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Editor's Column

Telco Reincarnation in Digital Economy Era. Leonid Konik, Editor-in-Chief

Standardization

IoT Armageddon
Rival technologies vying for the privilege to be the global IoT standard

5G to Every Aspect of Civic Life
Adrian Scrase, ETSI CTO and the Head of 3GPP Mobile Competence Center, shares his views on the prospects of developing and standardizing 5G and IoT technologies

Connected We Stand
Brad Saunders, Chairman of the USB Implementers Forum, Inc. (USB-IF), recalls the early days of the organization and explains how USB turned out to be a global standard ex post

Digital Transformation

Digital Economy is the Writing on the Wall
How governmental program the Digital Economy in the Russian Federation will help to create a common space for the concerted work of all authorities, businesses, academia, and society overall

Key Agenda
Karine Minasyan, Minister for Internal Markets, Informatization, ICT of the Eurasian Economic Commission, explains the priorities of the Eurasian Economic Union’s digital agenda and what tasks lie ahead

Infrastructure Leader
Anna Serebryanikova, Chief Operating Officer at MegaFon PJSC, talks about the factors to keep in mind when perfecting telecommunications infrastructure in the era of digital economy

Originally Digital
Vyacheslav Nikolaev, Vice President for Marketing, Mobile TeleSystems PJSC, provides an update on developments in the company’s digital services

Personal Perspective
Government officials and heads of Russia’s leading enterprises share their views on digital economy

Mobile Expansive Interpretation

MVNOs: Arrow Up
What will drive the MVNO market in 2018

A New Round for MVNO
Jacques Bonifay, President of MVNO Europe and CEO of Transatel, talks about the future of the MVNO market and explains how the roaming wholesale caps agreement affects operators’ businesses

Ukraine has Launched Mobile ID Service
Oleg Sobolev, Chairman of the Board of the Wireless Ukraine Association and Member of the Public Council under Ukraine’s State Service of Special Communications and Information Protection, describes how smart mobile service appeared in Ukraine

Disruptive Technology

Chained by Blockchain
What are the new application options for blockchain

Vertical Industries

It’s Smart to Be Connected
What is needed and what is being done to pave the way for smart cars and roads in Russia and the world