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Governor of the Vologda Oblast Oleg Kuvshinnikov held a working meeting with Alexander Loginov Vice President and Director of the North-West Macroregional Branch of Rostelecom. The parties summed up the digital development of the region in 2022 and discussed plans for 2023.Alexander Loginov spoke about the implementation of the second stage of the federal project to eliminate the digital divide UTC 2.0 in the Vologda Oblast which provides for the emergence of modern mobile communications in small towns with a population of 100 to 500 people. This year Rostelecom has already built and put into operation eight base stations having completed the work ahead of schedule. By the end of 2023 according to the targeted project plan the company will provide mobile communications to 18 more settlements.In cases where the settlement does not meet the established criteria and does not fall into the UCN 2.0 program but at the same time there is a problem with the provision of communication services a public-private partnership between Rostelecom district authorities and the regional government can become a solution. According to this scheme at the end of 2022 - beginning of 2023. three free public Wi-Fi points were built in the villages of the Kichmengsko-Gorodets district. It is planned that the project will be continued and scaled to other settlements in the region.The vice-president of Rostelecom also spoke about the construction of fiber-optic networks in the Vologda Oblast and the connection of households in the region to broadband access.One of the most significant topics of the meeting was the use of artificial intelligence AI technologies in the healthcare system of the region. Rostelecom has developed an intelligent solution that helps diagnose oncopathologies in patients. The use of modern technologies allows a 30 increase in the detection of cancer in the early stages which increases the chances of effective treatment.As part of the agreement between the company and the regional health department a pilot project will be carried out to identify pathologies. The AI system will evaluate about a hundred real lung CT scans and make a diagnosis. In parallel the results of computed tomography will be analyzed by the leading oncologists of the country N.N. Petrov National Medical Research Center of Oncology.During the meeting the parties also discussed the possibilities of using digital technologies to improve road safety. In addition Alexander Loginov and Oleg Kuvshinnikov agreed to work out the issue of locating a regional data processing center DPC in the Vologda Oblast.
