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Rostelecom has installed mobile base stations in the villages of Isoo, Tsuntinsky, and Charoda, Charodinsky Districts of Dagestan, located at an altitude of one and a half to two thousand meters above sea level and about 300 kilometers from the capital of the republic. Until now, residents of these small settlements used only payphones. The digitalization of villages classified as hard-to-reach and remote is being carried out as part of the second stage of the federal program Elimination of Digital Inequality (EDI 2.0).
Director of the Dagestan branch of Rostelecom Ruslan Yarakhmedov:
For many years, in order to eliminate digital inequality, our technical specialists have been lifting equipment along winding, sometimes dangerous serpentine roads high into the mountains and installing them in conditions of rocky soil, with differences in day and night temperatures. By the end of 2024, new LTE communication stations are planned to be built in nine more mountainous regions of the republic, thereby creating favorable conditions for the life and work of villagers in more than 30 mountain villages.
Mobile operator T2 (part of Rostelecom Group) acts as a technology partner and competence center. Coordination of design solutions, planning of network architecture, determination of optimal locations for installing towers is carried out in cooperation with local authorities. Villagers can get advice on connecting mobile communications in district administrations.
Minister of Digital Development of the Republic of Dagestan Yuri Gamzatov:
The federal program Elimination of Digital Inequality is especially relevant for Dagestan, where most of the villages are remote and hard to reach. The life of villagers is associated with constant physical activity and overcoming difficulties. Farmsteads, subsidiary farms and seasonal agricultural work do not allow them to go anywhere for a long time. And it is the online format that helps to solve many issues related to work, entrepreneurship, education, social problems, including medical care, on the ground. Favorable conditions are being created for the development of a tourism cluster. It is impossible to list all the advantages of this program for the republic, and their number is growing every year. The list of settlements is formed based on the results of an annual public vote on the portal. This year, the vote is held from August 5 to November 17.
