Rais of Tatarstan meets President of the Rostelecom Company

On 20 January at their meeting in the Government House of the republic the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov and the President of the Rostelecom Company Mikhail Oseevsky discussed issues of the development of cooperation, the Rostelecom being one of the largest communication operators in the republic. The Company provides communication and internet services in key cities of the region, namely Kazan, Naberezhnyye Chelny, Nizhnekamsk and Ametyevsk with the subscriber base in Tatarstan of 72 thousand subscribers.

In recent years, the company has implemented a number of its projects in the republic such as “The Digital educational space” and took part in holding large international events, such as the BRICS Summit, the Games of the Future, the BRICS Games and the New Wave festival.

An important area of ​​cooperation between the republic and Rostelecom is the federal project "Eliminating the Digital Inequality”, and the largest number of basic stations of Russia have been installed in Tatarstan enabling connecting 274 rural settlements to mobile internet.

At their meeting Rustam Minnikhanov and Mikhail Oseevsky signed an agreement on cooperation between the Government of the republic and the Company which envisages coordination of joint efforts on the development of the sustainable economic growth of Tatarstan, including increasing the efficiency of the agribusiness, the oil and gas chemical, energy and mechanical engineering industries, as well as implementing digital transformation measures.