Last year Russia IT industry output value of nearly $35 billion issuing 3G license

Russian information technology and Communications Minister Lehman 20, said at a news conference, the total output value of the Russian information technology industry reached nearly $35 billion last year.

In addition, Russia's software exports last year amounted to $1 billion, an increase of 40% over the previous year. Lehman said that in the last 5 years, Russia's information technology industry has maintained rapid growth in Russia's GDP accounted for the proportion of 5%, is expected by 2010 the total output value of this industry will reach $40 billion.

In mobile communications, due to the Russian second generation mobile phone market is nearing saturation, information technology and Communications Ministry forecast growth of Russian mobile communication industry will slow down this year. At the same time, this year, Russia will provide third generations of mobile phone market license.

In the network, Russia currently has 22 million Internet users, 16 million home computers. The Internet will be widely used in the fields of health, education, architecture, agriculture and so on. Russia plans to provide network services for half of the country's schools and most hospitals this year, from 2008 to 2010 for all schools in Russia to install Internet computers.

In addition, last year the installation of about 2 million fixed telephone, and plans to make all residents by telephone in the Far East federal district before the end of this year. Russian President Putin this month 16 days in Nizhny Novgorod City, chairman of the Russian state committee chaired a panel meeting when asked, in the last 3 years to make their point on the phone all residents.