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The results of the program to eliminate digital inequality and plans for the coming years were discussed by the Minister of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation Maksut Shadayev during his speech in the Federation Council as part of the "Government Hour".

households in Russia have been able to use the Internet. Special attention was paid to small settlements located in hard-to-reach areas with a population of up to 500 people. denmark telegram This work is carried out at the expense of deductions from telecom operators, which go to a special fund. The connection of these settlements is then financed from this fund. Over five years, we have connected more than 7,000 small settlements to the Internet, and in more than 5,000 we have created a modern mobile communications infrastructure," noted Maksut Shadayev.

"In Russia, work on connecting sparsely populated areas is a big social burden on the state and operators. There is no profitability there. But nevertheless, we do it, because it is impossible to exist without communication. We can say that this is an extremely important procedure. Another thing is how to evaluate it in quantitative indicators. The data that are provided are really very large numbers in any dimension: the number of settlements, the money invested. But you always want more. A number of people want to get everything at once. But this does not happen. Therefore, what we have today is a good result. And it must be increased, disseminated," shared his opinion leading analyst of Mobile Research Group Eldar Murtazin.

Konstantin Ankilov, CEO of TMT Consulting LLC, supported the program for eliminating digital inequality: "UTS 2.0 is one of the most important projects in the field of information and communication technologies. If the goal of most projects is to improve the efficiency of enterprises and organizations, increase the level of comfort for private users, then connecting villages, as our research shows, changes people's lives without exaggeration. This includes access to medical and government services, remote study and work, opportunities for entrepreneurship, and in some cases, the development of local tourism. And these are not slogans - there are specific examples. Thanks to the program, hundreds of thousands of residents of small towns are in touch. But there is another effect that is rarely paid attention to: more than 2 million people pass through connected areas every month: to visit, on business, for recreation, or in transit. Thanks to UTS 2.0, they now stay in touch while traveling."