📋 Tender Overview
Rostelecom has begun implementing the largest project in the last five years to build modern infrastructure in the district. The digital company, together with the government of the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District, will provide fast and high-quality Internet to three settlements in the Yamal District of the Arctic region. The list includes Panayevsk, Salemal, and Yar-Sale. These are hard-to-reach areas in the northwest of the district, which can only be reached by winter road in the cold season, and by boat or helicopter in the summer . To improve the quality of the Internet signal in this area, Rostelecom specialists will build a new communication line, which is already called "?erm yakha", which means "Northern River" in Nenets.
Konstantin Oboltin, Director of the Department of Information Technology and Communications of the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug:
"This is a long-awaited event for residents of the Yamal region. Thanks to the work done, we will ensure a noticeable improvement in the quality of communication, and residents of the region will be able to comfortably use various digital services: the State Services portal, educational platforms, medical consultation services, video communication with loved ones and much more."
Rostelecom has already started work. Now the communications workers are working on the Salekhard - Nadym - Salemal highway. A 70-kilometer optical highway will be laid here. The modern infrastructure will significantly increase the Internet speed in three settlements of the Yamal region at once. Also, residents of these territories will have the opportunity to use various digital services.
Andrey Kugaevsky, head of the Yamal region of the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug:
"The Yamal region has always felt the need for high-quality communication services. Thanks to the support of the Governor and the regional government, this issue will soon be resolved, and residents of Salemal, Panayevsk, and Yar-Sale will receive a stable connection to digital services at the level of large cities."
Dmitry Shchelgachev, Director of the Yamalo-Nenets branch of PJSC Rostelecom:
"The construction of the new communication line will last until the end of 2024. During this time, we will have to complete a colossal amount of work in a very difficult northern territory, where record low air temperatures prevail. Several dozen Rostelecom specialists will work in swampy terrain in permafrost conditions. 15 units of specialized equipment will be on the route: excavators, tractors and cable layers. After the work is completed, the improvement in the quality of the Internet will be felt in Salemal, Panayevsk and the administrative center of the Yamal region - Yar-Sale. And this is despite the fact that the village is 150 kilometers from the starting point of the construction of the communication line."
