom in Chelyabinsk, which is why hundreds of subscribers were left without communication for some time. The incident occurred in the afternoon on one of the streets of the Metallurgical district of the city.

According to the service engineer of the Chelyabinsk branch of Rostelecom Pavel Shevchenko, whose words are quoted by the operator's press service, he, heading with his partner to call the subscriber, accidentally noticed that the door of one of the street distribution cabinets was broken, and an unknown man was operating near him. He cut the distribution cables of the communication center, on which the availability of services for customers depends. The kidnapper tried to flee, but company employees were able to stop him.

The Rostelecom report notes that due to the actions of the attacker, hundreds of city subscribers could remain without telephony and Internet services.

The director of the Chelyabinsk branch of Rostelecom Mikhail Sergeyev noted that the optical cable that the company uses to build infrastructure does not contain non-ferrous metals. It is only used in the telecommunications industry.

Today, when most issues are resolved remotely, high-quality reliable Internet and telephony is more important than ever. By damaging telecommunications infrastructure, offenders leave city residents, medical, social and educational institutions without communication. Our emergency teams always respond quickly to such situations, - said Sergeyev.

Rostelecom recalled responsibility for damage to communication lines that are protected by the law of the Russian Federation. For damage to telecom infrastructure or theft of its elements, liability threatens up to criminal with maximum terms of imprisonment of up to five years.

Launch of sales of office solutions program "MyOffice"

Rostelecom"," a major Russia integrated provider in digital services and solutions, and, "MyOffice" the Russian a development company office software for collaboration documents and communications, launched a sales program for office solutions "MyOffice" through distributor the telecom operator channel. This was announced by the company "MyOffice" on April 25, 2022.

Now Rostelecom customers will be able to purchase MyOffice products when contacting their personal managers. The program is addressed to a wide pool of existing and future Rostelecom customers - departments, state-owned companies and private business throughout Russia.

Within the framework of the partnership, Rostelecom can offer customers a license that includes any MyOffice solutions, depending on the needs and infrastructure of organizations, including current products - office solutions of release 2.0 and corporate mail of the updated generation of Mailion.

This partnership accelerates the development of the program of digital transformation of the public sector and Russian business in general, making domestic software more accessible to customers of any level. Rostelecom is expanding its list of services, strengthening its position in the software and integration solutions market, and MyOffice is increasing the number of sales channels for its products.

Rostelecom has been working with MyOffice since 2016, we were one of the first to see the prospect in the company's technologies and made a strategic decision to cooperate. As of April 2022, our interaction is reaching a different level, we are starting active sales of Russian office software for the entire network of corporate clients through our own points of sale of products. Since the beginning of 2022, we have already recorded a noticeable increase in demand for current and secure office software from our customers, commented Hamid Nurgaleev, Director of the Office of Promising Products of the Corporate and State Segments of Rostelecom.

We see our task in making MyOffice solutions as accessible as possible to companies in all regions of the Russian Federation, regardless of their areas of activity. Office software is a key component of the infrastructure of any user. The developed Rostelecom network covers all 85 regions of the Russian Federation, this is an excellent platform for the distribution of our software products, said Elena Nepochatova, commercial director of MyOffice.

Disconnecting from LINX Internet Traffic Exchange Point

On March 12, 2022, the Ministry of Digital Development announced that Rostelecom and MegaFon had disconnected LINX, which is located in London, from the Internet traffic exchange point. Disconnecting the British LINX will not affect the speed and quality of the connection of domestic operators. Traffic will be redistributed to other Internet traffic exchange nodes. Read more here.

Rostelecom is on the US sanctions list

Rostelecom is also listed in the new extensive US sanctions list announced by US President Joe Biden on February 24, 2022. In a press release from the US Treasury, it is classified as a block of companies for which restrictions on raising capital in foreign currency are provided.

Rostelecom says that these restrictions will not affect the company's activities.

We have a fully ruble portfolio of funds raised. These restrictions on attracting in foreign currency will not affect the company's activities, Rostelecom said[7].

Rostelecom is the largest Russian telecom operator and the largest data center operator. In the status of the only performer, he is responsible for projects in the field of e-government (including the portal of public services,, SMEV ESIA, etc.), a single biometric system, a single state information system health care and a number of others.

For more information on the new US sanctions against Russia, see here.

Russian IT companies that fell under US, EU and British sanctions in 2022-2024 TAdviser map

Map of sub-sanctioned IT companies. Click to enlarge

TAdviser drew up a map of Russian IT companies in 2022-2024. which fell under the sanctions of the United States, the EU and Britain. It included, among other things, Rostelecom. The article about the map can be found here.

2021

Obtaining digital guarantees from Ak Bars Bank on the Masterchain platform

Ak Bars Bank issued To Rostelecom a "digital warranty on the platform MasterChain." This became known on January 10, 2021. here More.

TAdviser interview with Data Management Director Sergey Nosov

Rostelecom In recent years, the company "" has made a huge way to effectively manage corporate data and gain value based on their analysis. Using the capabilities, Open Source the largest Russian provider digital services and solutions has created a complex for solving all data-based tasks - from storage and transportation to quality control and deep analytics. TAdviser In December 2021, he spoke about the results and plans of the company with the director of (CDO data management) of Rostelecom. Sergey Nosov Read more here. [1]

Plan for IPO of data center and information security areas as separate companies

On November 17, 2021 it became known that Rostelecom plans to increase twice for the next four years capitalization and by one and a half times. For this purpose it will allocate the most fast-growing parts of business in separate clusters, and subsequently wants to bring them to the IPO. Two main clusters on which Rostelecom - "DPC / cloud services" and "Information security" stakes.

Among the areas that the company also plans to allocate to separate clusters are streaming services, cyber gaming business, intelligent telecom services, as well as such a non-obvious project as the Digital Region.

Sergey Anokhin, Senior Vice President and Financial Director of PJSC Rostelecom, said that over the five-year horizon, from 2020 to 2025, the company intends to double the free cash flow and more than double the dividend per share.

to data Bloomberg As of November 11, 2021, referred to by the president of Rostelecom, the Mikhail Oseevsky company's capitalization amounted to 320 billion rubles, and EV - 860 billion rubles. However, the assessment of Rostelecom's management at the end of 2021 is higher: the cost of the company's equity will be 380 billion rubles, in EV - 940 billion rubles. At the same time, 82% of the cost of the enterprise will be provided by Rostelecom's main telecom business, 11% will come from data centers and cloud solutions, 5% will bring services, and INFORMATION SECURITY 2% will give the direction of the Digital Region.

In 2025, Rostelecom hopes to bring capitalization to 1.63 trillion rubles, and EV - to 890 billion rubles. At the same time, the company expects that by that time the share of the main telecom business in EV will be reduced to 58%, the contribution of data centers and cloud solutions will grow to 18%, information security will bring 9%, the Digital Region - 3%, and 12% of the cost of the enterprise will give new areas of activity.

According to Sergei Anokhin, in 2019-2020. in the areas of business that are planned to be allocated to digital clusters, Rostelecom invested about 9 billion rubles. per year, which was 8% of its entire investment program. In 2021-2025 these investments will increase to 15 billion rubles annually, which will mean 12% of the corporate investment program.

The lion's share of investments in digital clusters for the five-year period, which began in 2021, is 9.3 billion rubles. of 15 billion rubles. per year - Rostelecom will send to data centers and cloud services, the Digital Region will receive 2.7 billion rubles annually, information security - 2 billion rubles each, and other clusters - 1.2 billion rubles each.

The head of one of Rostelecom's subsidiaries believes that by Digital Region the company means direct contracts with municipal authorities for Smart City elements (from smart stops to energy service contracts).

In 2025, Rostelecom intends to increase the revenue of the data center and cloud solutions cluster to 75 billion rubles, more than 5,000 customers should bring it, and the parent structure will account for only 15% of the income. Rostelecom expects to receive more than 1/3 of the revenue from data centers and clouds in 2025 from medium and small businesses: B2B customers with services of 10-100 million rubles. a year should bring it 20% of the revenue in this area, and B2B customers who buy services annually by less than 10 million rubles. - 15%.

At the same time, Pavel Kaplunov named a significantly larger CAPEX size for 2021-2025 than his colleague Sergei Anokhin. If, according to the latest investment in the DPC and Cloud Solutions cluster during this period will amount to 9.3 billion rubles. per year, that is, 46.5 billion rubles, then the head of Rostelecom DPC announced the amount of capex of his direction for the five-year plan from 2021 in the amount of 75 billion rubles. Pavel Kaplunov clarified that 32% of this amount will go to expand the network of data centers, and 36% to the cloud platform.

Igor Lyapunov, Vice President for Information Security of Rostelecom, recalled that the direction of information security in the company began in May 2018, with the takeover of the profile company Solar Security.

Due to synergy with the main business of Rostelecom, we received high results, increasing revenue by 2 billion rubles. per year, - said Igor Lyapunov. Indeed, in 2018, the revenue of Solar Securities LLC amounted to 2 billion rubles, in 2019 - 3.9 billion rubles, and in 2020 - 8.4 billion rubles. In 2018, Rostelecom paid 1.5 billion rubles for a 100% stake in Solar Security. As Igor Lyapunov emphasized, if you evaluate the company using the same methodology for November 2021, it costs at least 10 times more.

According to Igor Lyapunov, in 2022 this market will grow by 9.6% (up to 108.2 billion rubles), and in 2023-2025. annual growth rates with a baseline forecast will amount to 6.6-6.9%, which will bring the market volume to 131.8 billion rubles by 2025. But there is also an optimistic forecast, according to which the information security market in Russia will grow in 2023 by 7.8%, in 2024 - by 9%, and in 2025 - by 10%: in this case, its volume will reach 140.5 billion rubles by 2025.

Rostelecom expects to increase revenue from the information security sector from 9.2 billion rubles. in 2021 to 30.6% in 2025. The company's strategic goal for the period 2021-2025 is to be the No. 1 player in the Russian information security sector with a market share of up to 25%. The planned volume of Rostelecom's investments in information security for 2021-2025, according to Igor Lyapunov, will amount to 23.9 billion rubles.

Top managers of^[8] did not name the timing of Rostelecom's proposed IPO of clusters^[9].

Rostelecom "abolishes" its macro-regional branches (MRF)

As part of the next restructuring, the Russian operator Rostelecom abolished macro-regional branches, leaving only the corporate center and regional structures. In this regard, part of the employees will be transferred to new structural units, and part will be reduced.

According to TAdviser in the press service of Rostelecom, the company is at the stage of large-scale changes. A new strategy has been formed. The transition to the new management model is completed. Instead of a three-tier structure - corporate center/macro-regions/regional branches - a two-tier - corporate center/regions is created. And also competency centers are formed with distributed teams in different regions of the country. According to Rostelecom, some of the employees will be transferred to them, and some of the employees performing duplicate functions will leave the company, but these people will be offered vacancies within the company as a priority.

The company did not specify exactly how many employees will leave Rostelecom. However, the adopted strategy assumes "aggressive cost optimization" in the traditional business, including by reducing the share of personnel costs in revenue and reducing management levels.

The national operator presented the new strategy in April 2021. According to the information presented at the Investor Day, the operator will rebuild in holding logic, forming B2C, B2B/G and B2O segments, as well as clusters with a separate management model: data center/Cloud, information security, digital regions, digital public services and digital medicine.

According to the TAdviser press service, restructuring will speed up the processes of interaction between management and regions, simplify decision-making and allow faster, better and more efficient launch of new products, and introduce innovative solutions.

The complete transformation of the structure should be completed by 2025.

Installation of more than 350 thousand city video cameras

As of September 30, 2021, Rostelecom specialists have installed more than 350 thousand city video cameras. The largest projects were implemented by the company in Moscow, the Moscow region and St. Petersburg.

"Intelligent video surveillance system becomes one of the key elements of urban control. It delivers the most important information - billions of hours of video recordings, on the basis of the analysis of which important decisions are made. Starting with ensuring security, including the search for criminals, and ending with monitoring the cleaning of territories and garbage collection. Rostelecom is ready to offer cities and territories a turnkey solution to the problem - from installing and connecting cameras to using a single video surveillance platform with artificial intelligence technologies for analyzing data arrays, "said Igor Zimin, vice president for applied projects at Rostelecom.

The center of competence "Rostelecom" in the field of video surveillance is "daughter" - "Netris." Netris specialists have developed a comprehensive video surveillance platform. Modular architecture allows not only to improve security, but also to effectively manage the spheres of life of the city.^[10]

Instructing departments to prohibit the use of Google DNS servers, Cloudflare and the DoH service

On September 13, 2021, information appeared that Rostelecom"" sent an official letter to its units prohibiting the use of public - DNSservers Google and Cloudflare DoH (doh.opendns.com) services. More. here

Agreement with Naretrends Inc. on ICT in Agriculture

On September 2, 2021, Rostelecom and Naretrends Inc., a precision farming company in the Republic of Korea, signed a memorandum of understanding on cooperation in the field of information and communication technologies (ICT) in agriculture. The parties agreed to study the possibilities for the development of ICT in the field of the agro-industrial complex (agro-industrial complex) for the subsequent conclusion of the agreement. Read more here.

Memorandum of Cooperation for the Creation of the Association of the Largest Software and Equipment Consumers

On June 4, 2021, Gazprom Neft, Rosatom, Rostelecom and Roscosmos approved a memorandum of cooperation to create the Association of the Largest Software and Equipment Consumers. Cooperation between the largest technology companies from different industries is aimed at developing the Russian IT solutions market. Read more here.

Russian Railways and Rostelecom began to jointly develop quantum communications

In early June 2021, Russian Railways and Rostelecom agreed on the joint development of quantum communications. Combining efforts, as companies expect, will contribute to the development of the Russian quantum communications market and the introduction of these technologies in the fields of government, financial, medical, transport and other services, as well as at critical information infrastructure (CII) facilities. Read more here.

"Rostelecom" and "Yandex" agreed to create cloud services for the public sector

In early June 2021, Rostelecom and Yandex agreed to jointly create cloud services for the public and corporate sectors. The corresponding agreement was publicly signed by the first vice-president of Rostelecom Vladimir Kiriyenko and the managing director of the Yandex group of companies Tigran Khudaverdyan. Read more here.

Most of Kamchatka was left without communication due to an accident at Rostelecom

On May 31, 2021, most of Kamchatka was left without communication due to an accident at Rostelecom. As a representative of the company told RBC, 15:06 Kamchatka time (06:06 Moscow time) an alarm signal was recorded along the route Ust-Bolsheretsk - Dalny.

The specialists who arrived at the scene revealed a cable break - it was damaged by a third-party organization during excavation work. Rostelecom employees found a cable damage site and a dug trench. Who authorized the earthworks, and who carried them out, remains unknown.

RIA Novosti, citing its correspondent from Kamchatka, adds that from 15:10 local time, the providers Beeline, Megafon, Tele2 do not have mobile Internet and cable TV. Rostelecom is the main provider of communication services in Kamchatka.

According to the local portal "Kam24," as a result of the accident at Rostelecom in Kamchatka, a collapse began - problems with telephone communications, the Internet arose in the region, bank card payment terminals do not work, it is impossible to withdraw cash, since ATMs are also turned off.

Problems with workflow in organizations and institutions, as well as government agencies, are reported. At the same time, some subscribers switch to backup satellite channels. In particular, MTS subscribers have a slow Internet.

At this time, landline phones that were "in touch" came to the rescue. In addition, in emergency cases, it was possible to use a call from a mobile phone to 112.

According to TASS, the Russian Information Agency, almost all districts and cities of the peninsula remained without communication. Among them were, among others, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky and Milkovo.

Communication, according to Rostelecom, was fully restored at 20:40 (11:40 Moscow time). The scale of the accident was not reported by the company.^[11]

Shutdown of government sites of the Russian Federation due to a failure in Rostelecom

On March 10, 2021, Rostelecom"" had a failure, as a result of which users had problems accessing the Internet, and the sites of some Russian authorities stopped working. In particular, the official online resources of the president,, governments,, and were not available State Dumas Federation Council. Roskomnadzor Ministry of Economics

According to the Downdetector service, which tracks the work of popular resources, on March 10, 2021, 92% of users complained about problems with the Internet, another 5% noted failures of all services of the company, and 2% had problems only with television.

The problems are reported by residents of Moscow, St. Petersburg, Stavropol, Novosibirsk, Saratov, Kazan, Krasnodar, Pyatigorsk and other cities of Russia.

Rostelecom stressed that the failures that began an hour after Roskomnadzor announced the slowdown in Twitter are not related to the work of the department.

[Сбой] has nothing to do with the actions of Roskomnadzor, this is a technical problem, we are now overloading software, this happens with programs, "Mikhail Oseevsky, President of the company, told TASS Information Agency of Russia, specifying that the problems in the network are related to the operation of routers.]

The Kremlin did not see any problems in the work of the websites of government agencies.

We saw the messages, but, frankly, they were not confirmed with us. Everything opens up with us... Everything works, - said the press secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov in response to the comments of journalists about the malfunctions of the Kremlin website and a number of other state resources.

Earlier in March 2021, the newspaper The New York Times reported on the upcoming large-scale to cyber attack USA opposition. Russia According to the publication, we will talk about "a series of hidden actions against Russian networks, which will be obvious to the Russian leadership, intelligence services and the army, but not the outside world."^[12]

Evaluating the functionality of cloud-based video surveillance services

In February 2021, TAdviser compared popular cloud video surveillance services: Ivideon, IP Eye, Rostelecom, Macroscop and Trassir. During the study, the functionality of services was assessed by more than 20 parameters. Read more here.

Assignments in the Guide

On February 1, 2021, Rostelecom announced that personnel changes had occurred in the company's management:

• Anton Godovikov has been appointed vice president for work with the mass segment. Since November 2019, he has been Vice President - Director of the macro-regional branch of North-West.
• Diana Samoshkina has been appointed vice president of digital business at B2C. Since March 2015, she was vice president for work with the mass segment.
• Alexander Loginov has been appointed vice president, director of the macro-regional branch of North-West. Since October 2016, he served as vice president, director of the macro-regional branch of the Far East.

2020

4.5 billion rubles on loan on preferential terms from "Вэб.РФ"

ВЭБ.РФ issued a preferential loan to PJSC Rostelecom under the Ministry of Digital Development of the Russian Federation program aimed at supporting the digital transformation of companies. Rostelecom announced this on December 16, 2020. The Ministry of Digital Development of Russia provides subsidies to banks to provide loans at a low rate.

Under the credit line, it is planned to introduce domestic information products (IT), services and platform solutions in Rostelecom and its subsidiaries. The total amount of credit support will amount to 4.5 billion rubles. The financial product will support digital transformation and increase the operational efficiency of one of the key participants in the telecommunications industry, as well as create an incentive to increase demand for products and services of domestic IT companies.

The credit line provides for the possibility of a preferential interest rate using a support mechanism developed by the Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of Russia. Loans under the Ministry of Digital Development program are issued for the purchase of Russian software and equipment, licenses and patents, employee remuneration, training of specialists and other purposes in the framework of business digitalization. The final rate for borrowers is from 1% to 5%, the possible amount of lending for the project is from 25 million to 5 billion rubles. When implementing a digitalization program (several interconnected projects), preferential financing can be provided in the amount of 500 million to 10 billion rubles.

The formation of sustainable demand for domestic IT technologies is of fundamental importance for the industry. When our companies make their choice in favor of domestic software instead of foreign software, this forms the cash flow necessary for developers to develop. Our deal with Rostelecom is the first step, we are in favor of using the mechanism created on the initiative of the Russian Ministry of Digital Development to support domestic IT developers and with other major players in Russian business, said Nikolai Tsekhomsky, First Deputy Chairman - Member of the Board of ВЭБ.РФ.

Rostelecom attaches importance to the promotion of domestic IT technologies in its activities. It seems to us significant that the state supports companies engaged in supporting domestic IT technologies through a rate subsidy mechanism. Thanks to the concluded loan agreement, Rostelecom will receive long-term credit resources on attractive terms, "said Sergey Anokhin, Senior Vice President and CFO of Rostelecom PJSC.

In the context of limited financial resources, state support for IT companies is perhaps the main factor stimulating the development of domestic software. We are confident that the current measures of state support will give a significant impetus to the development of import substitution of software, opening up new opportunities for the implementation of complex projects in cooperation with domestic developers. This will certainly help increase the competitiveness of domestic software products. Such support also provides opportunities to create consumer cooperatives with large solution developers, which increases the competitiveness of these products, "said Kirill Menshov, Senior Vice President for Information Technology of Rostelecom PJSC.

The concessional lending program was launched Ministry of Digital Development of the Russian Federation within the framework of the federal project "Digital Technologies" of the national program "Digital Economy of Russia." The full list of goals for the use of funds, as well as the mechanism for participating in the concessional lending program, are defined in Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 1598.

Gartner called Rostelecom's IT management model one of the best in the world

Analytical company Gartner called Rostelecom's IT management model one of the best in the world. The Russian telecommunications operator itself announced this on July 20, 2020.

It is specified that Rostelecom's project to transform the IT management model has become one of the world's progressive practices. Moreover, this happened for the first time for Russian companies.

At the end of 2019, Rostelecom switched from a matrix to its own - "flat" control model in IT (Karma Framework), the basis of which is self-organizing teams. Such a model, according to the company, combines the best modern management practices and a cultural and value approach, which significantly increase the involvement of employees in the overall process and eliminate complex hierarchical chains and bureaucracy. In teams, each employee understands their role, area of ​ ​ responsibility and strategic purpose of work. If the company has a wide product line, as well as in the context of constant market changes and the rapid development of technologies, only such an approach allows you to find a fast and effective IT solution for any challenge, the press release says.

Kirill Menshov, senior vice president for information technology at Rostelecom, says that the transformation of the management and IT culture model was not an end in itself for the company, but a reaction to the challenges that the market poses in response to customer expectations. The operator built his strategy not on the implementation of the most modern, but uniform approach, but on the development of a variety of practices and the self-organization of teams to solve key business problems. 

Attention from Gartner, and therefore the world expert community, to our IT transformation gives us confidence in the correctly chosen direction and speaks of the highest level of professionalism of the large IT team of the Rostelecom group of companies, Menshov added.[13]

Agreement with InfraOne on co-financing the preparation of investment projects

PJSC Rostelecom and LLC First Infrastructure Company (InfraOne) are joining forces to attract funding to the sowing stage of digital infrastructure projects, which are implemented on the basis of concessions, public-private partnerships and project financing. Rostelecom South announced this on May 26, 2020. Read more here.

Merger of Rostelecom and Tele2 retail chains

On May 19, 2020, Rostelecom announced the merger of the operator's retail networks and Tele2. They will be managed by Rostelecom - Retail Systems LLC . Read more here.

TAdviser interview with Kirill Menshov, Senior Vice President, Information Technology

In May 2020, in an interview with TAdviserKirill Menshov, Senior Vice President for Information Technology of PJSC Rostelecom, told who and how is looking for answers to new questions, simulates the future needs of the "brave new world" that will come after the pandemic. Read more here.

A consortium led by Gulnara Khasyanova will develop domestic radio electronics

On April 21, 2020, Micron informed TAdviser that the state corporation Rostec, Rostelecom and the Element group of companies, with the support of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, are joining forces to bring Russian electronic products to the market. The Consortium "Telecommunications Technologies" (ANO TT)]] was created, the purpose of which is to form the conditions for the implementation of the state strategy in the field of import substitution and the development of domestic development and production of electronic products, localization of equipment for the telecommunications industry, as well as creating demand for the domestic electronic component base. Read more here.

Yakutia was left without the Internet due to the cut cable of Rostelecom

On April 1, 2020, Yakutia was temporarily left without the Internet due to the cut main cable of Rostelecom. The operator transferred the service of its subscribers to a backup cable, but communication interruptions in the region were observed everywhere - the Internet and interactive television did not work.

The company noted that due to the emergency, residents of the region found themselves in difficulty at a difficult time, when many citizens work remotely. Many people use the Internet for work. As a result of the incident, many large enterprises of the republic, authorities and emergency services were left without communication.

As RBC was told in the press service of Rostelecom, the incident occurred 8 km from the city of Aldan in the south of the republic at 14:30 Yakut time (8:30 Moscow time). The emergency brigade left for the site of the damage and at 18:30 (12:30 Moscow time) the connection was restored. Law enforcement agencies are working at the crime scene, which are looking for the kidnappers of the main cable.

Rostelecom asks possible witnesses to the incident to provide information to law enforcement agencies and be vigilant, and also calls on the population to be careful and, in case of suspicion of theft or damage to the communication cable, immediately report to the police.

Rostelecom's main communication line was damaged by firearms. Such conclusions were reached by the law enforcement agencies of the city of Aldan.

Metal particles were found in the optical cable, cartridges were found near the scene. The case on the fact of damage to the main communication line of Rostelecom was sent to the police, the operator's press service said.

Only joint actions of law enforcement agencies, signalmen and citizens will lead to a decrease in the number of thefts and will protect communication facilities from vandals, the provider emphasizes.[14]

Inclusion in the list of backbone organizations

In March 2020, the Government Commission for Improving the Sustainability of the Russian Economy included Rostelecom in the list of backbone organizations. Read more here.

Starting the direction of system integration based on "Rostelecom-Solar"

On February 13, 2020, Rostelecom announced the launch of a business area for system integration based on a subsidiary of Rostelecom-Solar. The incentive for its creation was the challenges in the field of information security. Read more here.

Opening of a federal center for telecom operators in Lipetsk

Rostelecom has opened a federal center for telecom operators in Lipetsk. As announced on February 5, 2020. The service functions of the center when servicing foreign and Russian operators include the organization of service connections and their further support. The main services for telecom operators are skipping and connecting voice traffic, IP transit, channel rental, VPN and others.

In order for the region to flourish, we need to open as many high-tech jobs as possible. Young people with special technical knowledge can realize themselves here in Lipetsk, on the basis of the open platform of a digital provider, said Deputy Head of Administration of Lipetsk Region Anatoly Yakutin

{{quote 'author = noted the director of the sales support department of PJSC Rostelecom Alexander Astafiev' We compared the availability, cost and personnel resources throughout Russia, looked at the support of the heads of the Lipetsk branch and realized that this is the place where it is worth making a federal center and developing it. Back in 2016, we launched the "Single Window for Calls from Telecom Operators" project on the basis of a contact center in Lipetsk. In 2017, it was transformed into a client service department V2O with 16 employees. On February 5, 2020, the functionality of the site expanded, which required the creation of additional jobs, the specifics of which imply, among other things, knowledge of technical English,}

After expanding the functionality, the center's specialists interact with telecom operators in the organization of services, technical support and repair and adjustment work on the network.

Bringing a series of national IoT standards for public discussion

On January 22, 2020, it became known that the technical committee Technical Committee of Cyber-Physical Systems (TK 194)"" on the basis RVC of, together with PJSC "" and the Rostelecom All-Russian Certification Institute, with Ministry of Industry and Trade RUSSIAN FEDERATION support, submitted for public discussion the largest stories series of preliminary national standards in Russian regulatory regulation. Internet of Things More. here

2019

"Rostelecom" and VTB create a platform for the exchange of big data

On October 14, 2019, it became known about the joint creation by Rostelecom  and VTB of a platform for the exchange of big data. It is planned to add information from retail, insurance and advertising to the system.

Mikhail Oseevsky, President of Rostelecom, told Vedomosti about this project, and Dmitry Olyunin, First Deputy Chairman of the VTB Board, confirmed the creation of the platform. At the same time, they did not disclose the details of the development.

According to the publication, Rostelecom and VTB intend to exchange data and process it by combining different customer data into user profiles. For example, the system may have information about a person's gender and age, their purchases, preferences, income, and movements.

Future partners do not intend to use personal data: customer profiles will be tied to abstract IDs, the newspaper's interlocutors say.

A person who knows about the details of the project from several of its potential participants told the newspaper that there are ideas to assess a person's creditworthiness using big data, develop methods for attracting and retaining customers, but this does not exhaust the possibility of using such a large base.

According to another source, it is possible that the platform will be created to pay for goods and services using a single application for mobile phones, only more functional and flexible than the current fast payment system.

The publication writes that future partners are already trying to involve other data providers in the project. Among them are listed such companies as Magnit, Tele2, Post Bank, Sogaz, PIK Group, National Media Group, Russian Post  and X5 Group.

The representative of Tele2 confirmed that the company can become a participant in the project. The rest of the companies either declined  to comment or did not respond to requests from the publication.^[15]

Agreement with Norvix-Technologies and IDM Lab to support projects and initiatives for the development of domestic technologies in the field of EBS

On October 11, 2019, Rostelecom, together with Norvix-Technologies and IDM Lab, agreed to expand the applications of the Unified Biometric System. The details are here.

Agreement with Megaplan on the development of cloud services for the business of Tatarstan

On August 6, 2019, Rostelecom announced that, together with the developer of cloud services, Megaplan had signed an agreement on cooperation in the field of solutions for corporate clients. Read more here.

Creation of a Technology Partnership Management Center

The structure of PJSC Rostelecom"" has created a Center for the Management of Technological Partnerships, the main task of which is to organize interaction state with the authorities to promote Rostelecom as a coordination center the Russian telecommunication and - IT development. The director of the center has been appointed. Eldar Gayfutdinov

The Center is engaged in the implementation of projects on quantum communications, coordination and expert support of Russian telecommunications developments aimed at the implementation of import substitution, participates in the development of regulatory legal acts on the implementation of trusted services and ensuring the technological independence of the infrastructure of the Russian Federation.

The center's tasks also include organizing work to stimulate the localization of developments, including the use of a domestic electronic component base; coordination of creation and development of local research and development and production processes of Rostelecom Group of Companies taking into account the tasks of technological independence and power of attorney.

Organization of an experimental data transmission network with quantum encryption in Russia

On June 5, 2019, Rostelecom"" introduced an experienced data network with. quantum enciphering It for the first time uses equipment and solutions from different manufacturers with the organization of their correct interaction along the entire data transmission path. Also, for the first time in the country, such a network has several nodes with the technical ability to connect many users, regardless of the location of their offices and the cryptographic equipment used with CRK (quantum key distribution technology). More. here

Joint testing of IoT solutions for housing and communal services with Tele2 and Nokia

On April 15, 2019, Tele2 announced that, together with Rostelecom and Nokia, it tested solutions based on the Internet of Things (IoT) for housing and communal services. The tests took place in Moscow on the basis of the Tele2 LTE network. The technology will allow energy sales companies to reduce the cost of data collection, and users to conveniently pay for electricity. Read more here.

Security Code will implement Rostelecom's standard biometric data protection solution

On March 18, 2019, Security Code became an authorized partner of Rostelecom to implement a standard information security solution when working with biometrics. The details are here.

System Tests for Quantum Data Transmission Protection

On January 29, 2019, Rostelecom announced that it had successfully conducted the second stage of testing domestic equipment and solutions for organizing quantum protection of data transmission on an existing fiber-optic communication line (FOCL). The test participants were the Russian Quantum Center (RCC), QRate and S-Terra CSP. Read more here.

2018

Agreement with Miracle Technique on the development of the direction of computer assistance in Moscow

On December 27, 2018, Rostelecom announced the conclusion of a cooperation agreement with Miracle Technology. According to the company, according to the agreements reached, the partners will actively develop in Moscow the direction of computer assistance at home: remote support, repair of equipment and departure of craftsmen. Read more here.

Preparation of a plan for the transition to domestic software

On December 26, 2018, it became known that the board of directors of Rostelecom instructed the company's manager to prepare a plan for the transition to the use of domestic software in the next two months. The board of directors will approve this plan within a similar period, and then it will be included in the long-term development program of Rostelecom.

The company will also have to appoint a person responsible for the implementation of the transition - he must hold the position of at least deputy president of the company. Subsidiaries of Rostelecom, in which its share exceeds 50%, will also have to switch mainly to domestic software.

The government directive, according to which state-owned companies should switch to the Russian ON until 2021, was signed by the Minister of Finance in early December 2018. RUSSIAN FEDERATION Anton Siluanov The recipients of this document were companies where the state acts as a controlling shareholder and has a majority of votes on the board of directors.

The directive, which Rostelecom received, obliged the addressees to convene a board of directors within ten days, and the state representatives in the boards to vote.

Companies will have to report quarterly to the Ministry of Communications on the transition process.

Director of the Center for Import Substitution Competencies in the field of ICTIlya Massukh explained that all software used by companies will be divided into classes (accounting, antiviruses, ERP systems, etc.). By 2021, the share of domestic software in each of them will have to exceed 50%. It will be possible to buy foreign software only if the company proves the absence of the Russian analogue^[16].

Failure on Rostelecom network due to error in BGP configuration

On November 27, 2018, Qrator Labs specializing in countering - and DDoSto the attacks ensuring the availability Internet of - resources, notified of an error in the configuration of Russian networks, providers which led to a failure in accessing popular services for a large number of users in. Russia

BGP (Border Gateway Protocol) is used to control traffic at the carrier level, and errors in its configuration lead to illegitimate traffic interception. If higher-level operators do not check what they receive from their customers, such an anomaly can affect availability on a national segment scale. On November 25, 2018, a similar mistake occurred in Russia.

At 16:00 Moscow time, the small operator Krek Ltd began to announce networks between its providers, thus redirecting a significant part of Rostelecom's traffic to its network. The Krek network could not cope with such a load, as a result, making thousands of services unavailable to Rostelecom users. According to Qrator Labs, the anomaly could affect from 10% to 20% of users in the Russian Federation.

For more than 5,000 networks, this failure has gone global, redirecting traffic from other regions to the black hole.

The anomaly occurred as a result of two related errors: the Krek network, which made an error in the BGP configuration and became the source of the problem, and the Rostelecom network, which became a carrier without configuring the correct filtering at the junction with this client. Due to errors in the configuration of the BGP protocol, these operators not only "suspended" their networks, but also created problems for other services whose traffic was intercepted. The total duration of the anomaly was more than an hour.

author '= Alexander Asimov, network architect of Qrator Labs ' There is a common belief that it is almost impossible to deal with such anomalies arising abroad of your network. However, if the source of the traffic interception is known (in this case, the Krek network), then it is possible to operate BGP protection against cycles to break the interception. In other words, if real-time monitoring is available, such anomalies can be actively countered.

How will Rostelecom differ from Rostelecom in the 2010 model in 2020? Mikhail Oseevsky's answer

In 2020, Rostelecom's revenue from digital services can reach 75-80% of the total turnover, the company's president Mikhail Oseevsky told TAdviser in November 2018.

Already today, 55% of revenue is brought to us by modern digital services, and in 2020, I think, they will already account for 75-80%, - said Oseevsky in a conversation with TAdviser

This is the key difference between Rostelecom 2018-2020. from Rostelecom, as it was in 2010. Rostelecom 2010 is a telephone company, then more than half of the revenue was brought to the operator by classic telephony, Mikhail Oseevsky emphasized.

In its reporting, Rostelecom means by digital services mainly cloud services and value-added products, such as, for example, Smart Home.

The president of Rostelecom added in a conversation with TAdviser that the company continues to move from a telecom operator model to a digital company model that provides final services.

In each of the areas of service to people, the state and business, the company plans to increase the number of products of both its own and partner, and increasingly act as a single platform and a single integrator.

Rostelecom plans to take on the solution of all turnkey problems in relations with the state and business, says Oseevsky. This includes the supply of both hardware and the provision of services. There will be more and more products, while there will be an increasing diversification of Rostelecom's client base.

If we talk about corporate clients, we are now making a lot of efforts to offer modern services to medium and small businesses, - added the president of Rostelecom

Earlier in 2018, the board of directors of Rostelecom approved the company's development strategy until 2022. As part of the strategic plan for this period, the main vector of Rostelecom's development should be the continuation of transformation into a "digital partner" for the population, business and the state: a provider of a wide range of products and services to meet telecommunications, IT and other customer needs.

As part of the creation of an ecosystem of digital products and services in the B2B/G segment, Rostelecom plans to pay special attention to the development of data centers, solutions for smart cities, information security, and the operator segment.

In turn, in the B2C segment, the company sets strategic tasks for entering new houses at the construction stage, developing the ecosystem of new products "Smart Home," "Streaming Games," "Online Education," OTT video services, developing the user base of mobile services through the sale of converged packages, etc.

Rearrangement and Rebranding

On September 26, 2018, Rostelecom announced a change in positioning and rebranding, presented updated digital services and tariff lines that take into account market change and the company's priorities.

The current strategy of Rostelecom provides for a digital transformation from a telecom service operator to an IT company that provides digital services for people, business and the state.

In the first half of 2018, more than half of the company's revenue was formed by digital and content services - Internet access, pay TV, cloud solutions and data centers, cybersecurity, etc. The company is also undergoing changes: teams and competence centers on modern digital technologies have been created, including biometrics, cybersecurity, the Internet of Things, a smart home and other areas.

We anticipate the wishes of customers and take into account their needs in all areas of activity. Rostelecom's technological solutions will help make business more efficient and life more comfortable and safer. Our updated line of tariffs and services allows you to collect a package of services as a puzzle - for the needs of a specific family or company. 'Vladimir Kiriyenko, First Vice President of Rostelecom '

The service - the Wink multimedia platform - has replenished the ecosystem of services for private customers. This is the evolutionary stage of the development of Interactive TV, which is watched in millions of families across the country. Wink for September 2018 combines a mobile application, web portal and Smart TV application. The platform has already presented more than 200 TV channels, more than 12 thousand films and episodes of TV series, as well as the maximum set of additional services - from pause and rewind to "Parental Control."

Another direction in the ecosystem is online education. The company launched the Rostelecom Lyceum platform, the task of which is to make additional school education of high quality, safe and affordable. Specially selected content is presented on the platform. A personal curator will help you choose a child development program and answer any questions from your parents. In the personal account of the service, you can track the schedule of classes and the student's academic performance.

In the tariff line, for convenience of choice, service packages and tariffs are named based on the needs of the family - "For the Internet," "For tranquility," "For impressions," "For everything," "Game."

On October 1, 2018, Rostelecom launches an updated platform for entrepreneurs "Be in Plus." It allows you to quickly get the high-speed Internet and mobile communications necessary for each business, as well as "add" additional services such as virtual PBX, SMS advertising, Wi-Fi, video surveillance or TV for business.

Changes in the company's business led to the need for updated positioning and branding.

The updated visual style is developed in partnership with Bootleg (group) BBDO and Saffron Brand Consultants.

The first advertising campaign in the updated corporate style starts on October 1, 2018.

Reduction of 25 thousand employees

In March 2018, it became known about the dismissal of 25.2 thousand Rostelecom employees in the previous three years. The company is downsizing as part of a transformation from a classic fixed-line operator to a digital service provider. 

According to Kommersant, citing Rostelecom's annual reports, by the end of 2017, the operator's staff amounted to 133.7 thousand people, which is 8.8 thousand less than a year earlier. By the end of 2014, the company employed 158.8 thousand employees. In 2015, their number decreased by 5.6% to 149.9 thousand. In 2016, another 4.9% were fired, the staff decreased to 142.5 thousand people. In 2017, the rate of reductions increased to 6.2%.

Earlier, Rostelecom planned to reduce the number of working positions to 110-130 thousand by 2020. Thus, the company is preparing to reduce another 14-24 thousand people. The financial director of Rostelecom, Kai-Uwe Melhorn, told the publication that the rate of staff reduction in absolute numbers will decrease.

With the transition to digital, there will be partial layoffs and hiring employees with new digital competencies. We also contribute to retraining projects, this is a fairly large investment in personnel development. We give employees the opportunity to learn digital skills, "he said.

Russia Anatoly Nazeikin, chairman of the communications workers union, noted that "" Rostelecom has long been working on optimization to "make the company compact," dismissing or taking employees to. outsourcing He noted that so far the union has not received information about plans to reduce the operator's staff by 23.7 thousand people by 2020. Nazeikin considers such a plan a "serious reduction" and is ready to start negotiations with Rostelecom to " solve the fate of every reduced employee."^[1]

2017

Agreement with Alliance IC on the promotion of cyber threat insurance services

Rostelecom and SC Alliance in early October 2017 signed a cooperation agreement with the aim of implementing and promoting cyber threat insurance services . The services are intended for customers of all levels - government customers, large companies, as well as for small and medium-sized businesses.

To implement the agreement, the companies intend to exchange information in the field of cybersecurity, and will also create working groups to coordinate activities to promote services in the field of cyber threat insurance.

The amount of damage from cyber attacks in the commercial sector is growing every year, and for small and medium-sized businesses, even one successful attack can become "deadly." Given these factors, the development of insurance mechanisms against cyber threats is a timely and necessary measure to counter crimes in the field of information security, said Valery Ermakov, vice president of Rostelecom for work with corporate and state segments.

After the spread of WannaCry and Petya viruses, we recorded an increase in demand for cyber threat insurance services. Many companies that faced cyber fraudsters realized that spending on this type of insurance is more than justified. In addition to companies whose activities are directly tied to the Network, cyber risk insurance is very popular among companies that operate in the production/industrial segment - where many processes are automated, and there is a risk of interruption in activities due to IT incidents. Banks and financial institutions also often purchase insurance policies against cyber threats, since they work with a large amount of personal data, "added Vadim Mikhnevich, Deputy Director of the Financial Line Insurance Department of Alliance IC.

According to the Alliance IC, the global turnover of the cyber risk insurance market is $2.5 billion. The Russian market is now only at the stage of development, but interest from customers speaks of a great potential for growth.

Regional operators protest against deliberate damage to communication lines by Rostelecom employees

In September 2017, the Interfax-Ural press center held a press conference in which independent regional telecom operators from Nizhny Tagil, Chelyabinsk and Novocherkassk took part . All those gathered, one way or another, suffer from deliberate damage to their communication lines carried out by Rostelecom employees. The scandal, which initially bore the character of a local conflict, grew to a federal trend that directly threatened the very fact of the existence of independent operators. The present leaders of regional companies from the Rostov, Chelyabinsk and Sverdlovsk regions consider such methods of competing using illegal methods unacceptable and urge colleagues not to hush up such facts, but to contact law enforcement agencies and the media.

In particular, we are talking about the Nizhny Tagil Metallurgical Plant and the Uralvagonzavod research and production corporation, as well as communication lines of the FSB, FSO and a number of civilian facilities, including the ambulance backup communication line. The police of Nizhny Tagil initiated 4 criminal cases under article 215 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. Also, the leadership of Tagil Telecom appealed to the FSB of Russia with a request to check the actions of Rostelecom for the presence in their composition of signs of Article 281 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation - "Sabotage."

The reason for the conflict was the use by the Tagil Telecom operator of a cable duct, once privatized by Rostelecom. Representatives of Rostelecom do not agree with the rental cost determined by the Arbitration Court of the Sverdlovsk Region, and unilaterally demand to raise it neither more - nor less - 8 times, having no legal basis. At the same time, all negotiations on this matter, one way or another, go into the plane of illegal actions - intentional damage to communication lines and threats to the regional operator.

As it turned out at a press conference, the situation in Nizhny Tagil is far from isolated. During the internal industry investigation, facts of illegal actions of a similar nature were revealed against independent telecom operators in other regions of Russia - Rostov, Leningrad and Chelyabinsk regions. According to representatives of the affected operators who were present at the press conference, in all cases there were facts of forcing companies to deal on unfavorable terms and deliberate damage to communication lines - in case of refusal. In addition, in most cases, for example, in Chelyabinsk, Rostelecom representatives did not provide their opponents with any documents confirming ownership of leased objects - cable sewers or ground poles-supports.

According to the participants in the press conference, the situation threatens not only the business of independent operators, but also public safety in general. Socially unprotected segments of the population suffer from the actions of the monopolist. In particular, in case of damage to the communication lines of a cable television operator in Novocherkassk, elderly and poor customers were offered to switch to service at Rostelecom, whose tariffs exceed the tariffs of an independent operator by 6-8 times. In Chelyabinsk, residents of remote villages and the private sector suffer. The situation is no better in Nizhny Tagil - in addition to the city-forming enterprises, such services as Ambulance suffered...

Moscow lawyer, expert on the problems of telecommunications operators Dmitry Galushko, during a press conference unequivocally stated that "dismantling communication lines without a court decision is prohibited by law." He gave regional operators a number of tips on how to behave in the above situation: "When dismantling, complain to law enforcement agencies. If the rental price is clearly exceeded, the FAS Russia will challenge the methodology for setting the price. In lawsuits from Rostelecom to the court, file a petition for an examination in terms of determining the price of the service of providing space in the sewer. "

Rostelecom took revenge: NVision fined 64 million

NVision Group will have to pay Rostelecom over p60 million as a penalty for late delivery of equipment. This follows from the decision of the Arbitration Court of the North Caucasus District, which on May 3, 2017 decided to leave unchanged the decision^[2] Arbitration Court of the Krasnodar Territory of November 10, 2016 and the decision of the Fifteenth Arbitration Court of Appeal of January 26, 2017, and the cassation appeal of NVision - without satisfaction^[3].

As part of this protracted proceedings, the courts considered both the claim of Rostelecom against its contractor and the counterclaim of NVision - with demands to recover a penalty from the telecom operator for late payment of the supplied equipment. The amount of the first of them after clarifications amounted to p68.1 million, the second (also after clarifications) - p4.2 million. "In the order of netting, recover from JSC 'NVision Group' in favor of PJSC 'Rostelecom' p64.1 million penalty," reads the final court decision.

In public documents of the court there is no specific description of the subject of contractual relations between the two organizations. There is only an indication that the supply of NVision to Rostelecom of unnamed equipment and the provision of certain services to it were spelled out in several dozen contracts with different dates of execution. The editorial office failed to unambiguously identify the problematic contract on the public procurement website.

NVision takes debts from Rostelecom for the 112 project

As CNews learned, Rostelecom will have to pay NVision Group p32.8 million - debt under the contract for p18.2 million and a penalty of p14.6 million. Today, April 3, 2017, the Fifteenth Arbitration Court of Appeal of Rostov-on-Don upheld the earlier decision of the Arbitration Court of the Krasnodar Territory to recover the above amount, and the operator's complaint, without satisfaction^[4]

The proceedings concerned a contract concluded on December 23, 2013 between Rostelecom and NVision Group, under which the operator's contractor was to automate the facilities of the first stage of the emergency call system at the single number "112" based on the duty dispatch services of the Krasnodar Territory, including the installation and commissioning of equipment, as well as the transfer of rights to use software.

From the materials of the court it follows that NVision fulfilled its obligations in full - it carried out work for p126.1 million and supplied software for p425 thousand. However, Rostelecom paid the company only p108.3 million, which was the reason for the lawsuit that NVision filed on December 1, 2016.

Mikhail Oseevsky - the new head of the company

On March 1, 2017, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev signed a government directive appointing Mikhail Oseevsky, president of the state-controlled Rostelecom, who had previously served as deputy head of VTB State Bank. Oseevsky headed the operator instead of Sergei Kalugin. Read more here.

2016

Purchases of Rostelecom from small and medium-sized businesses in 2016 amounted to 81.7 billion rubles.

On February 16, 2017, the Rostelecom press service announced the financial results of small and medium-sized businesses in 2016. Purchases of Rostelecom from small and medium-sized businesses in 2016 amounted to 81.7 billion rubles.

The volume of purchases under concluded contracts with small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) in 2016 amounted to 81.7 billion rubles, of which the volume of contracts for special purchases from SMEs amounted to 24.2 billion rubles.

At the end of 2016, the share of contracts with SME counterparties amounted to 59%, and the share of contracts for special purchases from SMEs - 17.5%. Special purchases are carried out only among SMEs and represent a limited range of purchases, according to certain codes in the list of OKPD2 (OK 034-2014 (KPES 2008) "All-Russian Classifier of Products by Type of Economic Activity"). "Rostelecom" consistently increases the transparency of procurement and expands the circle of procurement participants, including with the help of small and medium-sized enterprises. In particular, in 2016, Rostelecom reduced the number of documents provided as part of the purchase requisition.

The implementation of initiatives to improve procurement procedures allowed Rostelecom to significantly increase the share of SMEs in the company's procurement, as well as improve the financial performance of procurement. In particular, the share of purchases from small and medium-sized businesses, in which 4 or more companies took part, amounted to 64%. The average purchase savings for small and medium-sized businesses amounted to 28% of the initial price.

"Thus, we have facilitated the procedure for preparing a request for procurement participants. The company has a procurement hotline, operational feedback is organized. An information section has been created on the Rostelecom website, dedicated to the peculiarities of procurement for small and medium-sized businesses, as well as support measures that turn out to be for such enterprises. " Evgeny Gaidukov, Director of Procurement at Rostelecom

Savings of 40.2 billion rubles on procurement

On February 13, 2017, the Rostelecom press service announced the financial results for the company's purchases in 2016. According to this information, the company saved 40.2 billion rubles. from the amount of the initial (maximum) prices of contracts put up for auction, with a total volume of purchases of 208 billion rubles. and an average percentage of savings on competitive purchases - 25.2%.

Such significant indicators of the company's procurement efficiency in 2016 are associated with a number of factors. Firstly, these are general macroeconomic changes that have an impact on the telecommunications industry, moderate market stagnation, which, in turn, has significantly strengthened the competitive environment. Secondly, last year Rostelecom managed to implement large strategic projects. This is, first of all, the general unification and standardization of subscriber equipment (SPD, IPTV), which throughout the company, in addition to the economic effect and the positive impact on working capital, made it possible to ensure a qualitative operational effect. And thirdly, within the framework of the processes for optimizing the procurement function of Rostelecom, the company's procurement policy is being implemented with a balance of centralization and decentralization of functions, and a consistent distribution of powers to the level of regional divisions. I would especially like to note the successful implementation of projects for the implementation of construction and installation works (CIW) for the construction of broadband access communication networks for segments B2C, B2B, etc. A high economic effect on such purchases was achieved due to the redistribution of purchases from large contractors to procurement of CIW from local companies in the regions. Evgeny Gaidukov, Procurement Director of PJSC Rostelecom

Since mid-2013, Rostelecom has adopted a program for optimizing procurement processes, the purpose of which is to reduce the company's costs through market regulation of procurement activities. Measures are being developed and implemented that remove unnecessary restrictions and barriers for bidders, increasing the transparency of procurement, leading to an increase in healthy competition in trading. All contracts include an "anti-corruption clause," an "ethical line" works.

Rostelecom intends to attract 30 billion rubles from Sberbank

Rostelecom and Sberbank are going to conclude an agreement on the opening of a credit line with a maximum threshold of 30 billion rubles. The operator plans to direct them to operating and investment activities, part of the funds will also be used to repay other payment obligations^[5].

It is noted that the parties have yet to agree on the exact interest rate, but it will be no more than 15% per annum.

According to public data, at the end of the first quarter of 2016, Rostelecom's total debt is 176.5 billion rubles, where 77% are loan obligations to various structures, 18% are bonds, 5% are commodity loans, and the rest are other types of borrowing. Today, the largest creditors of Rostelecom are Sberbank and VTB (each of them accounts for no more than 10% of the total debt).

In May 2016, it was reported that Rostelecom also plans to conclude loan agreements with VTB, Rosselkhozbank, Gazprombank and Vnesheconombank for a total maximum amount of 510 billion rubles.

Short-term lending from Alfa Bank

PJSC Rostelecom will conclude a general agreement on short-term lending with Alfa-Bank JSC. The credit limit under the master agreement is 2 billion rubles. The company's agreement is concluded for three years^[6].

Information on the purchase of Rostelecom from a single supplier for the right to conclude a general agreement on the general conditions for short-term lending operations is published on the public procurement portal.

"The interest rate on each loan is agreed upon at the conclusion of each loan transaction, while the interest rate for the use of any of the loans provided by Alfa-Bank JSC under the master agreement cannot exceed the base rate increased by 0.5 percent per annum," the document says.

According to the terms of reference, the credit limit under the master agreement will be 2 billion rubles, and the term of the contract is three years from the date of signing.

Rostelecom as a whole is actively attracting credit funds. So, in early May 2015, the operator attracted a loan in the form of an overdraft from Sberbank for a period of one year and in the amount of 2.3 billion rubles, with the possibility of expansion to a maximum of 10 billion rubles. Rostelecom planned to spend these funds on investment and operating costs.

Cooperation agreement with Huawei

On June 25, 2016, Rostelecom Huawei announced the ratification of the cooperation agreement, according to which the parties will jointly develop and implement innovative solutions in the field of IT and telecommunications in Russia.

According to the document signed between Huawei and Rostelecom, the cooperation extends to the following areas:

• SDNNFV/,, IoT multimedia and entertainment services;
• IT solutions (servers, storage, data protection and processing centers, uninterruptible power supplies, virtualization system, etc.), including for data centers;
• Production and customization of subscriber equipment based on the production facilities of Rostelecom subsidiaries, delivery of these types of equipment to meet the necessary needs
• Rostelecom;
• Development, modernization and delivery of solutions for the Safe City system (unified communications, video conferencing systems, video call centers, [[Telepresence: Why software VKS solutions take over]], video surveillance systems, etc.);
• Design, upgrade and supply of active network equipment, systems and products (routers, switches, optical channel compaction, access systems, transmission, etc.).

The goal of cooperation of the company is to position the introduction of advanced and competitive solutions in the operator's network, the emergence of affordable modern communication services on the market.

In 2014, the companies signed an agreement on strategic cooperation, a number of large projects have already been implemented in Russia, including the longest optical data transmission network in Europe. As of June 2016, companies are working on laying the Kamchatka-Sakhalin-Magadan underwater network.

2015

Change in the legal form of PJSC

On June 26, 2015, Rostelecom changed its legal form to Rostelecom Public Joint Stock Company (PJSC)^[7].

On June 24, 2015, the Unified State Register of Legal Entities entered an entry on state registration of the new version of the company's charter, which indicates the new name. The new full corporate name of the company is the Public Joint-Stock Company of Long-Distance and International Electric Communications Rostelecom, the abbreviated corporate name is PJSC Rostelecom.

The decision to approve the new version of the charter of Rostelecom was made on June 15, 2015 at the annual general meeting of shareholders in 2014.

The meeting of shareholders elected Sergei Ivanov, head of the presidential administration of the Russian Federation, chairman of the board of directors of Rostelecom.

Rostelecom will cut 11 thousand employees

On March 17, 2015, it became known about the plans of the Rostelecom operator to reduce from 8 to 11 thousand^[8] employees in 2015^[8].

According to the categories of employees, the company will leave: 15% of the leadership - about 4 thousand people, from 4 to 7 thousand who fell under the reduction, among them a significant number of employees of retirement age.

Sergey Kalugin, CEO of Rostelecom, said: "In 2015, the company plans to reduce 15% of administrative and management personnel - about 2.5% of the total number of company employees."

As of March 17, 2015, the company employs 158 thousand people. The operator plans to reduce their number by 5 − 7% per year, starting from 2015.

According to Kalugin, the planned reduction will help the company increase labor productivity and save 4.3 billion rubles in 2015. This is a general assessment of the economic effect, the company said, related to the optimization of business processes, including the release of management personnel.

Kalugin has repeatedly announced the implementation of a strategy for optimizing the number of employees of the company, calculated until 2018.

- We will reduce our number by 7 − 10% per year. We will increase wages at about the same pace. This year we have planned a 7% increase in employee salaries. This, of course, will not concern everyone, it will be carried out selectively, mainly it will concern people whose salaries are now below the market, "Kalugin said in the spring of 2014

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"Rostelecom"clarified in detail the strategy of reducing employees in documents for the government. The company noted that it plans to use the experience of [[Sberbank of Russia]], which in 4 years (from 2008 to 2012) reduced 10% of employees: from 257.25 thousand to 231.74 thousand.

Compared to the bank, the operator sets a more ambitious task of cuts; according to the most conservative estimates, with a reduction of no more than 5% of personnel per year, Rostelecom plans to part with at least 19% of employees in 4 years.

Net profit of Rostelecom in 2014 fell by 17% by 2013 (29.48 billion rubles to 35.29 billion rubles in 2013) follows from the financial statements of the company. The most marginal direction of Rostelecom - traditional telephone communication - brings less and less income every year. And in November 2014, the management of Rostelecom finally decided and confirmed at a meeting with investors that it would lay off about 10 thousand people in 2015.

Rostelecom lags behind in terms of revenue per employee from other Russian operators:

• VimpelCom - 11.5 million rubles per employee
• Megafon - 10.5 million rubles per employee
• MTS - 6.8 million rubles. per employee
• Rostelecom - 1.96 million rubles. per employee

Rostelecom needs a preferential loan of 10 billion rubles

On March 17, 2015, it became known about the application from the telecom operator Rostelecom for soft loans in the amount of 10 billion rubles under the project financing mechanism^[9] for ^[9].

Rostelecom Office, 2014

Rostelecom requires project financing, including in the project for the construction of a fiber-optic communication line Sakhalin - Magadan - Kamchatka.

The company previously announced plans to begin construction of the submarine line in the second quarter of 2015. The project cost is about 3 billion rubles. Fiber-optic cable will have to be laid along the bottom of the Sea of ​ ​ Okhotsk. The total length of communication lines will be about 2 thousand km., The maximum throughput of the system is 400 Gbps in each direction (with the possibility of expansion to 8 Tbit/s).

In total, Rostelecom announced five to six projects for the project financing mechanism.

As of March 17, 2015, as part of the project financing program, three loans were approved: Tele2 for 16 billion rubles. (for the construction of a network in Moscow) and two poultry farms for a total of 13.2 billion rubles.

The parameters of investment projects for project financing were approved by the government in October 2014. The size of the project can be no more than 20 billion rubles, the limit of borrowed financing within the project is 80% of its volume. On loans, a guarantee of Russia in the amount of up to 25% of the amount of borrowings is possible. Ten banks participate in the program, including Sberbank and VTB.

2013

Connection of Svyazinvest

Main article: Rostelecom JV, acquisitions and sales of companies

In June 2013, at an extraordinary meeting of Rostelecom shareholders, it was approved to join the operator of the Svyazinvest holding. 98% of the owners of 62% of the company's shares who were present at the meeting voted for this, and joining will be the last stage in the reform of the holding. Read more here.

Possible buyback of minority shares

According to the law on joint-stock companies, shareholders who did not take part in the vote on the reorganization of the company or who voted against will be able to demand the redemption of their shares. Earlier, the Board of Directors of Rostelecom set the redemption price from dissenting shareholders in the amount of 136 rubles. for one ordinary share and 95 rubles. for one preferred, which is significantly higher than market quotes (87 rubles and 70 rubles, respectively).

However, according to the same law, the company can allocate no more than 10% of the value of net assets, that is, no more than 30 billion rubles to buy back shares. If all shareholders who did not support the reorganization demand the redemption of their shares, then this will have to take about 170 billion rubles. If the limit is exceeded, "Rostelecom" will redeem shares in proportion to the ratio of the limit to the total value of the securities of dissenting shareholders.

That is, if all dissenting shareholders want to get rid of their shares, then Rostelecom, according to CNews, will be able to satisfy only 18% of the total number of applications. The largest minority shareholder of Rostelecom, Marshall Capital Partners (owns about 10%), did not take part in the voting. If he presents his shares for redemption, he will be able to earn at least 8.2 billion rubles.

2012: Modernization of data centers in Moscow and Noginsk

Rostelecom posted a request for proposals in electronic form for the right to conclude an equipment supply agreement storage systems DPC To Moscow in and Noginsk.

The press service of Rostelecom Tadviser reported that this is a planned upgrade of equipment.

According to the documentation, the maximum offer cost is 88 million rubles. The competition will be held for a downgrade. Applications are accepted from August 20 to 27, the announcement of the results is no later than September 5, 2012. The equipment must be delivered by the end of the year.

Under the contract, it is planned to purchase hard drives of various volumes, software, hardware and software components, expansion modules, storage systems, management modules, as well as technical support.

Ruslan Zadinov, head of data centers at CROC, said in an interview with a TAdviser correspondent that it is not worth counting on a significant reduction in the contract price.

"The fact is that the customer very well represents the estimated cost of the purchased equipment, because we are talking about upgrading the existing system, and not creating a new one (out of 7 purchased items, 5 upgrade)," he said. According to Zadinov, the modernization of the existing system is associated with the increased needs of the customer in terms of capacity and functionality.

2011

4G network sharing agreement with Yota

On December 2, 2011, it became known that Rostelecom and Yota signed an agreement on the joint development and use of fourth-generation (4G) wireless communication networks. The agreement was signed by Rostelecom President Alexander Provotorov and Yota Director Denis Sverdlov^[10].

Under the signed agreement, Yota grants Rostelecom the right to use wireless channels of its network and provide customers with communication services using the MVNO (Mobile Virtual Network Operator) mechanism, as well as use the sites available to Yota to accommodate telecommunications equipment and wired communication channels to these sites.

Rostelecom, in turn, grants Yota the right to use wired communication channels to telecommunication equipment sites, Internet connection channels, main communication channels between cities, Rostelecom sites for telecommunications equipment and its data centers.

According to Rostelecom President Alexander Provotorov, "the joint development and use of infrastructure will allow companies to significantly reduce the construction time of 4G networks, while reducing capital costs, as well as significantly reduce operating costs. All this will make it possible not only to start providing 4G network services as soon as possible, but also to increase the number of Russian residents who can use them. "

Joining seven MRK Svyazinvest

Main article: Rostelecom JV, acquisitions and sales of companies

OJSC Rostelecom (RTS and MICEX: RTKM, RTKMP; OTCQX: ROSYY) reported that on April 1, 2011, OJSC CenterTelecom, OJSC Sibirtelecom, OJSC Dalsvyaz, OJSC Uralsvyazinform, OJSC VolgaTelecom, OJSC NWT, OJSC UTK and OJSC Dagsvyazinform (hereinafter referred to as the "merged companies") were excluded from the Unified Register of Legal Entities, which became the successor of these companies under all Rostelecom. Thus, from a legal point of view, the process of creating a joint company on the basis of OJSC Rostelecom has been completed. Read more here.

DIA is looking for options to sell 7.4% of Rostelecom shares

DIA, which owns 7.4% of Rostelecom's shares, began to consider various options for selling its stake. At the same time, the possible sale of shares to third-party investors would not correspond to the interests of the state seeking to maintain control over Rostelecom. After merging with MRK, Svyazinvest's share in Rostelecom decreased from 51% to 43% of voting shares, and the state retains control over the operator only thanks to the shares of VEB and DIA. As a result, the Ministry of Finance, which oversees the activities of the agency, found a way out of the situation, offering the DIA to actually transfer these shares to the state free of charge.

In August 2011, it became known that the Ministry of Finance developed a bill on amending the Law "On Additional Measures to Strengthen the Stability of the Banking System until December 31, 2011," adopted after the 2008 crisis. The document assumes the possibility for the state corporation Deposit Insurance Agency (DIA) to transfer to the state the property that the agency received during the process of improving banks.

The transfer of property should be carried out at the acquisition price to reduce the state's property contribution to the capital of the DIA. According to the explanatory note to the bill, the purpose of the document is to provide the DIA with the opportunity to transfer the shares of Rostelecom belonging to it to the state, which should ensure compliance with the interests of the state during the reform of the Svyazinvest holding.

Director of the Institute for National Strategy Stanislav Belkovsky explains the desire of the Ministry of Finance to resolve this problem by the connections of former shareholders of Kit-Finance with the head of the ministry Alexei Kudrin. "In 2008-09, Kudrin's task was to save Kit-Finance from bankruptcy at the expense of the state, as a result of which the DIA entered into an unfavorable deal to buy Rostelecom shares," says Belkovsky. "Now Kudrin needs to take this deal out of criticism."

The bill, which is being created specifically for one deal, may not pass, warns Yuri Bryukvin, general director of the Rustelecom analytical agency. "Obviously, if an exception is made to the law for one transaction, there are many who want to achieve the same exceptions," the analyst suggests.

Rebranding

On September 14, 2011, it became known that teasers with a blue-orange logo appeared on the streets of St. Petersburg and other large cities, according to numerous blog posts and on Facebook^[11]. Their authors are convinced that the teasers were posted by Rostelecom, which recently promised to present a new corporate identity. Stylized "p" evokes associations with an ear or worm in blog authors.

This is the new logo of Rostelecom, a source among the company's shareholders and a person close to the board of directors of Rostelecom confirmed to Vedomosti. Employees of Rostelecom itself have been banned from ordering old-style business cards for two weeks, one of them adds. The brands of seven Rostelecom branches (former interregional companies North-West Telecom, Tsentrtelecom, Southern Telecommunications Company, Volgatelecom, Uralsvyazinform, Sibirtelecom and Dalsvyaz) will be replaced by the end of 2011, says a source at Rostelecom.

The brand's new platform was developed by TNC.Brands.Ads, part of the Leo Burnett group, says group spokeswoman Julia Manko. And Leo Burnett itself has prepared an advertising campaign to promote a new brand. Manko does not disclose the budget of the project. These are "reasonable funds" long included in Rostelecom's 2011 budget, says a source close to its board of directors.

Rostelecom was focused on the level of expenses, not exceeding the cost of rebranding MTS and VimpelCom"," explains a source in the company. Both VimpelCom in 2005 and MTS in 2006 used the services of the Wolff Ollins agency. VimpelCom services of this company (replacing the bee with black and yellow stripes) cost $2 million, telecommunications companies (AFK Sistema MTS, "" and Comstar others switched to an end-to-end "egg" brand) - about $4 million. In addition to the services of the creative agency, Rostelecom will also pay for the marketing campaign, but these costs will be even less than Euroset those of (since March 2011, it has begun to repaint salons and change signs spelling the name of the company), says a source at Rostelecom. A little more than 4,000 communication salons Euroset can spend up to 4 billion rubles on restyling, a source close to the retailer said. Rostelecom, according to its own data, now has more than 2,500 service offices.

In St. Petersburg, according to preliminary data from Espar Analyst, Rostelecom became one of the leaders in outdoor advertising in September 2011, placing 100-200 sides on shields (some of them 3 × 6 m in size, some of them of a smaller city format). In general, this advertising campaign can be estimated at 3 million rubles, the representative of Espar-analyst believes. According to the top manager of one of the outdoor advertising operators, a shield in the center of St. Petersburg can cost up to $3,000, and on the outskirts - $1,000.

A two-month federal advertising campaign costs about $2 million - this shows the experience of large corporations rebranding, says a representative of one of the Russian advertising agencies. The budget of Rostelecom for outdoor advertising in 2010 amounted to about 40 million rubles, estimates Dmitry Orchenko, director of business development at Aegis Media. This year, the operator could theoretically meet 30-40 million rubles, he believes.

Only at the stage of placing teasers, Rostelecom will spend several million dollars, says Mikhail Dymshits, general director of the Dymshits & Partners consulting company. These investments will not bring much effect, in his opinion, not because teasers are ineffective, but because in many regions Rostelecom is a monopolist in many market segments and a change in image will not change the attitude of consumers towards it.

Associations of citizens in connection with the new logo of Rostelecom appeared on the Internet

Nashchekin's plan for sales of cloud services by 50 billion rubles in 2015

Rostelecom plans in 2015 to increase revenues from the provision of new and cloud services to 25% in the total revenue structure, Alexey Nashchekin, vice president of the company for innovative development of Rostelecom, said in September 2012.

"In

2011, this direction did not generate any revenue, in 2012 several percent. And in 2015 it should reach 25%. In absolute terms, about 50 billion rubles, "Alexei Nashchekin told TAdviser. "Now we are witnessing a global convergence: telecom operators are creating content and engaged in service providers, and Internet companies are building communication networks. In this regard, Rostelecom is transforming with the whole world from a MG/MN operator to a service company. "

According to him, the company sets itself the task by 2015 to become a global provider of new services. "In addition to new services, we will provide entire complexes of services," concluded Alexey Nashchekin.

2010

Provotorov - CEO

On July 13, Alexander Provotorov was appointed General Director. On July 15, Minister of Communications and Mass Media Igor Shchegolev presented at Rostelecom and two new first deputies of Provotorov - Anton Kolpakov and Alexei Nechiporenko.

Malofeev becomes the largest minority shareholder

In September 2010, it became known that Konstantin Malofeev, the owner of the Marshall Capital Partners fund and a member of the Svyazinvest board of directors, may be the largest minority shareholder in the combined Rostelecom.

According to the Kommersant newspaper, Marshall Capital is negotiating with Gazprombank to buy a stake in its subsidiaries of the state holding, which will provide the fund with 7% of the new combined company. Marshall Capital is ready to spend $700 million on shares of Svyazinvest companies, but in the combined Rostelecom this package will cost $809-958 million.

The transaction amount may amount to $700 million, which is comparable to the current market value of this package based on the quotations of Svyazinvest subsidiaries. The interlocutor of the newspaper clarifies that the transaction will be paid, including at the expense of borrowed funds.

Earlier, two participants in the telecommunications market told the publication that Gazprombank is buying shares in Svyazinvest's subsidiaries in the interests of Marshall Capital. They claim that Marshall will receive 10.9% in the combined Rostelecom. The source of the newspaper said that such a package was bought from a number of funds over the past year, that is, even before the exchange rates of Svyazinvest's subsidiaries were approved for the securities of the combined Rostelecom. Konstantin Malofeev himself claims that this is not true.

2006: Agreement with the Japanese on the construction of the Nakhodka-Naoetsu line

In December 2006, Rostelecom"" and the telecommunications company Japan KDDI, within the framework of the Transit Europe project, Asia signed an agreement construction on the Nakhodka-Naoetsu line with a total bandwidth of 640 Gbps instead of the previous 560 Mbps.

On October 18, 2006, Rostelecom received a quality certificate of its IP-MPLS network and became an Internet backbone provider.

1994: Inclusion in Svyazinvest

In 1994, Rostelecom received a license to provide long-distance and international communications services. In the same year, Rostelecom was included in the Svyazinvest holding.

1993: Conversion to AO

On August 27, 1993, the state-owned communications enterprise Rostelecom was transformed into a joint-stock company of the open type of long-distance and international electric communications Rostelecom. The company was registered on September 23, 1993.

1992: Creation of Rostelecom

On December 30, 1992, by order of the State Property Committee of Russia, a state-owned enterprise Rostelecom was created, which included 20 state-owned enterprises of long-distance and international communications, as well as Intertelecom communication equipment.

1991: Creation of Intertelecom on the basis of Sovtelecom

On December 17, 1991, a constituent agreement was signed on the creation of an international joint-stock company Intertelecom on the basis of Sovtelecom.

1990: Creation of "Sovtelecom"

Until 1990, the responsibility for the provision of communication services lay with the Ministry of Communications of the USSR. On June 26, 1990, the USSR Ministry of Communications created the state joint-stock company Sovtelecom, to which the rights to operate the USSR telecommunication network were transferred.

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