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Rostelecom has installed another seven base stations for mobile communications under the UCN 2.0 program in hard-to-reach settlements in Dagestan. Technical specialists from the national provider laid a 40-kilometer optical infrastructure, erected mast structures and installed equipment in difficult high-mountain conditions. More than 2.5 thousand residents of small villages in the Akhtynsky, Dakhadaevsky, Tlyaratinsky, Tsuntinsky and Charodinsky districts received access to reliable mobile communications using LTE (4G) technology, including high-speed Internet.
Ruslan Yarakhmedov, Director of the Dagestan branch of Rostelecom:
During the three years of implementing the second stage of the program to eliminate digital inequality, a modern digital communications infrastructure has been formed in 78 small villages in different districts of Dagestan. These innovations give impetus to the development of the territory of a specific settlement and the district as a whole in all vital areas. Now we have started building new stations. The groundwork for installation was laid at the end of last year: our specialists extended 60 km of fiber-optic communication lines to the required locations for the installation of base stations in the first half of 2025.
Rostelecom is implementing the UCN 2.0 project by order of the Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation. The operator T2 (a subsidiary of Rostelecom) acts as the competence center. The choice of villages for connection to mobile communications and the Internet is determined by the residents themselves by voting on the public services portal.
Magomed Adamov, head of the Duakar village council of the Dakhadaevsky district:
Many of those villagers who were previously afraid of the digitalization process because of radiophobia are now really convinced of its advantages. Modern technologies allow you to remotely solve everyday and work issues, communicate more with family and friends. To do this, you dont need to leave the village for the regional center or city, which saves money, time, and energy. In the long term, we hope that young people will settle in the villages, having the opportunity to study locally, develop a business, and communicate through online resources.
The federal program Elimination of Digital Inequality has been in effect in Russia for 10 years. During this time, about five thousand base stations have been put into operation. The project is scheduled to be implemented until 2030.
