MTS ID

2024

Blocking 18 million attempts by scammers to create fictitious accounts on Russian platforms

PJSC, a MTS digital ecosystem, on January 31, 2025 announced that authentications the MTS ID service in 2024 blocked more than 18 million attempts by scammers to create fictitious accounts on the Russian platforms and services or gain access to users' personal accounts.

Each attempt to change an account is promptly blocked thanks to preventive monitoring based on artificial intelligence and machine learning. The system works 24/7 and analyzes 120 million registered accounts every second for several thousand factors to prevent froda traffic.

During the reporting period, the total number of authorizations through MTS ID to ecosystem services reached 2.2 billion, which is 30% higher than in 2023. By the end of 2024, the frequency of seamless authorizations had doubled, with activity peaking in August, September and October. January, by contrast, turned out to be the least busy month in terms of the number of authentications.

MTS ID uses SSO (single sign-on) technology - for entry, the system sends a one-time code via SMS, which eliminates the ability to enumerate personal passwords. The one-time code allows users of the service to do without remembering the password. Seamless authorization provided in the service provides login without entering the phone number and account data via the mobile Internet or if there is authorization through MTS ID in any open tab. Already more than 92% of inputs through MTS ID occur without code and seamlessly, which confirms both the convenience of the service and the high level of its security, - said Anna Struganik, Director of the Module Development and Digital Seamlessness Department.

Optimizing document recognition with ultralight neural networks

MTS launched a product created using developer technologies. With Smart Engines the update neural networks to the 4.6-bit version, the solution faster and better recognizes identity the Russian documents and all,,, countries of the world QR codes bank cards business documents. For example, the recognition time of the data of the main spread of the passport RUSSIAN FEDERATION is 0.15 seconds. MTS announced this on November 27, 2024.

4.6-bit networks are a qualitative improvement in the most common 8-bit neural network model today. This technology allows neural network models to correctly process data without involving large computing power.

Companies use the MTS ID service for authorization free of charge and the MTC ID KYC service for remote identification of individuals. Among the solutions of MTC ID KYC, business can recognize passports and verify their authenticity, which can be integrated through API, Web and Mobile SDK, iFrame, WebView. Document recognition is performed in the loop of ID KYC PID, document images are not transferred for processing to third-party resources.

We have integrated the latest model of neural networks into our products. The solution proposed by Russian experts works faster than the 8-bit model by 40%, while not inferior to it in quality, thanks to this model we have increased the speed of document recognition in our product, which we offer to the external market, and the quality of recognition has reached 99%. This function significantly simplifies filling out forms and grows conversion for business, - said Anna Struganik, Director of the Module Development and Digital Seamless Department of MTS ID.

Fast and highly efficient AI is needed everywhere and everyone. And 4.6-bit models are an important step along the way. They can, on the one hand, reduce equipment costs for existing solutions. On the other hand, to solve a completely new class of computer vision problems on current equipment, where previously there were not enough computing resources. In particular, for searching and recognizing objects, since they are usually performed on devices with low capabilities, "said Vladimir Arlazarov, CEO of Smart Engines, Doctor of Technical Sciences.

Use for DNS Site Authorization

MTS PJSC, digital ecosystem, on November 14, 2024 announced the launch of a seamless authorization system in the "Personal Account" on the DNS website using the MTS ID service. Now users of any mobile operator can log in or register on the site instantly by phone number. More than 16,000 visitors to the site have used the system since the beginning of October 2024, which has reduced the company's authorization costs.

MTS ID provided DNS with a free service for authorization with protection of user data, including from DDoS attacks and phishing. Now subscribers of all mobile operators will be able to use a one-time code from SMS. It is enough to enter the phone number, after which the platform automatically detects the operator and sends a one-time password to enter. For MTS users, authorization is carried out instantly and without code during open sessions in other MTS ecosystem products (My MTS, MTS Bank and others), as well as when entering from a smartphone via mobile Internet.

Integration with MTS ID allowed DNS to increase the security of visiting the online store and speed up the authorization process up to two seconds. Since the beginning of October, DNS has reduced the cost of the login process for users by a third. This method of entering the "Personal Account" protects the user's data by checking the authenticity of the phone number and network connection. In a short time to implement the system, more than 16,000 clients used the authorization button.

MTS ID provides a high level of data protection for DNS users, the largest electronics retailer by number of stores, through the use of multilevel encryption and authentication protocols. A one-time password in SMS eliminates the possibility of hacking an account and shortens the client path - there is no need to come up with a password and undergo complex registration. This will protect the personal data of millions of users throughout the country, - commented Anna Struganik, Director of the Module Development and Digital Seamless Department.

"The retail market has formed a need to create seamless authorization. Therefore, we added MTS ID in addition to the classic entrance, which will allow more than 100 million subscribers throughout the country to make purchases comfortably and safely, as well as increase the level of our client service, "said Voloshchuk Maxim Yuryevich, head of Internet sales at DNS.

Use of Gazprom Mezhregiongaz subscriber in personal account

PJSC, MTS the digital ecosystem, on July 4, 2024 announced that the "Personal Account" Group's electronic subscriber "" Gazprom Mezhregiongaz received a seamless authentication MTS ID service - without the need to manually transfer or information enter. data Now customers of any mobile operator will be able to instantly log in using a one-time password and automate payment for gas supply services in My application Gas.

The application allows customers to pay for gas, transmit individual readings of metering devices, connect auto payments, receive receipts and much more.

The implemented method of logging into the "Personal Account" does not allow attackers to access the account remotely. If you wish, you can protect your account as much as possible by connecting an additional login by. to the password It is possible to select and configure any of three ways to enter: permanent password, one-time code in, SMS permanent password plus one-time code in SMS (). two-factor authentication

MTS ID allows users to log in faster and easier on the platform. We provide a high level of client service and security. Now subscribers Gazprom of Mezhregiongaz have another opportunity to use the "Personal Account" without the need to come up with a password and undergo complex registration, - said Evgenia Igumnova, head of the commercial direction of the MTS ID product portfolio.

Use in MTS Exolve

MTS Exolve, a 100% subsidiary of MTS PJSC, has implemented the possibility of registration and authentication in its personal account using MTS ID. Now the user can create an account on the platform and log into it using the service. MTS announced this on April 24, 2024. Read more here.

Market entry

MTS, a digital ecosystem, on April 2, 2024 announced the launch of the MTS ID solution on the market, thanks to which authorization on sites and in partner applications will become much easier for the end user. Previously, MTS ID was integrated only into ecosystem products and successfully passed all stages of testing.

Now the MTS ID solution can be implemented as a service in any application or service to simplify the user path. Authorization through MTS ID is available to subscribers of any operators, to create an account, it is enough to enter a code from the message, and MTS subscribers will be able to register on the partner's page seamlessly, without entering codes and passwords. At the same time, the integration process practically does not require efforts on the partner's side.

The MTS ID product is a solution for the business and mass market, created to form a high-quality customer experience without additional investments. The service reduces client authorization time to 2 seconds. In 2023, with the help of MTS ID, users logged in 1.7 billion times inside ecosystem products. The service has a high level of protection due to the lack of remote access to the account. Also, the user can receive login notifications by adjusting the degree of protection according to his preferences, - commented Katkova Kristina, head of the MTS ID product portfolio.

Identification in "Qiwi Koshelek"

MTS PJSC will provide online identification to QIWI Wallet customers to obtain Professional status. MTS announced this on February 7, 2024.

Identification through MTS ID can be carried out both in the personal account on the website and in the QIWI Wallet mobile application. The service is available to users regardless of the device model. The cost of identification through MTS ID is 75 rubles, while the entire process takes the client no more than five minutes.

Professional status provides increased limits on the balance and for the total amount of payments per month, including for paying for games, housing and communal services, cellular communications and other services in Russia and abroad. In addition, identified users can replenish the Wallet through the Fast Payment System (FPS) and transfer funds to other electronic wallets.

We are pleased to cooperate with Qiwi, one of the players in the Russian payment services market. The identification solution for Qiwi is implemented on the basis of MTS ID technology, with its help Qiwi Wallet will be able to significantly simplify and improve the client path, which will help the company to ensure business efficiency growth in the future, "said Christina, head of the MTS identification and digital products center.