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2024

Transition of MTC Web Services to a standalone company

On December 18, 2024, it became known that MTS is restructuring, within the framework of which IT divisions and the cloud business are allocated to an independent organization. We are talking about changing the structure of the MWS division (MTC Web Services), originally formed in 2021.

The newspaper Kommersant tells about the reorganization of MTS, referring to information received from knowledgeable persons. It is assumed that MWS will turn into an independent IT market player - a single technology company that will unite MTS teams responsible for cloud services and big data, as well as AI technologies. The MWS structure is expected to include MTS Digital, MTS AI, Big Data, VisionLabs (smart vision systems), cybersecurity division, as well as innovation assets. At the same time, no changes are planned in the composition of the listed groups themselves.

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It is noted that the first vice-president of MTS for technologies Pavel Voronin may be appointed the head of MWS. According to market participants, the revenue of the new structure by 2030 may amount to 230 billion rubles. MWS's entry into the stock exchange is also not excluded. Earlier, MTS President Vyacheslav Nikolaev spoke about the possibility of holding an initial public offering (IPO) of four to five subsidiaries as part of the MTS ecosystem.

An analyst at Finam GC Leonid Delitsyn "" believes that after the restructuring, MTS may attract a strategic investor to the IT direction, "the financial resource of which will be used until the stock market begins to highly evaluate new issuers again." Independent telecom analyst Alexei Slukin notes that the withdrawal of the group's IT-Business into a separate company will not only allow it to be IPO, but will also provide more freedom in the implementation of projects.^[1]

Starting the PRO Data Podcast

MTS Web Services, part of the MTS group, on September 16, 2024 announced the launch of a podcast dedicated to data and artificial intelligence - PRO Data. The guests of the podcast will be experts from leading IT companies in the industry. The first issue dedicated to cloud data bases is already available in Lines, Apple podcast, Yandex Music and VK Video. With the release of new series, the list of sites will increase.

The podcast will focus on key issues in the storage, processing and analysis of large amounts of data, as well as learning from artificial intelligence and AI services in the cloud. MTS Web Services experts, together with representatives of leading Russian vendors, will discuss what new trends are being formed in the Big Data and AI market, how these technologies help companies in increasing efficiency and profit, as well as share their experience in introducing artificial intelligence and services for working with large amounts of data into customer business processes.

Guests of the first episode of the podcast were: Director of Cloud Product Development Anton Blizgarev, leading Russian software developer in the Arenadata data management and processing systems market, and Krestina Andreeva, head of the Data MTS Web Services center. During the podcast, the speakers discussed - what solutions can be used to manage rapidly growing data to avoid high costs, how real-time analytics save the marketing budget, which is more profitable: cloud or on-premium, who should go with data to the cloud and what is the danger of using storage implemented on their own.

Every day, the business accumulates a huge amount of data. This can be information about customers, sales, stock availability, or logistics. In the face of increasing competition between companies, competent data analysis can give businesses significant advantages. Our podcast will focus on how and with what decisions to achieve such an advantage. We will tell you where to store data correctly, how to implement business intelligence systems and how to use artificial intelligence to analyze large amounts of information in order to make weighted and most effective decisions. The guests of the podcast will be experts from leading IT companies in Russia. Our goal is to figure out together which of the current data trends will bring long-term benefits to business development and which will not. Together with the guests, we will tell you about the most advanced solutions in the field of Big Data and AI that exist in the country, and also find out what technologies to invest in right now so as not to be lagging behind tomorrow, "said Krestina Andreeva, head of the Data MTS Web Services center.

Cloud Platform Launch

On September 9, 2024, MTS announced the launch of a dedicated cloud segment on Russian software and equipment. The MTS Web Services (MWS) virtual infrastructure has received a certificate of compliance with the requirements for information protection, which allows you to place personal data and information systems in it with increased requirements for information protection.

As the press service of the telecom operator notes, the import-substituted cloud is suitable for companies that have a need to use domestic technologies. According to Alexander Churaev, head of the MWS Strategic Customer Center, the cloud enables Russian companies to reduce investment in infrastructure, as well as simplify and speed up the launch of new projects.

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Especially for companies that work on domestic technologies, we launch an import-substituted cloud so that as many Russian enterprises as possible can use all the advantages of cloud technologies, working on Russian software and equipment, "he said.

As Igor Zarubinsky, Vice President for Infrastructure Development at MTS, Head of MWS, emphasized, when launching new services and directions, the company focuses on business needs, trying to help customers solve their problems - to make sure that with the help of the cloud they can reach a new level, accelerate the development of their business without being distracted by technical aspects. For example, the AI cloud: training modern large language models and introducing them into business processes requires a huge amount of computing resources, as well as attracting expensive specialists. Not every company can afford such investments, he added, speaking of investing 7.5 billion rubles.

Plan to invest more than 7.5 billion rubles in the development of a cloud platform

MWS (MTS Web Services), a subsidiary, MTS plans to launch a number of new services and directions by virtual infrastructure the end ON AIcloud of 2024, including in Russian, and more than 30 new Enterprise-level cloud products. It is assumed that MWS will also include everything, the cloud services CloudMTS DPC MTS infrastructure and a number of services. cyber security MTS RED In addition, by the end of 2025, MTS Web Services intends to invest more than 7.5 billion in the development of its own public cloud platform. rubles TAdviser Representatives of MTS told about this on May 15, 2024.

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According to MTS representatives, the public cloud platform MWS will be an ecosystem of infrastructure and network services, tools for storing and processing data, PaaS services and solutions for protecting cloud infrastructure. In this case, all its components will be of their own design. The creation of the platform is carried out in accordance with information security standards and personal data protection. The platform is slated to become available to businesses and users in 2025.

Among the Enterprise-level products, MWS expects to launch by the end of 2024: storage, computing and information security services, databases, network and enterprise services, applications for developers. MWS will also launch a dedicated cloud segment entirely on Russian software and equipment.

Another area that MWS intends to launch in 2024 will be the AI cloud. According to the company's plans, it will include: a virtual infrastructure with GPU accelerators, specialized software for the development, training and deployment of ML models, ready-made AI models for different industries and directions, available via API, and AI services based on the SaaS model. In addition, if necessary, MWS will be able to provide the customer with a team of experienced experts who will help at all stages of implementation and use of AI.

"Training today's large language models and introducing them into business processes requires a huge amount of computing resources, as well as attracting expensive specialists. Not every company can afford such an investment. To meet the growing demand, MWS will double its GPU capacity and provide them to customers so that as many companies as possible, regardless of their size, have the opportunity to train and introduce their ML models into the business, "said Igor Zarubinsky, vice president for infrastructure development at MTS, head of MWS.

In addition, MWS strengthens its own information security. To do this, the company integrates a number of MTS RED services into its cloud. MTS RED solutions will ensure the protection of all cloud services of the provider, including those not related to cybersecurity - for example, infrastructure, network, business applications, development environments and others. As conceived by the company, this will make migration to the cloud even more secure.

Finally, MWS will create Professional Services to address non-trivial IT business challenges. Its specialists will help clients audit the IT infrastructure and information security solutions of the enterprise, draw up a strategy for their cloud development, as well as migrate to a dedicated segment of virtual infrastructure and take over support for hybrid and private installations. To provide comprehensive services, the company's specialists will attract and integrate SaaS partner solutions in a wide variety of industries into the cloud.

2021

Registration of the company to which MTS infrastructure and cloud services will be transferred

On August 6, 2021, MTS officially registered MTS Web Services (MVS), to which it will transfer its infrastructure and cloud services. Information about the new legal entity appeared in the SPARK-Interfax system.

According to Interfax with reference to this system, the authorized capital of the MVS is 1 billion rubles, Igor Egorov, vice president of MTS for infrastructure development, has been appointed general director of the company.

The press service of MTS told the agency that in the future it is planned to withdraw the bulk of the telecommunications and IT assets, as well as the group's cloud infrastructure, to the MVS.

MTS created MTS Web Services, into which it translates infrastructure and cloud services

The main focus of the new company will be digital projects and products in the field of edge cloud and edge computing. MTS has a powerful innovative infrastructure and a team of experienced technical specialists, engineers and developers, so the MVS has everything you need to become a Russian leader in the field of digital infrastructure and cloud services, MTS said.

According to an Interfax source, MTS will continue to develop telecom products on the infrastructure of the created subsidiary. At the same time, the new company will use the infrastructure to create new digital products and independently offer them to the external market.

The MVS has the potential to become a technological foundation for the accelerated development and launch of advanced mass services in the field of smart cities, cloud computing unmanned, transport digital medicine, etc., the head of MTS said earlier. Vyacheslav Nikolaev

According to one of the sources of Vedomosti, the allocation of infrastructure business and new services to a separate company will contribute to the growth of MTS capitalization and will allow the sale of new services to other operators.^[2]

MTS will allocate network infrastructure and data centers to the new company

On May 20, 2021, it became known about the decision of MTS to create a new company in order to transfer most of its infrastructure to it, including mobile and fixed communication networks, switching equipment, as well as cloud business and data centers.

The new structure is called MTS Web Services. As MTS President Vyacheslav Nikolaev told Vedomosti, MGTS will also enter it. He did not name the head of the new company. It is planned to reorganize during 2021.

The change in the structure of the business is expected to allow MTS to more efficiently promote the digital services already provided (for example, cloud computing and data storage) and bring new ones to the market faster.

MTS will allocate network infrastructure and data centers to the new company MTS Web Services

I am convinced that the new company will develop at an accelerated pace due to synergy of areas and simplification of corporate procedures, - said Vyacheslav Nikolaev.

The source of the publication, familiar with MTS managers, says that traditional communication services, for example, mobile telephony and Internet access, based on the infrastructure of the subsidiary, will be provided by the "big" MTS itself. The company will develop new digital services itself and offer them to external customers, the source said.

According to the source of the newspaper, who is familiar with the developers of the reorganization project, in this way MTS will immediately solve several issues.

It is extremely difficult to develop and implement innovative products in a mass market-oriented company, there is a constant clash of business approaches - it is better to make such products on a separate site, he stressed.

Also, according to him, the allocation of infrastructure business and new services will lead to an increase in the capitalization of MTS. Finally, bringing new services into a separate company will allow them to be sold to other operators.^[3]

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