New Minister about the future of communication in Russia
The young communications minister, Nikolai Nikiforov, attracts attention with his activity, youth and ambition. He recently told Tina Kandelaki about how he sees the development of communication technologies in Russia in the near future .
Questions about the “school” Internet boil down to the fact that Nikiforov’s ministry is mainly interested in the “fiber opticization” of Russian schools, i.e. connecting them to communication networks via high-speed channels, and removing technological barriers to accessing networks (each teacher needs a laptop).
Content to fill high-speed channels - these are the problems of the Ministry of Education and Science. Nikiforov walked around streamlined on the issue of restricting citizens' access to undesirable content. Although it can be understood - the Ministry of Communications is engaged in the technical aspect of the issue, and it is not the address to what content will be considered undesirable.
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In the field of communication services, informatization of public services, the new minister appears to be in favor of the oligopolistic market, when several very large companies completely control the market.
So, on the question of competition in the field of cellular communications, the minister said that high competition does not always have a positive effect on the quality of services, and "public authorities primarily protect the interests of the population."
With regard to communication channels, the state can and will advocate for maintaining dominance in the market of a small number of players, including and in order to provide them with a return on investment in infrastructure. In the field of informatization of public services, the ministry is also interested in the presence of several players, but efforts will probably be directed in the opposite direction so that there will be more than one Rostelecom on the market of these players.
Summarizing the answers, we can say that the new Minister of Communications is in favor of “eliminating the digital divide through new technologies,” but “in strict accordance with the law.” Laws are still far from being all and will actively change, and the role of the state on the Internet will intensify intensively.
Questions about the “school” Internet boil down to the fact that Nikiforov’s ministry is mainly interested in the “fiber opticization” of Russian schools, i.e. connecting them to communication networks via high-speed channels, and removing technological barriers to accessing networks (each teacher needs a laptop).
Content to fill high-speed channels - these are the problems of the Ministry of Education and Science. Nikiforov walked around streamlined on the issue of restricting citizens' access to undesirable content. Although it can be understood - the Ministry of Communications is engaged in the technical aspect of the issue, and it is not the address to what content will be considered undesirable.
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In the field of communication services, informatization of public services, the new minister appears to be in favor of the oligopolistic market, when several very large companies completely control the market.
So, on the question of competition in the field of cellular communications, the minister said that high competition does not always have a positive effect on the quality of services, and "public authorities primarily protect the interests of the population."
With regard to communication channels, the state can and will advocate for maintaining dominance in the market of a small number of players, including and in order to provide them with a return on investment in infrastructure. In the field of informatization of public services, the ministry is also interested in the presence of several players, but efforts will probably be directed in the opposite direction so that there will be more than one Rostelecom on the market of these players.
Summarizing the answers, we can say that the new Minister of Communications is in favor of “eliminating the digital divide through new technologies,” but “in strict accordance with the law.” Laws are still far from being all and will actively change, and the role of the state on the Internet will intensify intensively.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/145896/
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