Production of ICT equipment in Russia

Main article: Russian ICT market

What is included in ICT equipment

The ICT equipment category includes the following categories:

• communication equipment:
  • Communication Equipment (Russian Market))
  • PBX - Office PBXs (Russian Market)
  • Cell Phones (Russian Market)

• ICT-related components and products (see Electronic industry (Russian market)),
• computers and peripherals:
  • Computers (Russian market)
  • Supercomputers (Russian market)
  • DSS (Russian Market)
  • Smartphones (Russian market)
  • Tablets (Russian Market)
  • Information Security Equipment (Russian Market)
  • Navigators (Russian market)
  • E-book readers (EBR) in Russia
  • Planetary Scanners (Russian Market)
  • Printing Devices (Russian Market)
  • Inkjet Printers (Russian Market)
  • Self-checkouts (SCO) in Russia
  • UPS (Russian Market)

• household electronic appliances:
  • TVs (Russian market)

2024

JV Rostec and structures of ex-chairman of the board of Sibur Kirill Shamalov launched the production of base stations

In early September 2024, it became known that the joint venture of Rostec, the National Group of Companies and structures associated with the former chairman of the board of Sibur, Kirill Shamalov, began production of LTE base stations. This cooperation is carried out on the basis of the National Spectrum company, in which Rostec owns a blocking stake (25% + 1 share). The first batch of equipment has already been delivered to commercial customers. Read more here

What the first Russian base station for mobile networks looks like. PHOTO

On May 21, 2024, Rostelecom introduced the first Russian carrier-level base station for mobile networks. The device was developed by Bulat (a subsidiary of Rostelecom) and is produced at the site of the Russian Telecommunications Technologies NPO (RTT NPO). Read more here.

2023

MTS launched the production of base stations

In April 2024, MTS President Vyacheslav Nikolaev spoke about the launch of production of branded base stations. The project is being implemented by the subsidiary of the telecommunications operator - LLC Irteya. Read more here.

MTS chose a plant for the production of 5G base stations

The MTS group's telecommunications equipment developer "" Irtea agreed on a contract production of base stations with support - and 4G- 5G networks at the facilities of the Tomsk plant Micron"." Dmitry Lakontsev, General Director of Irteya LLC, spoke about this in December 2023. More. here

Russian base stations and routers. How billions of dollars in projects are being implemented to replace Nokia, Huawei and Ericsson equipment

On October 12, 2023, at the demodna of the Mobile Communications and Fixed Communications industrial competence centers (ICCs), Russian manufacturers presented projects for the development and implementation of domestic solutions for replacing imported ones, which have the status of particularly significant ones. The cost of such projects is estimated at billions of rubles, some of them were supported by state financing.

Industry participants note that the most acute issue in Russia is now the issue of import substitution of base stations. In the world, three key companies produce operator-grade equipment. Yadro (KNS Group) has ambitions to stand on a par with them, Aleksey Shelobkov, general director of this company, said on demodne. Yadro is now developing carrier-class equipment: it has a portfolio of RAN Yadro developments, including a GSM/LTE/NR base station, a GSM BSC base station controller and an NMS network management system.

From the presentation of Alexei Shelobkov

Starting in 2022, engineers, developers of such a stack of equipment, who previously worked for world vendors, joined the company en masse. Now more than 1.1 thousand people are working on the project. The full development of the line of operator equipment is a project for 10 years, says Alexey Shelobkov. And in 2023, Yadro completed a full-cycle plant, which complements the technological lines for creating operator-grade equipment. Equipment of the operator class will be produced at the Yadro Fab Dubna plant in Dubna, launched in 2023.

Now we are designing the equipment necessary for the production of base stations, - said Alexey Shelobkov.

And in 2022, contracts were signed with three Russian operators on the future supply of equipment in accordance with the 3GPP standard. The total cost of the project for the production of Russian Yadro base stations under forward contracts for Russian operators was previously estimated at more than 25 billion rubles^[1]. And in August it became known that in 2023 the government will allocate 3.4 billion rubles to provide subsidies to KNS Group for the creation of GSM/LTE/NR (5G) base stations ^[2]

The Bulat company with a partner - NTR - is also carrying out a particularly significant project to create base stations. The company followed the path of creating combined solutions - 2G/4G, and software stack in Russia. In 2024, it is already planned to release products for operation in networks, said Alexander Komarov, general director of Bulat, on demodna. The project is being implemented entirely through extrabudgetary funding.

From the presentation of Alexander Komarov

The project includes the transfer of hardware platform technologies: "in the near future, the task is to finalize the transfer to the Russian Federation of everything that is necessary in terms of the hardware platform, assessing production sites that are able to release the planned volume in pre-production and serial format." The sites have already been identified, says Alexander Komarov, but now the readiness of their infrastructure is being assessed in terms of automated configuration and testing of base stations and the radio part.

On demodne, the question was repeatedly raised that the market needs to create mass demand for domestic telecom products, which is possible by concluding forward contracts with confirmed volumes of orders. At the end of 2022, Bulat signed a forward contract with Rostelecom "for a fairly serious volume, which is confirmed by orders." In 2024, the equipment on it should undergo laboratory testing and stand on the operator's network. And directly on the demodon of the ICK "Mobile Communications" and "Fixed Communications" "Bulat" also signed a forward contract with Megafon.

Another company,, NTC Proteus is implementing a particularly significant project selected within the framework of the ICC to develop the core of the mobile network 4G at this stage. Its peculiarity lies in the fact that this is a software product that requires huge competencies. At the same time, he has a relatively low margin from the point of view of business when building a network of a telecom operator, so it turns out that there are few players in this field, noted Vladimir Freinkman the vice president of marketing and systems research at NTC Proteus.

From the presentation of Vladimir Freinkman

The total cost of the project is about 2 billion rubles, and funding comes from Rostelecom and from a grant from RFRIT. The end customer of the product is the Tele2 operator.

The project develops all components of the 4th generation network core, as well as elements of the 2nd generation packet network, "because there is no escape from 2G yet." By the beginning of the project, NTC Proteus already had developments in this area. To date, the main functionality has already been finalized in accordance with the requirements of the first priority - Tele2, laboratory tests with a demonstration have been carried out.

Among the problems is a catastrophic shortage of people, says Vladimir Freinkman. It was not difficult to find qualified managers in the market, it was possible to find some developers in common industries, but finding developers in a subject area who would understand how similar software works for market leaders is an unrealistic task. And there are simply not enough people: "there are fewer sensible students than we would like."

We see great potential for replication in some countries, which, let's say, are tired of the monopolism of large vendors, "said Vladimir Freinkman. - It would be very useful, for example, to subsidize customers when exporting, as far as the state has an opportunity. Not us as a vendor, but customers, as they do in China.

The Minister of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media Maksut Shadayev said on demodne that now such a mechanism as subsidizing soft loans for foreign clients when buying Russian solutions is being discussed.

In the fixed-line segment, five particularly significant projects are being implemented by Electra (a joint venture between Rostelecom and Rotek), a Russian developer of service platforms and a manufacturer of network infrastructure equipment, subscriber equipment, a supplier and system integrator of technical solutions for creating intelligent systems in power, housing and communal services and industry. The company has a full product development cycle, and there is its own production in the Russian Federation.

Electra CEO Natalya Shcheglova said that all development within the framework of particularly significant projects was carried out by their company at their own expense - they did not receive state subsidies for them. We are ready to continue to develop at our own expense, but this requires a guaranteed volume from operators within the framework of long-term orders. Today, Electra supplies equipment to Rostelecom, but the market for its implementation is very wide, including in the EAEU countries, Natalia Shcheglova noted.

Alesya Berdnikovich, director of the import substitution department of Electra, said that the production of subscriber equipment is now carried out in the amount of about 100 thousand devices per month.

From the presentation of Natalia Shcheglova and Alesya Berdnikovich

The cost of one of the projects - to develop FTTB CPE routers - is about 1.1 billion rubles. In 2023-2024 The company expects to deliver 350 thousand routers to Rostelecom, its anchor customer, as part of a forward contract.

Also, Rostelecom should receive in 2023-2024. 447 thousand Set-top boxes in the framework of a particularly significant project, the cost of which is 945.9 million rubles, 450 thousand GPON ONT routers in the framework of a particularly significant project worth over 1.6 billion rubles, in 2023 - 16.5 thousand. IP cameras as part of a particularly significant project worth 116.6 million rubles.

In addition, Rostelecom has already delivered a batch of Wi-Fi 5 access points with a circulation of 60 thousand units, and the development process for switching to Wi-Fi 6 has been launched. The cost of this particularly significant project is 398 million rubles.

Alesya Berdnikovich notes that large contracts are a good way to achieve good prices, and this allows the manufacturer to wholesale purchase the component base in advance and in large volumes. So, Electra has signed a long-term contract with Micron, about 300 thousand Russian integrated circuits have already been purchased, and in total the contract provides for the purchase of 800 thousand units per year.

The head of Er-Telecom proposed to reboot the current import substitution procedure

On October 12, 2023, President of ER-Telecom Holding Andrei Kuzyaev expressed the opinion at the demodna of the Mobile Communications and Fixed Communications industrial competence centers (ICCs) that it was necessary to "reset" the ICC.

Being the chairman of the ICC "Fixed Connection," Andrei Kuzyaev notes that when the ICC were created and what they are now, these are two different things. Initially, market participants were collected and told that there would be great state support and assistance, there would be a lot of money, and that market participants themselves should select those to whom this money would be given. But for money, expectations did not come true. Today's ICCs are another essence: the state will pursue a policy that there should be domestic equipment and PAC on the entire critical infrastructure, but in the context of a budget deficit, significant state funds cannot be expected. And the issue of the production of Russian equipment is very acute.

Therefore, it is necessary to "reboot" the ICC: it is necessary to consolidate demand and create a system of long-term contracts, the head of ER-Telecom Holding believes, so that equipment manufacturers are sure that their work to organize mass production of equipment will be ensured by solvent demand.

Another serious topic in this paradigm: when we say that the ICC should choose someone, the question arises of what to choose for. The problem with whom to conclude offset contracts is the problem of each individual company, he noted. And here the question arises of creating alliances: attempts have already been made with Rostelecom to create alliances for a number of equipment, but this is not enough, believes Andrei Kuzyaev.

In addition to the "reboot" of the ICK, the head of ER-Telecom Holding also pointed out the need to create joint production of equipment with friendly countries "(photo: RBC)"

In addition, long-term credit resources are needed to create industrial production, because when we guarantee demand, we need long-term investment resources that allow us to deploy large-scale production - "in fact, recreate the Russian radio-electronic industry again."

Because what we see within the framework of the ICC today is, as a rule, with the exception of several companies, "garage" production is very small-scale production, fragmented, incapable of vertical integration. And we need to create industry solutions, and for this we need long-term financial resources, - said Andrei Kuzyaev. - This is the topic with which we should address our respected government.

At the same time, one of the problems, the head of ER-Telecom Holding sees "a lack of coordination within the government." He believes that colleagues from the mobile industry would agree with this.

We somehow between the Ministry of Digital Development and Minpromtorg. That is, manufacturers are there, consumers are here. Maybe we can somehow combine, work more clearly in this direction? Because today the level of coordination between you, the Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Ministry of Finance within the framework of technological sovereignty, in my opinion, is insufficient. Very often equipment manufacturers are disappointed, very often feel deceived, abandoned and often start something and then go broke due to the fact that they did not reach the end. We need to overcome all these questions, - says Andrey Kuzyaev.

The head of ER-Telecom Holding also pointed out the need to create joint production of equipment with friendly countries. Within the framework of the ICC "Fixed Communication," a lot of work was done - all manufacturers and their plans were analyzed, and there is a clear idea where there are already existing equipment suppliers, and where there is an acute shortage.

And we will not be able to close this acute deficit only with our own developments. Therefore, the task of importing technologies is to create joint ventures with friendly manufacturing countries and accelerate the transfer of technological solutions to the Russian industry, "said Andrei Kuzyaev on demodna. - Today, in my opinion, this issue is not sufficiently settled. We have to settle it.

The possibility of creating such industries is being studied in the Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media Minister Maksut Shadayev told TAdviser on demodna, answering a question about how the department evaluates the voiced idea.

We look at all the productions that can help us in the accelerated replacement of the solutions of those manufacturers that have left, - said Maksut Shadayev.

We are talking about organizations from countries such as, for example, India and. China

There is interest in joint production with friendly countries throughout the line of equipment. At the same time, where we have good competitive positions, the motivation for joint production is slightly less, the minister added in a conversation with TAdviser.

So far, of the most difficult processes for organizing production, we have base stations. Everything else in general we are already able to produce. Maybe not in such volumes and with the wrong quality, but we do not have a super-dependence. And for the base stations in the next two years, I think we will go to mass production.

There is also interest in international cooperation with an eye to exporting Russian equipment to friendly countries: "we have good technological chains that we are ready to build in both directions, we cannot say that we only want to take." According to Maksut Shadayev, subsidizing soft loans for large foreign customers of Russian products is being discussed: "we are discussing this mechanism."

Mishustin allocated 630 million rubles for the development of open base stations 4G/5G

Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin signed an order that allocated more than 632 million rubles for the development of mobile base stations using OpenRAN technology. The press service of the Cabinet of Ministers announced this on October 7, 2023.

The work is carried out within the framework of the roadmap "Modern and promising mobile networks" until 2030. One of its directions provides for the development of equipment for base stations of mobile 4G communications/with 5G an open architecture of OpenRAN operator class. More. here

The Ministry of Industry and Trade prepared the mark system of assessment of localization by the TV set equipment

An updated system for assessing the localization of telecom equipment can be introduced from January 1, 2024. This was announced on September 21, 2023 by the press service of the State Duma deputy RFAnton Nemkin. Read more here.

The cost of developing Russian equipment for LTE and 5G networks was cut by a third to 15.5 billion rubles

In early September 2023, it became known that Government of the Russian Federation it had updated the roadmap "Modern and Promising Mobile Networks" until 2030. As they write "" Sheets with reference to this document, budgetary financing of the development of domestic equipment for networks LTE 5G for 2024-2025. are reduced by a third - from almost 24 billion (rubles in the first version of the document) to 15.5 billion rubles.

Kommersant draws attention to the fact that the document changed the structure of financing measures: costs from the federal budget slightly decreased from 52.6 billion to 51.7 billion rubles, and extrabudgetary increased from 31.4 billion to 46 billion rubles. Read more here.

Project for 11 billion rubles. MTS will create base stations with open architecture

On September 1, 2023, it became known that Irteya, a subsidiary, MTS is implementing a project to create its own mobile communication base stations 4G 5G and with open OpenRAN architecture. The equipment will help eliminate the shortage of foreign solutions that has formed in the current geopolitical situation. More. here

Mishustin: Manufacturers of high-tech telecom equipment allocated 3.5 billion rubles for subsidies in 2023

On June 20, 2023, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, speaking at a strategic session on the development of the communications industry until 2035, spoke about the financial support of Russian manufacturers of telecommunications equipment.

To speed up the transition to Russian LTE and 5G base stations, the Government and market participants launched the implementation of a roadmap for the development of modern networks. It includes several state support programs, including the allocation in the current [2023] year of subsidies in the amount of about 3.5 billion rubles for the manufacture of just such high-tech devices, the press service of the Cabinet of Ministers quotes Mishustin as saying.

Read more here.

Domestic production of printed circuit boards and telecom equipment opened in St. Petersburg

On June 14, 2023 St. Petersburg , the company launched a production line for the production TV set equipment of NPO (Russian Telecommunications Technologies " a joint venture of PJSC, GC and RostelecomVanguard LLC). Kyutek This industrial cluster was created at the facilities of the Avangard enterprise within the framework of the program import substitution in the field of telecommunications and. communications RUSSIAN FEDERATION More. here

2022

Russian telecom manufacturer, founded by a native of Cisco, increased revenue by 375%

The revenue of Biforkom Tek in 2022 increased by 375%, to 5.2 billion rubles, according to the database of legal entities "Kontur. Focus." The main activity of Biforkom Tek is the production of switching equipment: routers, switches, etc. The company also conducts research and development work on the development of communication equipment. Read more here.

Russia has created a roadmap for the development of telecom equipment for 84 billion rubles

On November 17, 2022, it became known about the creation in Russia of a roadmap for the development of telecom equipment. Its authors - Rostec and Rostelecom and ICS Holding - estimate investments in this project at 84 billion rubles. It is assumed that most of the funds (52 billion rubles) will be allocated from the state budget. Read more here.

The Ministry of Digital Development has developed a new mechanism for supporting Russian manufacturers of telecom equipment - subsidizing the rate on loans for the purchase of components

In November 2022, the Ministry of Digital Development developed a new mechanism to support Russian manufacturers of telecom equipment, printers and modems through subsidizing the rate on loans for the purchase of an electronic component base, primarily foreign.

A similar mechanism, but for computer vendors, was launched in the spring. It allowed them to stabilize supply channels and create inventory of components. Experts consider the mechanism timely, but emphasize that it will not speed up the development of Russian components.

In Russia, launched the production of civilian tropospheric communication stations

At the Krasnoyarsk scientific and production enterprise Radio Communications of the Roselectronics holding (part of Rostec), the production of Groza tropospheric communication stations with a high-speed digital modem based on neural networks was launched. This was announced on September 30, 2022 to TAdviser by representatives of the Rostec State Corporation. Read more here.

Rostec presented Mikhail Mishustin with a domestic 5G base station

The head of Rostec, Sergei Chemezov, presented to Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin the development of the State Corporation for 4G and 5G communication networks. According to TAdviser on January 20, 2022 in Rostec, the presentation was held as part of a working visit of the head of the Government of the Russian Federation to the Voronezh concern Sozvezdiye of the Roselektronika holding. Read more here.

2021

Chernyshenko: Mass production of 4G base stations in Russia will begin by 2023

At the end of December 2021, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko announced the timing of the start of serial production of Russian base stations for LTE networks.

According to preliminary estimates, if demand is provided, we will be able to enter mass production of domestic 4G base stations by 2023, "he told RIA Novosti.

Read more here.

Rostec creates a national manufacturer of solutions for mobile communications

Rostec State Corporation on August 20, 2021 informed TAdviser about the formation of a national vendor of telecommunications solutions for 4G, 5G and the next generations of communication. The specially created company was called "Spectrum" and will implement the roadmap for the development of 5G and will provide mass production. Read more here.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade intends to increase the share of Russian telecom equipment to 44%

At the end of March 2021, it became known about a new import substitution plan in the telecommunications industry, which was developed by the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation. Read more here.

2017: Share of GDP 0.3%. ICT equipment export growth by a third

According to the results of 2017, in Russia, ICT production forms 0.3% of GDP. The Russian level (0.4%) exceeds the indicators of Canada, Latvia, Belgium, Spain (0.3%). The largest share of ICT production in the GVA of the business sector in the Republic of Korea (7.2%), Sweden, Finland, Hungary, Japan, the USA (1.6-2.4%).

In 2017, the volume of Russian exports of ICT goods amounted to $2061 million. UNITED STATES. This is a third higher than in 2016, and almost as much lower than in 2015. The lag behind the volume of imports of the considered group of goods is tenfold.

Russia's share in the global export of ICT goods is within 0.1%. The main exporters are China (32.3% of world exports), the USA (9.7%), Singapore and the Republic of Korea (7.6% each^[3].

The volume of sales of own products of organizations engaged in the production of computers and peripheral equipment increased by 18%, the production of electronic equipment elements and printed circuits (boards) - by 5%.

The commercial structure of ICT production is dominated by communication equipment (43.1% of shipped products of its own production), as well as components, parts of ICT goods - integrated circuits, diodes and transistors, printed circuit boards and other elements (27.8%). A tenth of the products sold are computers and peripheral equipment. ICT industry organizations are also involved in the provision of IT services - their share was a little more than 2%.

At the same time, in recent years, the volume of production of the domestic ICT industry has been steadily declining. In 2017, the fall compared to 2016 was 8%. Negative dynamics was determined by organizations engaged in the production of communication equipment (82% compared to 2016), consumer electronics (87%) and technical media (90%).

2015: Russian telecom equipment gets real chance

The combination of factors of a political, economic and technological nature made it possible for Russian manufacturers to appear in a number of segments of telecommunications equipment. What problems do developers have to solve? What are the first successes and risks? Read more here.

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