Open mobile platform OMP
Since 2016
Russia
Central Federal District of the Russian Federation
Volga Federal District of the Russian Federation
Innopolis
7 19 Universitetskaya St.
Top managers:
Eyges Pavel Evgenyevich
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Owners
The Open Mobile Platform company creates the basis for building a trusted mobile infrastructure in commercial companies state and organizations - its own, OS "Aurora" first domestic operating system for mobile devices, an EMM platform for managing mobile devices "" and Aurora Center an ecosystem. mobile applications
Performance indicators
2022: Annual loss of 1.1 billion rubles
In 2022, Open Mobile Platform (OMP; included in Rostelecom) earned 66.8 million rubles in revenue, which is 42% less than a year earlier (114.2 million rubles). The company's net losses during this time increased by 36% and reached 1.11 billion rubles. Such data on Russian accounting standards (RAS) were released in April 2023.
As he writes CNews with reference to the data of the Contour Focus"" system, by 2022 there were 230 people in the state of OMP. The annual salary fund of the developer operating system "" Aurora at the same time amounted to 456.4 million rubles. Thus, on average, each employee of a loss-making company received 165 thousand rubles a month.
As "" writes Kommersant with reference to the digital transformation program () HPCT for Ministry of Digital Development 2022-2024 (published on the portal of the federal state information system for coordinating informatization). It follows from the document that the Ministry of Digital Development plans to allocate more than 22 billion rubles for "measures to support the development of the domestic mobile operating system" Aurora. " However, the interlocutor of the newspaper, familiar with the situation, claims that this is the wrong version of the document - a similar VPTT for 2023-2025 is relevant, in which funds for Aurora are not pledged.
The budget for the support of Aurora has been sequestered, a source familiar with the situation assures. Initially, it was supposed to lay a budget not for the development of the Aurora OS itself, but for ensuring the development of mobile services for it and the adaptation of partner devices, another source said. Kommersant This, for example, mobile antivirus and office ON and other services, he noted. The Ministry of Digital Development confirmed that the approved budget does not provide for the financing of the Aurora OS: "The project will develop at the expense of the developer."[1]
2024: Opening a laboratory at MEPhI
A joint applied laboratory of the MEPHIUS Full-Cycle Microelectronics Design Center and the Open Mobile Platform (OMP) company, which announced this on May 15, 2024, has been opened at the MEPhI National Research Nuclear University. Read more here.
2023
Opening of a joint laboratory with NRNU MEPhI based on Mephius
Open Mobile Platform LLC (OMP) and NRNU MEPhI signed an agreement on strategic cooperation, the main focus of which will be the development of the Aurora mobile operating system ecosystem, including training specialists and research. One of the first steps will be the opening of a joint application laboratory based on the MEPHIUS Full-Cycle Microelectronics Design Center at NRNU MEPhI. OMP announced this on December 26, 2023. Read more here.
Rostelecom buys 25% of OMP shares
September 19, 2023 it became known that Rostelecom"" received 100% in the developer of mobile operating system Aurora"." To do this, an option was exercised to buy out 25% from the structures. Grigory Berezkin
According to the Kommersant newspaper, until September 2023, Rostelecom owned a 75 percent stake in Open Mobile Platform LLC (OMP), which is being developed by Aurora OS. The remaining 25% was listed as Open Mobile Platform - Development Center LLC, owned by Olga Berezkina, sister of the co-owner of RBC and ESN group Grigory Berezkin. At the same time, Rostelecom could buy out a full share in the period from March 2021 to March 2028 - at the choice of the seller for at least 606 million rubles.
It is noted that Grigory Berezkin decided to withdraw from the Open Mobile Platform project. The option exercise agreement has already been approved by the board of directors. The contract with Rostelecom initially provided for the sale of 24.9% of the enterprise. Thus, Grigory Berezkin should have remained 0.1%, which would allow him to receive a share of revenue from projects at Aurora OS for 20 years. Rostelecom and ESN did not specify whether this item was implemented. The source of the Kommersant newspaper in the market claims that the businessman left the project completely.
 | We are actively developing the OS and will continue to invest in the creation of a national mobile ecosystem, consolidating manufacturers and developers around Aurora, Rostelecom said. |  |
The amount of the transaction is not officially reported. Market participants believe that the cost of the option could be about 1 billion rubles. The head of the board of directors of BASEALT, Alexei Smirnov, believes that Rostelecom is ready to invest heavily and develop the Aurora OS. In his opinion, the main segments that Rostelecom can count on when implementing Aurora are the public sector, state corporations and critical information infrastructure facilities.[2]
Increasing the staff of programmers by 40%
On August 21, 2023, information appeared that the Open Mobile Platform (OMP), the developer of the Russian operating system "" Aurora for smartphones tablets, is increasing the staff of programmers by about a third.
According to CNews, referring to the statements of the director of the OMP development department Roman Alyautdin, the company requires engineers, developers, as well as testing specialists. The expansion of the staff is necessary in the light of the preparation of a new version of Aurora, in which a total of about 500 people take part in testing: these are actually OMP employees, as well as specialists from partner organizations and enthusiasts.
It is expected that by the end of 2023 the number of OMP personnel will increase from 250 to 330 employees, that is, it will grow by 30-40%. In particular, the company needs specialists in manual and automated testing. They will have to deal with the assessment of mobile devices based on Aurora and automated tests. In addition, these employees will develop a mobile enterprise fleet management platform focused on B2B and B2G segments.
By the end of 2023, four more tablets will be released smartphone on the Aurora OS from different manufacturers. We are talking about devices Aquarius"," "Bayeterga," Yadro and. F+tech Now there are more than 10 devices on Aurora, in addition to the listed manufacturers, there are also "research Keytack institutes," "said Scale Alyautdin.
OMP has launched a gadget testing program under the control of Aurora in five Russian cities. As part of this initiative, programmers and ordinary users receive smartphones and tablets on Aurora for their personal use, development and testing of experimental functions. In exchange, the WMD receives feedback, which makes it possible to make changes based on feedback.[3]
2022
Creation of the Aurora Ecosystem Training and Development Center at the Financial University
The center for personnel training and the development of the Aurora ecosystem at the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation began work. The university announced this on December 12, 2022. Read more here.
Opening of a representative office in Nizhny Novgorod
The Open Mobile Platform (OMP) company on November 14, 2022 announced the opening of a representative office in Nizhny Novgorod. This is the fourth OMP development center. Three offices operate in Moscow, St. Petersburg and Kazan.
The office is located on Freedom Square, 2b. Nizhny Novgorod IT specialists have already started work. They are engaged in the development of the operating system and hardware platforms, as well as testing, automation and integration of hardware and software solutions.
The creation of this office will strengthen the company's presence in the region and expand the geography of the Aurora OS testing program, to which residents of Nizhny Novgorod will be invited.
| | The opening of the office of our company in Nizhny Novgorod is not only the joining of the best specialists of the IT center of Russia to the teams of Innopolis, Moscow and St. Petersburg, but also the opportunity to become closer to our customers in the Nizhny Novgorod region and the Volga region. They need expertise and experience in introducing domestic mobile technologies more than ever, "said Pavel Eiges, General Director of Open Mobile Platform. | |
2021: Aurora Platform and the Challenges It Solves
Mikhail Zubov, head of the sales support department of Open Mobile Platform, helped TAdviser figure out the features of the Aurora platform in May 2021. Read more here.
2020: TAdviser interview with CEO Pavel Eiges
In June 2020, Pavel Eiges, CEO of Open Mobile Platform, told TAdviser how Aurora's first domestic mobile platform radically changes its understanding of the methods and tools for creating a truly secure mobile IT environment for companies and organizations. Read more here.
2019
Rostelecom will increase its share in OMP to 99.9%
On December 19, 2019, it became known about the transfer of almost complete control over the developers of the Aurora operating system to Rostelecom. The share of the state operator in Votron and Open Mobile Platform (OMP) upon completion of the transaction will be 99.9%. Read more here.
Agreement with Baikal Electronics and Itelma on the creation of IT products on the basis of the domestic element base
On November 28, 2019, the company Baikal Electronics announced that, together with the Open Mobile Platform companies, it NPP Itelma would create - the Russian IT products based on the element base and from operating system domestic manufacturers. More. here
2018
Official statement of Rostelecom on the purchase of OMP
On March 1, 2018, Rostelecom officially announced the acquisition of 75 percent shares in Open Mobile Platform LLC (OMP) and Votron LLC, which are working on the Sailfish operating system. Both companies are directly or indirectly owned by the founder of the ESN group, billionaire Grigory Berezkin.
The company decided not to disclose the amount of the transaction, but it is noted that the value will be determined "based on the report of the independent appraiser," and it should not be higher than the market price. In April 2017, the Vedomosti newspaper, citing its sources, wrote that the seller of the companies estimated the entire asset at $50 million.
| | This deal corresponds to our strategy for forming a comprehensive offer for our customers with a full range of digital services, "says Mikhail Oseevsky, President of Rostelecom. - The mobile operating system organically complements our product offering, and we hope that it will become an urgent solution for creating a corporate smartphone that provides all the necessary functions, including communication, mail, document management, cloud services, etc. The uniqueness of Sailfish Mobile OS RUS is that it is the only mobile operating system on the market that can be completely localized. | |
Rostelecom adds that the purchase of the Sailfish Mobile OS RUS operating system will expand the operator's capabilities in promoting complex solutions for various customers.
According to SPARK-Interfax, by the beginning of March 2018, the ESN structure through Vorton LLC owns 9.27% of Hong Kong Sailfish Holding, the parent structure of Jolla . Sailfish Mobile OS RUS remains the only mobile operating system that is included in the register of Russian software.
Samsung will create applications for the Russian mobile OS
Open Mobile Platform (OMP), the developer of Sailfish Mobile OS RUS, the first Russian operating system for mobile devices, entered into an agreement in February 2018 with Harman International, a subsidiary of Samsung Electronics specializing in technologies for automotive, consumer and corporate markets. According to the company, the collaboration is aimed at expanding the ecosystem and developing applications for Sailfish OS.
Harman Connected Services, as a software development partner of OMP, will participate in the development of the ecosystem for Sailfish Mobile OS RUS. The technical competencies of the Harman Connected Services team will increase the quality and speed of new innovative technologies and applications for Sailfish Mobile OS RUS users.
Rostelecom filed an application with the FAS for the purchase of OMP
In February 2018, it became known about Rostelecom's plans to acquire the Open Mobile Platform (OMP). The purpose of the transaction of companies is called the rate on import substitution.
According to RBC, citing its sources, Rostelecom filed a petition with the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) to buy 75% of shares in Open Mobile Platform and Votron. The latter owns a majority stake in the Finnish company Jolla, the developer of Sailfish and mobile devices under its own brand.
Representatives of Rostelecom and Open Mobile Platform refused to comment on a possible purchase to RBC, and the FAS press service confirmed to TASS that the operator had filed a petition to buy 75% of shares in two companies.
Senior analyst of FC Uralsib Konstantin Belov considers it logical to acquire OMP Rostelecom, given the active cooperation of the operator with the state in the field of import substitution in the field of telecommunications and IT.
An analyst at Otkritie Broker Timur Nigmatullin believes that Rostelecom wants to diversify its business by developing the digital segment. At the same time, the expert is confident that with the acquired Sailfish, the state operator is unlikely to enter the mass market of mobile operating systems and will compete Apple iOS with and. Google Android
| | Rather, we are talking about government orders, this will not become a significant part of the operator's business, "says Nigmatullin. | |
RBC notes that the traditional business of fixed telephony, long-distance and international communications for Rostelecom has been declining for several years in a row. The operator tried to compensate for the loss of income through the provision of broadband Internet access and pay-TV services, but these segments are close to saturation, so the company is looking for new growth points, which, in particular, it sees in the developers of the Sailfish mobile OS.[4]
2017: Partnership with DZ Systems
In May 2017, Open Mobile Platform and DZ Systems entered into a partnership agreement to develop business applications for the domestic mobile operating system Sailfish Mobile OS RUS.
2016: Grigory Berezkin launches the company
In early May 2016, it became known about the beginning of the development of a domestic mobile operating system. This project was taken up by the Open Mobile Platform (OMP) company, which is located in Tatarstan Innopolis.
According to Kommersant SPARK-Interfax, the beneficiaries of OMP through Votron LLC are the founder power of a group specializing in assets (UNIFIED SOCIAL TAX Grigory Berezkin 80%) and the former general director of ESN (20 Michael Verozub %). In addition, the company has a division in - To Moscow Open Mobile Platform - Development Center LLC. Both companies were headed by the Pavel Eiges former CEO of the antivirus manufacturer (McAfee later became Intel Security) in the CIS. Russia
On his page on the social network Twitter, Minister of Communications Nikolai Nikiforov announced the opening of vacancies in OMP for developers and testing specialists.
According to the publication, OMP is developing an operating system based on components of the Sailfish open platform. Negotiations on the use of the created OS are already underway with Yota Devices and Roselectronics, which in March 2016 announced plans to release a smartphone worth up to $200.[5]
It is worth noting that Grigory Berezkin is a co-owner of the Finnish company Jolla, which develops Sailfish. In mid-2015, Jolla won the competition of the Ministry of Communications for import substitution of operating systems for mobile devices. The cost of developing a domestic OS based on Sailfish was estimated at 2.2 billion rubles, of which 1.89 billion rubles should be allocated from the state budget.
Notes
- ↑ Russian mobile OS "Aurora" for the first time brought its creators more than 1 billion net loss for the year
- ↑ "Aurora" landed a minority shareholder
- ↑ The creators of Aurora are forcing OS testing. The company will increase the staff of programmers by a third
- ↑ Rostelecom decided to buy operating system developers from Berezkin
- ↑ Grigory Berezkin joined the development
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