Federal Communications Agency Rossvyaz

As of April 2012, Rossvyaz is engaged in the distribution of number capacity, the establishment of tariffs for interworking between telecom operators, accreditation of certification centers for communications equipment, the coordination of international postal exchange, and is also an authorized organization for the construction of communications facilities in Sochi.

Management

As of July 2012:

Head of Rossvyaz - Dukhovnitsky Oleg Gennadievich

Deputy heads of Rosvyaz:

• Panyshev Dmitry Olegovich
• Chursin Igor Nikolaevich
• Shelikhov Vladimir Vasilievich

History

2021

The Government of the Russian Federation extended the terms for the liquidation of Rospechat and Rossvyaz until November 1

On August 30, 2021, it became known that the Government of the Russian Federation announced a change in the terms of liquidation of two federal agencies - Russia and Russia. These must be eliminated before November 1, 2021.

Updated deadlines for the end of the liquidation of Rossvyaz and Rospechat are spelled out in a government decree.

The press service of the Ministry of Digital Affairs reported that the functions of Rospechat were transferred to two newly formed departments of the Ministry of Digital Affairs of Russia - the Department of State Support for the Development of Media, which is headed by acting Roman Zezyul, and the Department of State Support for the Periodical Press and the Book Industry, which was also headed by Yuri Pul. Both managers previously held senior positions in Rospechat.

As for Rossvyaz, the Ministry of Digital Affairs has introduced a partnership, under the control of which all Rossvyaz subcontracting organizations have fallen. He received the name of the Department of Education and Science, and the acting leader^[1]came from Rossvyazi. Rossvyaz and Rospechat canut in November

The functions of Rossvyaz were transferred by the Ministry of Digital

In mid-February 2021, the Ministry of Digital Development of Communications and Mass Communications of the Russian Federation announced the transfer of the functions and powers of Rossvyaz to the department. The procedure was launched in accordance with Decree of President Vladimir Putin of November 20, 2020 No. 719 "On Improving Public Administration in the Field of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Communications" and Order of the Government of the Russian Federation of December 9, 2020 No. 3266-r.

According to the press service of the Ministry of Digital Affairs, appeals related to the provision of the following public services are now sent to the ministry:

• state services for allocation, removal, modification and re-registration of numbering resources;
• state service for registration of declarations of conformity of communication means;
• Public service for the provision of information from the register of declarations of conformity;
• state service for registration of certificates of conformity of the certification system in the field of communication;
• Public services for the provision of information from the conformity certificate register;
• A government service to regulate the prices of interconnection services and traffic services provided by operators who occupy a significant position in the public communication network.

The Ministry of Digital Affairs announced the transfer to the department of functions and powers of Rossvyaz

The Ministry of Digital Affairs emphasized that in order to ensure the continuity of the transfer of functions under paragraph 6 of the Regulation of Certain Issues, related to the abolition of federal executive bodies and the adoption of decisions on the transfer of certain state functions and powers of federal executive bodies, " approved by decree of the President of the Russian Federation on February 5, 2021 No. 71, form, The content of applications, instructions and recommendations for their completion shall not be modified.

It is expected that the abolition of Rossvyaz will be completed by the end of June 2021.^[2]

Dismissal of Oleg Dukhovnitsky from the post of head of the liquidated Rossvyaz

Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin signed an order of the Government of the Russian Federation of January 21, 2021 on the dismissal of the head of the liquidated Rossvyaz Oleg Dukhovnitsky. The relevant information is published on the official Internet portal of legal information. More details here.

2020: Putin abolished Rospechat and Rossvyaz

The President Russia Vladimir Putin signed a decree on the liquidation of the Federal Press and Mass Communications Agency Rospechat (), as well as the Federal Communications Agency (Rossvyaz). This was announced on November 20, 2020 by the Kremlin press service.

The functions of the departments will be transferred to the Department of the Ministry of Digital Affairs, which is chosen as the successor to the powers of the liquidated agencies, including obligations arising from the execution of court decisions.

The task of the Ministry of Digital Affairs is to make sure that the process of abolishing agencies, which will take some time, goes "seamlessly" and does not cause problems in the implementation of current tasks, the press service of the ministry said.

Vladimir Putin abolished Rospechat and Rossvyaz

They also emphasized that employees of the departments will be able to continue working under the leadership of Deputy Ministers of Digital Development or the directors of the departments of the Ministry of Digital Affairs.

Rossvyaz and Rospechat are subordinate agencies of the Ministry of Digital Affairs, together with which the ministry solves such important tasks as "building a single information space, overcoming information inequality, increasing the availability of modern communication services, supporting Russian-speaking audiences outside Russia, etc. One of the significant projects is the provision of universal communication services throughout the country, the Ministry of Digital Affairs noted.

The decree signed by Putin also obliges the government to ensure the necessary liquidation procedures, to redefine the number of employees of the Ministry of Digital in connection with the transfer to him of the functions of two liquidated departments, to ensure the continuity and resolution of all logistical and financial issues.

Changes in the management structure became part of the plans announced by Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin to optimize the public administration system. In the course of this reform, during the first three months of 2021, 5% and 10% of posts will be reduced in ministries and their territorial divisions, respectively.^[3]

2017: Certification Authority and Testing Laboratory

The government entrusted the Federal Communications Agency (Rossvyaz) in April 2017 with new powers. Rossvyaz is now responsible for organizing the certification process for communication equipment used in the transport security infrastructure. About this at the board of Rossvyaz said the head of the agency Oleg Dukhovnitsky^[4].

As part of the execution of this order, Rossvyaz has already created a certification center and a testing laboratory on the basis of the Radio Research Institute subordinate to the agency, and is also ready to maintain a register of certification equipment. The list of transport security equipment that will be subject to certification will have to be approved by the Ministry of Transport.

Rossvyaz believes that a large range of equipment will fall into certification. Both from devices directly used in vehicles - for example, to control the driver's driving and rest, and equipment of transport units: frames of metal detectors, video cameras, etc. Recall that Rossvyaz is the department responsible for accreditation of certification centers of telecommunications equipment

2015: Rossvyaz spent 76 million on an unclaimed IT project

On June 29, 2015, the conclusions of the Accounts Chamber regarding the expenses of Rossvyaz on the revision of the information system for monitoring the contributions of telecom operators to the Universal Service Reserve became known. ^[5].

The agency spent 76 million rubles. to finalize the information system, however, according to the conclusion of the Accounts Chamber, the main purpose of the software is not fulfilled. In addition, auditors noted the low demand for universal services themselves.

The Federal Communications Agency (Rossvyaz) is responsible for the functioning of universal communication services; it collects 1.2% of their revenue from all telecommunications companies in the corresponding Reserve. In 2010 and 2011, Rossvyaz modernized its information system to automate the processes of collecting, storing, searching and issuing the necessary information on the performance of state functions of the agency. The project cost amounted to 76.5 million rubles.

"However, at the time of verification, the information collection process, including the introduction of information about the base for calculating deductions to the universal service reserve, was carried out manually," said Sergey Storgin, auditor of the Accounts Chamber. - Also, the task of automating the function of searching and issuing the correct information for monitoring the operators of the public communication network was not solved. Thus, the basic purpose of the information system is not fully fulfilled: with its help it is impossible to monitor the implementation by telecom operators of mandatory contributions to the universal service reserve during the reporting period. "

Rossvyaz did not agree with criticism.

"The system has a personal account that allows telecom operators to send data on their payments to the Universal Service Reserve," said department spokesman Vladimir Kalinin. - However, not all operators use this opportunity, and therefore in other cases we have to enter data manually. Now we are seeking from the Ministry of Communications to amend the regulatory framework, which would oblige operators to work with our system in order to make the process completely automatic for everyone. "

The Accounts Chamber drew attention to the problem of state debt to universal service operators. At the end of 2013, 21 operators were operating in Russia, they requested Rossvyaz to pay them 18.1 billion rubles for 2013. Rossvyaz approved payments for only 16.2 billion rubles. In the first half of 2014, these operators made requests for payment of 8.4 billion rubles to them, the agency approved payments for 7.5 billion rubles.

Rossvyaz cannot automate fees from telecom operators to the Universal Service Reserve However, funds were not paid to universal service operators: this is due to the fact that from June 1, 2014 Rostelecom became the single universal service operator, to which the funds were redirected. Prior to this, as part of a universal service, he served only payphones, while in a number of regions alternative operators did this. Most of the contracts for servicing another type of universal service - collective Internet access points (PCDs) - had Russian Post.

As a result, Rossvyaz has a debt to universal service operators in the amount of 10.9 billion rubles. In accordance with the previous decision of the government, this debt will be repaid during 2015 - 2017. Including in 2015, debt to all alternative operators totaling 1.2 billion rubles will be repaid, partially to Rostelecom and Russian Post in the amount of 2.8 billion rubles.

But, in addition to debts under the "old" contracts for universal service, the state may also have debts under a new contract with Rostelecom. Under this contract, Rostelecom should receive i16.3 billion annually. At the same time, Rossvyaz predicts that in 2015 the volume of the Universal Service Reserve will be i14.5 billion, in the future - i14.2 billion, that is, funds will not be enough.

The Accounts Chamber also drew attention to the low demand for universal services, including those associated with non-market prices for relevant services: in the Central District, the cost of calling the payphone is from 3.82 rubles. up to 10.04 rubles. per minute, while mobile operators have a price of one minute from 0.13 rubles. up to 0.81 rubles. per minute. As a result, in 2012 - 2014, the volume of services provided using universal pay phones decreased by 27.9%, and revenues from them fell by 42.8%. Volume with the help of the PCD also fell by 66.8%, and income from them by 67.3%.

In this regard, the auditors of the joint venture questioned the ambitious project to eliminate the "digital inequality": in accordance with the aforementioned contract with Rostelecom, it is planned to conduct backbone fiber-optic communication channels with an access speed of at least 10 Mbps to all settlements with a number of inhabitants from 250 to 500. The Accounts Chamber fears that these services will also not be in demand.

Rossvyaz expressed confidence in the compliance of tariffs for the use of universal pay phones at the market level. And the tariffs for working with the PCD have not changed for several years and have become higher than those of other telecom operators. But in accordance with a recent government decree, the maximum level of tariffs for working with the PCD was reduced from 0.04 rubles/MB in the European territory of Russia to 0.66 rubles/MB in the territory of Chukotka, and over the next few months Rostelecom will have to bring its tariffs in line with these limits.

2004-2012

Rossvyaz was established in 2004 to provide public services in the field of telecommunications. Initially, the department had a large range of powers, but in 2007 it lost the most "interesting" of them: the issuance of radio frequency permits, the holding of competitions for the provision of services, etc., were given to Rossvyazokhrankulture, which was later succeeded by the Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Communications (Roskomnadzor).

In 2011, Valery Bugaenko died, who headed Rossvyaz since 2007. After that, Deputy Bugaenko Sergey Malyanov became the head of the department, but he was not appointed permanent head. Recently, Malyanov resigned. The last month acting head of Rossvyaz was Vladimir Shelikhov. At the same time, market participants assumed that Rossvyaz would be abolished, and its functions would be transferred to Roskomnadzor.

In April 2012, Oleg Dukhovnitsky was appointed Head of the Federal Communications Agency (Rossvyaz). Prior to this, Dukhovnitsky was Deputy Minister of Communications and Mass Communications Igor Shchegolev.

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