Association of Regional Telecom Operators (ARTO)

History

2012

Assistance to removal of administrative barriers in the industry and to development of the competition in the market will become a work priority in 2012. It it was announced at the annual General meeting which took place in Moscow.

Part in a meeting was taken by representatives of the Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications, Federal Antimonopoly Service, Roskomnadzor, State Duma of Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, International Academy of Communication, the industry and entrepreneurial organizations, experts of the market and representatives of mass media.

AROS supports the initiatives of the Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications of the Russian Federation and FAS of inclusion in the list of the universal services of cellular communication which long ago became the most mass communication services in Russia. Especially as cellular communication is much more economic, than installation of the payphones enjoying the minimum popularity, many of which are just GSM phones. A fund of universal service is by force spent for installation of payphones where the population already has cell phones. AROS will continue work in this direction together with Federal Antimonopoly Service and the Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications.