Broadband Society is everywhere. We are analyzing
broadband deployment in countries, and in this post we study, in collaboration
with Diana Samarcheva, the case of Russia. It is well known that broadband has a great influence on the social and economic development of the
country. There are a lot of examples proving the force of innovative technologies on the country’s economic
position so the modernization of broadband is one of the main strategic goals
named by the government in Russia.
Fixed Broadband
Penetration (number of subscriptions per 100 inhabitants) in the regions of
Russia and in other counties, 2013
Source: ITU, 2013; Ministry of Telecommunications and Mass
Communications of the Russian Federation
In 2009 Russian president announced that the country
should diversify its economics on the base of new technologies and innovations.
In order to reach the highest worldwide standards Russia established rather
ambitious targets of broadband technologies taking into consideration the
geographic dimensions and low population density. In accordance with the
modernization policy, the Ministry of Communications and Mass Media announced
national broadband targets in 2012 to make 100 Mbps broadband available to 80
percent of Russian residents by 2018, with the ultimate goal to
provide conditions – physically and financially – for affordable broadband access
for all residents of Russia (according to the study).
