In the experiment initially brought together key operators – “Rostelecom”, MTS, “VimpelCom”, “MegaFon” and “AYR-a Telecom”. They must provide free access to the portal of public services, social networks, news aggregators and other websites that the Ministry of communications considered socially significant. “Bermoral” first spread affordable Internet and mobile connection option.
the Operators of the big four not ready to comment on the prospects of its participation in the cellular segment of the experiment. In “Tele2 Russia” has paid attention that in the order of the Ministry of communications we are talking only about the fixed Internet. According to “VimpelCom” (brand “Beeline”), to talk about the extension of the experiment on the mobile Internet premature, as cellular operators have a special pricing model.
“Affordable Internet” used about a million people that don’t so much believe in the Ministry of communications. But about “available online” are still little known, and consumption could be much higher, says Sergey Mitenkov, Vice-President of the Russian Union of Industrialists and entrepreneurs (RSPP). The Union calculated that the loss of operators from the grant of access to important resources can be from 110 billion per year, with annual topsecret more than 1 billion rubles. The RSPP proposes to reduce the list of sites “available Internet” and to expand the functionality of the portal.
the List had already decreased in June (from 391 to 371 of the site) due to the sites of health services to conduct webinars and others.
