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In mid-April Moscow hosted the International Satellite Navigation Forum. The main topic was the Global Navigation System (GLONASS) developed in Russia. The system is composed of satellites placed in high orbits. These satellites send special navigation signals to the earth enabling users not only to detect their exact coordinates and velocity but also tie their current location to time. The system allows users to determine locations with a high degree of precision (up to one meter) both on land and on water.

Being a government project, GLONASS was originally designed as a dual-purpose system that would service the needs of both the defense ministry and civil users. The launch of the first GLONASS satellite took place 25 years ago. Commercial use of the system only started in 1993. Yet even then the orbital complex was not yet complete.

Golden Telecom has announced the start of building a fixed mobile convergence (FMC) network that combines advantages of fixed and mobile communication in Ukraine. 

North-West has completed the fiber-optical link Vologda-Kotlas-Syktyvkar. The link stretches 
over the territory of Vologda and Arkhangelsk regions and the Komi Republic. The length of