State subsidies for works related to the coverage of federal highways by cellular communication will be abolished. Konstantin Ganeyev, Deputy Head of the Analytical Center’s Project Office for the Implementation of the Digital Economy National Program, told the Izvestia daily that the funds envisaged for these purposes in 2019 and 2020 have been sequestered due to the lack of demand from operators for the proposed support measures in the form of subsidies.
The law, which requires that Russian software be installed in mobile devices, could help boost the demand for domestic software products by expanding the potential market, Konstantin Ganeyev, an expert of the Analytical Center’s Project Office for the Implementation of the Digital Economy National Program, told ComNews in his comments on the bill’s approval in the third reading.
Konstantin Ganeev
Funds for coverage of highways by communication to be sequestered
State subsidies for works related to the coverage of federal highways by cellular communication will be abolished. Konstantin Ganeyev, Deputy Head of the Analytical Center’s Project Office for the Implementation of the Digital Economy National Program, told the Izvestia daily that the funds envisaged for these purposes in 2019 and 2020 have been sequestered due to the lack of demand from operators for the proposed support measures in the form of subsidies.
Preinstalled Russian software to increase demand for domestic products
The law, which requires that Russian software be installed in mobile devices, could help boost the demand for domestic software products by expanding the potential market, Konstantin Ganeyev, an expert of the Analytical Center’s Project Office for the Implementation of the Digital Economy National Program, told ComNews in his comments on the bill’s approval in the third reading.