TIBO-2015

REPORT
ON THE 22nd INTERNATIONAL
SPECIALIZED FORUM
ON TELECOMMUNICATIONS,
INFORMATION AND BANK TECHNOLOGIES
“TIBO-2015”
April 22-25, 2015
Minsk
CONTENTS
Members of the Organizing Committee The welcoming address by Alexander LUKASHENKO, President of the Republic of Belarus The welcoming address by Andrei KOBYAKOV, Prime Minister of the Republic of Belarus TIBO is your information future! International negotiations Collaboration and cooperation agreements The Book of the Honored Guests of the TIBO-2015 Forum 4
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April 22, 2015
Official opening of the exhibition The Official Government Delegation visiting the exhibition The Official Chronicle The Belarusian Congress on Information Society Technologies:
A theoretical and practical workshop: “Geo-information and navigation technologies” A theoretical and practical workshop: “Application of the new legislation in the field of regulating
the telecommunications industry”
A theoretical and practical workshop: “Introduction of goods labelling with the RFID tags
in the Republic of Belarus”
A panel discussion: “Topical development challenges of the telecommunications infrastructure” A panel discussion: “Improving interaction between government agencies, public associations
and entrepreneurship development councils when developing, discussing, and adopting
the regulatory framework in the ICT field” The seminar on the tariff regulations of the network of regulators in the field
of electronic communications (EaPeReg) in the Eastern Partnership countries. Part 1 The Ultra Broadband Forum by Huawei: “On the pulse of the best practices” A press-conference by Huawei: “About the novelties of 2015” A master class by IM Action: “Internet as a tool to promote and market goods and services” A workshop by Tibis ChP: “TIBIS NUC is new generation computers.
A pleasant surprise from Atlant Telecom” A workshop by Belam Telecom OOO: “The Jabra innovative solutions for modern employees” A workshop by Velcom UP: “Voka is a TV in a new way” A workshop by Velcom UP: “V-banking is a bank in your smartphone” 15
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April 23, 2015
The Official Chronicle The Belarusian Congress on Information Society Technologies:
The Congress Opening Ceremony
A business forum in the IT field: “The Republic of Korea — the CIS and Baltic countries” An international conference: “e-Economy” A theoretical and practical workshop: “Digital market shaping to develop export capacity” An international HDM workshop: “The digital service infrastructure of the national markets,
and electronic / paperless foreign trade systems” A theoretical and practical conference: “e-Culture” A theoretical and practical conference: “Digital technologies in printing and publishing business” The seminar on the tariff regulations of the network of regulators in the field of electronic
communications (EaPeReg) in the Eastern Partnership countries. Part 2 A panel discussion by Belintersat: “The national system of satellite communications
and broadcasting of the Republic of Belarus. Application scope and development perspectives” A training course by Uplink Networks OOO: “A systems installer” 2
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A workshop by Telling Group OOO: “The MIIM software.
Controlling network infrastructure physically” A workshop by Eaton: “Overviewing the Eaton products. Examples of solutions for data centers” A workshop by Svyazinvest OAO: “A product presentation for law enforcement agencies”
A workshop by Tempesto-bel OOO: “Overviewing solutions from Delta Electronics: AC/DC power supply
systems for the telecommunications industry, data centers and other economy sectors requiring reliable
and uninterruptible power supply” A workshop by Friendly OOO: “New concepts in the MOTOTRBO development.
Over-the-air programming (OTA)”
A workshop by Tibis ChP: “TIBIS NUC is new generation computers.
A pleasant surprise from Atlant Telecom”
A workshop by EDRANA BALTIC: “Human capital management: the Alga HR modern IT system” 54
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The Official Chronicle The Belarusian Congress on Information Society Technologies:
A theoretical and practical workshop: “Organization of intergovernmental and interdepartmental
information exchange through the integrated foreign and mutual trade information system”
A theoretical and practical workshop: “e-Government and e-Cooperation.
ICT in socially significant sectors”
A theoretical and practical workshop: “A smart city: information technologies in city management,
utilities and residential sector”
A panel discussion: “Training and advanced training for the ICT specialists” A plenary meeting of the network of regulators in the field of electronic communications (EaPeReg)
in the Eastern Partnership countries
An international forum: “e-Banking: technologies and innovations” A press conference: “Novelties in electronic stock trading: e-Invoices and e-Waybills» A workshop by Velcom UP: “A mobile cash desk: getting payments through a smartphone” A workshop by DMT TRADING OOO (Belarus): «Modern energy saving systems. LED lamps” A workshop by Tibis ChP (Belarus): “Tibis: novelties for education” Presenting the TIBO-2015 Internet Prize Competition awards The 1st Children’s and Youth Festival “ROBODROME” 58
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The Official Chronicle Introducing the exhibitors
April 22-25, 2015
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THE MEMBERS
OF THE FORUM ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Mr. Sergei POPKOV
Minister of Communications and Informatization of the Republic of Belarus
(Chairperson of the Organizing Committee)
Mr. Dmitri SHEDKO
First Deputy Minister of Communications and Informatization of the Republic
of Belarus (Deputy Chairperson of the Organizing Committee)
Mr. Grigory BONDAREV
Mr. Sergei ENIN
Executive Director, Information Society Republican Public Association
(Secretary of the Organizing Committee)
Mr. Victor ALIUSHKEVICH
Deputy Director General for Scientific Work and Innovations, Cooperative
Institute for Informatics Problems State Scientific Institution at the National
Academy of Sciences of Belarus
Mr. Petr BALTRUKOVICH
Deputy Chairperson, State Committee on Science and Technologies of the
Republic of Belarus
Mr. Vladimir BASKO
General Director, Infopark Scientific Technological Association
Mr. Vadim BOGUSH
First Deputy Minister of Education of the Republic of Belarus
Mr. Igor BYKOV
Mr. Sergei DUBKOV
Mr. Alexander ILYASEVICH
Mr. Igor KARPENKO
Mr. Alexander
MARTINKEVICH
Mr. Anatoliy MOROZEVICH
Mr. Andrei NAREIKO
Ms. Irina NARKEVICH
Mr. Vladimir POPLAVSKIY
Mr. Evgeny ROGACHEV
Ms. Anna RYABOVA
Mr. Gennady SVIDERSKIY
Mr. Sergei HILLMAN
Mr. Vasili CHERNIK
Mr. Constantin SHULGAN
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Director, Technics and Communications Closed Joint Stock Company (Deputy
Chairperson of the Organizing Committee)
First Deputy Chairperson, State Military Industrial Committee of the Republic
of Belarus
Deputy Chairperson of the Board, National Bank of the Republic of Belarus
First Deputy Head of the General Ideological Directorate ― Head of the
Ideology Work Coordination Directorate, General Ideological Directorate,
President Administration of the Republic of Belarus
Deputy Chairperson, Minsk City Executive Committee
Deputy Director, High-Tech Park Administration State Institution
Principal, Management Academy under the President of the Republic of
Belarus
Chairperson of the Board, Belinfocom Association
Deputy Minister of Trade of the Republic of Belarus
Executive Director, Cash Registers, Computer Systems and Retail Technology
Equipment Association
First Deputy Minister of Transport and Communications of the Republic of
Belarus
Head of the Communications and Informatization Section, Central Office of
the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus
Deputy Minister of Industry of the Republic of Belarus
Deputy Minister of Information of the Republic of Belarus
Deputy Minister of Culture of the Republic of Belarus
Head of Directorate, Operative Analytical Center under the President of the
Republic of Belarus
April 22-25, 2015
THE WELCOMING ADDRESS BY ALEXANDER LUKASHENKO,
PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF BELARUS
President of the Republic of Belarus
To the participants of the 22nd International
Specialized Forum on Telecommunications,
Information and Bank Technologies “TIBO-2015”
Dear Friends,
Hereby I greet the guests and the participants of the TIBO-2015 Specialized Forum.
Today, this event is one of the most successful platforms for mutually beneficial international
cooperation in the field of high technologies. Their dynamic development is among the most
important objectives for our country.
Today, along with the leading Belarusian companies, this event exhibits the world largest
corporations. Over 200 companies from 13 countries will participate in the exhibition. The
national stand of the Republic of Korea will be there for the first time.
At the specialized workshops and conferences, professionals will review the results of the
sectoral and regional informatization programs of Belarus, and they will outline key ways and
priorities for further development of the high tech field.
I am wishing all the participants to succeed in their work, to enjoy well-being and new
achievements in their professional activities.
Alexander LUKASHENKO
April 22, 2015
April 22-25, 2015
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THE WELCOMING ADDRESS BY ANDREI KOBYAKOV,
PRIME MINISTER OF THE REPUBLIC OF BELARUS
Dear guests and participants of the TIBO-2015 forum,
Today, it is impossible to imagine sustainable development of the society without information and
communication technologies. This is one of the most dynamic sectors of the economy, which is a
powerful incentive for innovation activities and for improving living standards.
The Republic of Belarus has defined the most important conditions for successful introduction
of the newest information and communication technologies: a developed human capital, a high
scientific potential, the system of the State support to the development and application of the IT
products. The process of transition from a traditional economy to a digital economy based on
knowledge, innovations, and electronic communications has started.
Still, there are lots of things to be done on the way to the information society. Information and
communication technologies shall become an efficient tool for social and economic development
and for enhancing competitiveness of the economy of Belarus.
The TIBO Forum provides opportunities to demonstrate the achieved level of development of the
information society in the country, to organize a wide discussion of the main ways and priorities for
further improvement of the information society through applying the best international practices.
It is noteworthy that along with the goods and services made by the domestic producers, by the
State bodies and organizations, by scientific and educational institutions from our country, the
exhibition hosts the products from the world leading companies, including the companies from the
People's Republic of China and the Republic of Korea.
I am convinced that the experience, knowledge and know-hows currently demonstrated at the
international specialized workshops, conferences and the business forum with the participation of
the representatives of the Regional Cooperation in the field of communications and the Eurasian
Economic Commission, will be demanded in the Republic of Belarus, and their results will be used
to prepare a new long-term and comprehensive information society development strategy.
I am wishing productive work, mutual enrichment with new knowledge and experience,
development of scientific and industrial cooperation to all the participants of the Forum.
Andrei KOBYAKOV
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April 22-25, 2015
TIBO IS YOUR INFORMATION FUTURE!
The 22nd International Specialized Forum on
Telecommunications,
Information
and
Bank
Technologies “TIBO-2015” was held in Minsk
(Belarus) on April 22-25, 2015; the forum included
the 22nd TIBO-2015 Specialized Exhibition, the 1st
Exhibition of Robotics and Advanced Technologies, and
the 22nd Belarusian Congress on Information Society
Technologies.
Over 200 companies from 13 countries participated
in the TIBO-2015 exhibition (Belarus, Russia, Ukraine,
Lithuania, Latvia, Poland, Germany, Austria, Finland,
China, Korea, Japan, USA). At that, 20% were foreign
exhibitors, and about 30% were new exhibitors.
The purpose of the 22nd TIBO Forum was to assess
the development stage of the information society in
the Republic of Belarus and to set priorities for further
development considering new global ICT development
trends, to promote the newest technological solutions
into the Belarusian market, and to assist development
of the national IT industry and entrepreneurship in the
field.
Based on the analysis of the questionnaires filled by
the exhibitors, 78% of the exhibitors were satisfied
with the number of the exhibition visitors, and 72%
of the exhibitors were satisfied with the categories of
the exhibition visitors. 66% of the exhibitors believed
the exhibition had met their expectations. 70% of the
exhibitors intended to take part in the exhibition in the
following year.
The TIBO-2015 exhibition highlighted a number of
thematic areas taking into account the national priorities
of the state ICT policy:
•the national information infrastructure;
•e-Economy;
•e-Government and e-Cooperation;
•TV and multimedia technologies;
•ICT in social and cultural sphere;
•digital technologies in printing and publishing
business;
Among the participants of the exhibition, there were
the largest Belarusian and foreign manufacturers of
telecommunication equipment, computers and software,
security devices and systems, and providers of various
ICT services. The exhibition widely presented the worldknown brand-names: Cisco, Epson, HP, Huawei, LG,
Nokia Siemens Networks, Panasonic, SAP, ZTE, Tamron.
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•training and advanced training for the ICT specialists;
•robotics.
The Ministry of Communications and Informatization
of the Republic of Belarus occupied the central stand of
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the exhibition. The stand hosted the providers of fixed
and mobile communications, design and construction
organizations, building and installation companies,
industrial enterprises, the Belarusian Radio and TV
Broadcasting Center, and others. 14 government
agencies and line ministries representing various sectors
of the national economy used the stand to demonstrate
the e-Government developments and to review in what
degree the people and legal entities collaborated with
the government agencies using e-Cooperation.
e-culture, shaping of the digital market, development
of digital technologies in printing and publishing
business, geo-information and navigation technologies,
telecommunications infrastructure, application of the
legislation to regulate telecommunications, improvement
of collaboration between government agencies, training
and advanced training for IT specialists, information
technologies applied in manufacturing, urban, residential
and utility sectors, town planning, socially significant
spheres, and a number of other issues.
The line ministry stands of the Ministry of Construction
and Architecture, the State Military and Industrial
Committee, the Minsk City Executive Committee, the
Banking Technology Center presented information
systems and resources to automate production activities
and administrative procedures. The collective stand of
the State Committee on Science and Technologies of the
Republic of Belarus enabled to study new developments
for educational, scientific and research institutions.
Traditionally, the winners of the TIBO-2015 Internet
Prize competition were awarded at the event, which
had received a record-breaking number of applications:
716 applicants in 15 categories.
It was the first time for 10 leading ICT companies from
the Republic of Korea to participate in the exhibition by
presenting themselves at their national stand.
For the first time, the TIBO-2015 Forum hosted
such significant international events: the plenary
meetings of the network of regulators in the field of
electronic communications (EaPeReg) in the Eastern
Partnership countries; a business forum in the IT field:
“The Republic of Korea — the CIS and Baltic countries”;
the Huawei international forum: “On the pulse of best
practices”; an international seminar supported by the
European Commission: “The digital service infrastructure
of the national markets, and electronic/paperless foreign
trade systems”; a scientific and practical workshop of
the Eurasian Economic Commission: “Organization of
intergovernmental and interdepartmental information
exchange through the integrated foreign and mutual
trade information system”; an international forum of the
National Bank of the Republic of Belarus: “e-Banking:
technologies and innovations”.
The agenda of the Belarusian Congress on the
Information Society Technologies was intense and
included 44 business events: forums, meetings,
conferences, round tables, panel discussions, press
conferences, master classes, training courses, workshops,
seminars and presentations. Professionals from 19
countries (Belarus, Russia, Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia,
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Latvia,
Estonia, Poland, France, Belgium, Switzerland, Sweden,
Malaysia, China, South Korea) participated in the
Congress. The presentations by the speakers have been
posted on the website:http://www.tc.by/exhibitions/tibo/
Congress/.
Numerous official guests visited the events of the
Forum, including the following: Mr. Wu HONGBO,
United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Economic
and Social Affairs; Mr. Yong LI, Director General of the
United Nations Industrial Development Organization
(UNIDO); Mr. Orozobek KAJYKOV, Head of the Zonal CIS
Countries Division of the International Telecommunication
Union (ITU); Mr. Nurudin MUHIТDINOV, General
Director of the Executive Committee of the Regional
Communications Commonwealth; Mr. Suh Byungjo, President of the National Information Society
Agency (NIA) of the Republic of Korea; Mr. Alexander
KHOTKO, Director of the IT Department of the Eurasian
Economic Commission (EEC); Heads of the CIS Executive
Committee, the European Commission; the Network of
Regulators in the Field of Electronic Communications
(EaPeReg) in the Eastern Partnership Countries; as well as
the delegations from the Republic of Korea, the Republic
of Moldova, the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Republic
of Latvia, international experts from the Republic of
Lithuania, the Republic of Estonia, Ukraine and Georgia.
8 information partners widely presented the Forum
events in the Belarusian and foreign Mass Media.
Both local and international experts highlighted the
high level of organization of the business program of the
Forum and topicality of the exhibition.
During the events, local and foreign experts discussed
the issues of e-Government, e-Cooperation, and
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April 22-25, 2015
INTERNATIONAL NEGOTIATIONS
During the TIBO-2015 Forum, Mr. Andrei KOBYAKOV,
Prime Minister of Belarus, met with Mr. Wu HONGBO,
UN Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social
Affairs, and Mr. Yong LI, Director General of UNIDO.
Mr. Wu HONGBO and Mr. Yong LI took part in
the International Conference “Sustainable industrial
development in middle-income countries of Europe
and Central Asia: innovations and technologies (needs,
potential and successful experience)” held in Minsk on
April 23-24, 2015. Mr. Andrei KOBYAKOV noted that
Belarus highly appreciates the input made by the UNIDO
and by Director General personally into organizing and
conducting the Conference.
Mr. Yong LI, Mr. Wu HONGBO
During the meeting, Mr. Andrei KOBYAKOV proposed
to UNIDO to develop an interregional project to support
partnerships and interaction schemes between middleincome countries aimed at promoting their innovative
development.
The Prime Minister expressed his confidence that conducting the Conference would, inter alia, establish partnerships and interaction schemes between middle-income
countries aimed at promoting their innovative development. “From our side, we propose to develop the UNIDO
interregional project to support such activities,” ― noted
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Mr. Andrei KOBYAKOV
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the head of the Belarusian Government. ― “If you are
interested, we are ready to join the process immediately.”
According to Mr. Andrei KOBYAKOV, the perspective
areas can be, in particular, improving the regulatory
environment and the infrastructure to develop innovative
entrepreneurship. Moreover, Belarus is interested in
bringing in the capacity of UNIDO to finalize the draft
Government Program of Innovative Development for
the next five year period, in attracting foreign investors
to commercialize Belarusian high technologies, in
improving the mechanisms of public-private partnership.
“In general, our country is interested in becoming one of
the leaders in the group of the middle-income countries
as far as trade development and innovative products are
concerned,” — the Prime Minister said.
According to him, Belarus has made quite a serious step
in developing the necessary infrastructure for carrying
out international activities in various fields. In this regard,
Mr. Andrei KOBYAKOV added that Belarus was ready
to become a venue for conducting multilateral forums
under the auspices of the United Nations Secretariat and
UNIDO.
The TIBO-2015 forum hosted international
negotiations on cooperation in the field of
information technologies between the Republic of
Belarus and the Republic of Korea. The Belarusian
side was presented by the representatives of the
Ministry of Communications and Informatization of
the Republic of Belarus: Mr. Dmitry SHEDKO, First
Deputy Minister; Mr. Mikhail CHASCHIN, Director
of the Informatization Department; Mr. Alexander
MOKRIAGIN, Head of the Foreign Relations Section;
and the Korean side was presented by the following
executives: Mr. Suh Byung-jo, President of the
National Information Society Agency (NIA) of the
Republic of Korea; Mr. Choi Young-Jin, Director
General of the National Radio Research Agency (RRA)
at the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning
of the Republic of Korea; Mr. Yang JOONG-MO,
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the
Republic of Korea to the Republic of Belarus; and other
delegation members from the Republic of Korea.
During the Forum, Mr. Dmitry SHEDKO had a series
of bilateral meetings with the executive officers of the
foreign specialized agencies and other officials.
Mr. Mikhail CHASCHIN, Mr. Dmitry SHEDKO
Mr. Dmitri PARFENTIEV, Mr. Dmitry SHEDKO
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Mr. Dmitry SHEDKO
April 22-25, 2015
Mr. Sergei POPKOV, Mr. Choi Young-JIN
COLLABORATION
AND COOPERATION AGREEMENTS
During the TIBO-2015 forum, the Protocol of
Intentions between the Ministry of Communications
and Informatization of the Republic of Belarus and
the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning of
the Republic of Korea was signed on establishing the
Belarusian-Korean IT Cooperation Center.
Mr. Sergei POPKOV, Minister of Communications and
Informatization of the Republic of Belarus, signed the
Protocol on behalf of the Belarusian side, and Mr. Choi
Young-Jin, Director General of the National Radio
Research Agency (RRA) at the Ministry of Science, ICT
and Future Planning of the Republic of Korea, signed the
Protocol on behalf of the Korean side.
Mr. Sergei POPKOV said: “The Memorandum signed
today between the Republic of Belarus and the Republic
of Korea implies that the parties commit themselves to
establish the ICT R&D Center, which will generate practical
solutions. We are grateful to the Korean counterparts for
their cooperation, consulting assistance to develop and
create an information society in our country. I hope that
today’s signing will give a positive impetus to further
development of informatization in our country.”
Mr. Sergei POPKOV, Mr. Choi Young-JIN
The parties exchanged gifts at the end of the Protocol
signing ceremony. An album with a full collection of the
stamps issued in the Republic of Belarus was presented to
the Korean side. The Belarusian side received a valuable
artifact for the Communications Museum.
Mr. Dmitry SHEDKO, First Deputy Minister of Communications and Informatization of the Republic of Belarus, explained to the journalists that Belarus and the
Republic of Korea developed fruitful cooperation at the
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Mr. Dmitry SHEDKO
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additional administrative barriers and excessive
restrictions for businesses, and will also enable businesses
to provide their feedback.
Mr. Vladimir BASKO, Mr. Sergei YAREMENKO,
Mr. Andrei NAREIKO, Mr. Sergei POPKOV
level of expert groups, by jointly participating in conferences, and by organizing various ICT events. “We
came to the conclusion that both for us and our Korean
partners it would be nice having a permanent structure
that would include the experts both from the Belarusian
side and from the Korean side to share practices, to analyze current trends, and to work out joint solutions,” —
said he.
According to him, first of all, signing of the document
means creating a group of experts from both sides who —
based on certain interaction protocols — will constantly
analyze topical ICT issues. “Our mission is for the Center
to have its structure and personnel ready by 2016 for us
to be able to start operations,” ― explained he.
Mr. Dmitry SHEDKO noted that at the moment
Belarus and the Republic of Korea united their intellectual
capacities, however the Korean side assumed that certain
areas would be financed on a grant basis later. “However,
this issue needs further attention,” — said he.
Mr. Sergei POPKOV, Minister of Communications and
Informatization of the Republic of Belarus, noted at the
ceremony of signing the Agreement: “The organized
exchange of opinions showed that the companies
providing information and communication services
have many complex and diverse issues requiring action.
Undoubtedly, there are a lot of solutions to improve
the ICT regulatory framework, too. That is why it is
absolutely necessary to optimize cooperation and to
expand involvement of business in the legislative process
through the public professional associations.”
The participants of the event agreed that further
development of a mutually beneficial dialogue
between the state administration bodies and the
business community in the issues of development of
the normative legal acts regulating entrepreneurial
activities of the ICT businesses would be assisted by
the capacity and constructive ideas originating from the
environment for which the legal acts were designed for
and also by the enhanced mutual responsibility, and
by taking into account the interests of the State and
businesses.
The Agreement was signed by: Mr. Sergei POPKOV,
Minister of Communications and Informatization of the
Republic of Belarus; Mr. Andrei NAREIKO, Chairperson
of the Board of the Belinfokom Association; Mr. Vladimir
BASKO, General Director of the Infopark Scientific Practical
Association; Mr. Sergei YAREMENKO, Representative of
the Telecommunication Industry Union.
During the TIBO-2015 Forum, the Cooperation
Agreement on development and improvement of
legal regulation of the activities of the organizations
in the ICT sector was signed between the Ministry
of Communications and Informatization of the
Republic of Belarus, the Belinfocom Association of
Information and Communication Technologies, the
Infopark Scientific Technological Association and the
Telecommunication Industry Union.
Adoption of the Agreement creates additional
opportunities to continue developing business cooperation,
to utilize practices, intellectual and professional capacity
of the members of the public professional associations,
to improve quality of the legislation for making the
regulatory framework consistent and transparent, which
contributes to comprehensive legal regulation of the
corresponding relations in the ICT field.
Implementation of the provisions of the Agreement
will enable — in the process of drafting and reviewing
normative legal acts — to identify provisions imposing
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Mr. Vladimir BASKO, Mr. Sergei YAREMENKO,
Mr. Andrei NAREIKO, Mr. Sergei POPKOV
April 22-25, 2015
THE BOOK OF THE HONORABLE GUESTS
OF THE TIBO-2015 FORUM
Mr. Wu HONGBO
The official guests of the TIBO-2015 forum wrote
their wishes in the Book of the Honorable Guests,
including: Mr. Wu HONGBO, United Nations UnderSecretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs;
Mr. Yong LI, Director General of the United Nations
Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO); Mr. Suh
Byung-jo, President of the National Information
Society Agency (NIA) of the Republic of Korea; Mr. Choi
Young-Jin, Director General of the National Radio
Research Agency (RRA) at the Ministry of Science,
ICT and Future Planning of the Republic of Korea;
Mr. Yang JOONG-MO, Ambassador Extraordinary and
Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Korea to the Republic
of Belarus; Mr. Dmitri PARFENTIEV, Deputy Minister
of Information Technologies and Communication of
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Mr. Yong LI
Mr. Suh Byung-jo
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Republic of Moldova; Mr. Asylbek KHAIRUSHEV,
President of the National Telecommunications
Association of Kazakhstan; Mr. Alexander KHOTKO,
Director of the IT Department of the Eurasian Economic
Commission (EEC); Mr. Edmunds BELSKIS, Director
of the Communications Department at the Ministry
of Transport and Communications of the Republic of
Latvia.
Mr. Choi Young-JIN
Mr. Yang JOONG-MO
Mr. Dmitri PARFENTIEV
Mr. Asylbek KHAIRUSHEV
Mr. Alexander KHOTKO
Mr. Edmunds BELSKIS
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April 22-25, 2015
April 22, 2015
OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE EXHIBITION
Mr. Andrei KOBYAKOV
The official opening of the 22nd International Specialized
Exhibition on Telecommunications, Information and Bank
Technologies “TIBO 2015” was attended by: Mr. Andrei
KOBYAKOV, Prime Minister of the Republic of Belarus;
Mr. Wu HONGBO, United Nations Under-Secretary-General
for Economic and Social Affairs; Mr. Yong LI, Director
General of the United Nations Industrial Development
Organization (UNIDO); Mr. Sergei POPKOV, Minister of
Communications and Informatization of the Republic of
Belarus; Mr. Orozobek KAJYKOV, Head of the Zonal CIS
Countries Division of the International Telecommunication
Union (ITU); Mr. Nurudin MUHIТDINOV, General
Director of the Executive Committee of the Regional
Communications Commonwealth; Mr. Choi Young-Jin,
Director General of the National Radio Research Agency
(RRA) at the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning
of the Republic of Korea; Mr. Cui QIMING, Ambassador
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People’s
Republic of China to the Republic of Belarus; Mr. Grigori
BONDAREV, Director of Technics and Communications
JSC.
The opening ceremony was also attended by the
members of the Forum Organizational Committee,
heads of the government agencies, representatives of the
diplomatic missions accredited to the Republic of Belarus,
foreign guests, and exhibitors.
Mr. Sergei POPKOV
Mr. Andrei KOBYAKOV, Prime Minister of the Republic
of Belarus, read the welcoming address to the participants of
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the exhibition on behalf of Mr. Alexander LUKASHENKO,
President of the Republic of Belarus, and expressed his
confidence that the exhibition was an excellent platform
for partner search and implementation of new ideas.
Mr. Sergei POPKOV, Minister of Communications and
Informatization of the Republic of Belarus, continued the
opening ceremony with his welcoming speech. “Continuous
technological progress in the IT field has a significant
impact on the ICT efficacy and on how ICTs are applied for
social and economic development. The Republic of Belarus
is developing in line with the global trends. The currently
drafted Information Society Development Strategy of the
Republic of Belarus until 2022 envisages the measures to
improve efficiency of the ICT use as a tool for social and
economic development. The TIBO-2015 Forum summarizes
development of the information society in our country for
the previous five year period,” — said Mr. Sergei POPKOV.
The Minister expressed his confidence that participation
of the leading domestic and world manufacturers and
suppliers of information and communication technologies,
and scientists and specialists in the Forum turned the Forum
into a special occasion summarizing the development
results of the IT sector in the Republic of Belarus and setting
the main development perspectives for the future. On
behalf of the Organizing Committee, Mr. Sergei POPKOV
wished all the participants of the TIBO-2015 Forum fruitful
work and expressed his confidence that the Forum would
contribute to establishment of the information society in
the Republic of Belarus.
Mr. Orozobek KAJYKOV
Mr. Orozobek KAJYKOV, Head of the Zonal CIS
Countries Division of the International Telecommunication
Union (ITU), delivered his salutatory address to the
participants and guests of the event on behalf of the
International Telecommunication Union (ITU). On
behalf of Mr. Houlin ZHAO, Secretary-General of the
International Telecommunication Union (ITU), he thanked
Mr. Sergei POPKOV, Minister of Communications and
Informatization of the Republic of Belarus, for inviting
to participate in such an important event — not only for
the Republic of Belarus, but for the entire region. “This is
not the first time for the International Telecommunication
Union to take part in such a high-level forum organized
by the Ministry of Communications and Informatization
together with other State bodies of the Republic of
Belarus, and the ITU is doing it with great pleasure. We
live in the era of the emergence of a global information
society, and today, the entire world pays great attention
to the information and communication technologies.
Information and communication technologies are one of
the most powerful tools to solve many tasks in the field
of public administration, education, healthcare, and a
developed ICT infrastructure becomes one of the most
important indicators of the country’s success,” — said he.
The head of the Regional CIS Department of the
International Telecommunication Union (ITU) said the
Republic of Belarus was certainly one of the leaders in the
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CIS region. According to the “Measuring the Information
Society” ITU 2014 report, the Republic of Belarus is Top 38 in
the global ranking as far as the ICT development indicator is
concerned, and for two years in a row Belarus demonstrates
the highest growth in the CIS region. At that, if compared to
2014, the ranking of the Republic of Belarus has increased
by 5 points. And this is only one indicator that eloquently
indicates the growth pace of the ICT sector in the country.
“As you know, this is a special year for the ITU: this year
our organization celebrates its 150th anniversary of its
establishment. On May 17, 1865, the delegates from 20
countries of the world gathered in Paris, and after having rather
long discussions they agreed to establish an international
organization that would address all the controversial issues in
the field of telecommunications. The organization, which we
all know as the International Telecommunication Union, is
one of the most efficient organizations of the United Nations
today. Belarus became the ITU member after the end of
the Second World War, in 1947. Since then, the Republic
of Belarus — formerly known as the Belarusian Soviet
Socialist Republic — has been actively cooperating with the
International Telecommunications Union by supporting its
activities at the regional and global levels,” — emphasized
Mr. Orozobek KAJYKOV. In closing his speech, the speaker
congratulated everyone with the Victory Day: “I would like to
wish success and well-being to the Belarusian people — the
creator nation. And, let there always be peace and happiness
on this soil! I’m wishing all exhibitors every success, new
constructive ideas, and solutions!”
The participants of the official opening ceremony
noted that Belarus firmly pursued the development of
the information society. This can be proved by annual
organization of the TIBO forum.
A symbolic red ribbon was cut to mark the official opening
of the exhibition. The 22nd International Specialized
Exhibition on Telecommunications, Information and Bank
Technologies “TIBO-2015” was launched.
THE OFFICIAL DELEGATION VISITING THE EXHIBITION
After the official opening ceremony was over, the
official delegation headed by Mr. Andrei KOBYAKOV,
Prime Minister of the Republic of Belarus, studied the
exposition of the TIBO-2015 exhibition.
The delegation started reviewing the exhibition
from the stand of the Ministry of Communications
and Informatization of the Republic of Belarus. Mr.
Sergei POPKOV, Minister of Communications and
Informatization of the Republic of Belarus, made a brief
presentation “On introducing the e-Government and on
developing the e-services system.”
Mr. Andrei KOBYAKOV, Mr. Nurudin
MUHITDINOV, Mr. Sergei POPKOV
The ZTE stand was next on the itinerary of the
official delegation. Mr. Xue Bin, Vice President of ZTE
Corporation, introduced the concept of the exhibition
stand to the guests: “Together with ZTE to a successful
future.” The delegation was shown the “i-Minsk” project
and the innovative RFID technology.
Then, the official delegation visited the booth of
Beltelecom Republican Unitary Enterprise (RUP)
where new multi-services were presented. Mr. Sergei
Mr. Andrei KOBYAKOV, Mr. Sergei POPKOV
SIVODEDOV, General Director of Beltelecom RUP, told
about the new developments of the company.
Mr. Andrei KOBYAKOV, Mr. Sergei SIVODEDOV
April 22-25, 2015
Visiting the national stand of the Republic of Korea was
the next item on the agenda of the official delegation
visiting the exhibition. The officials discussed the issues of
cooperation development between the Republic of Korea
and the Republic of Belarus in the ICT field with their
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foreign counterparts. The stand introduced the modern
e-Government solutions that could be applied in Belarus.
The delegation visited the stand of Agat — Control
Systems OJSC. Mr. Dmitri GORYACHKO, First Deputy
Director and Chief Engineer of Agat — Control Systems
OJSC, presented the geo-information systems developed
by the enterprise.
When reviewing the stand of Belpochta Republican
Unitary Enterprise, the delegation could study new services
and technologies developed to ease the operations of the
post offices and simplify some procedures to the end-users.
At the end, the official delegation studied the products
and modern telecommunication technologies from Huawei.
Mr. Andrei KOBYAKOV, Mr. Dmitri GORYACHKO
Mr. Andrei KOBYAKOV, Ms. Irina SAKSONOVA
Mr. Andrei KOBYAKOV
THE OFFICIAL CHRONICLE
Mr. Andrey SHORETZ, Chairperson of the Minsk City
Executive Committee, visited the TIBO-2015 exhibition.
When visiting the exhibition, he paid special attention
to the stand of the Minsk City Executive Committee —
IT Minsk — where the latest developments in the field
of education, healthcare were presented, as well as
the courses in robotics for children, 3D printers, drone
technologies and much more.
Mr. Andrey SHORETZ specified preparation of the
education robotics program for children as a development
trend. In addition, the Mayor of Minsk highlighted that
Mr. Sergey ENIN, Mr. Andrey SHORETZ
application of drones could be versatile. For example,
small cargoes can be delivered; drones can be used in
agriculture (images made by drones can help analyzing
the condition of soil and arable land); drones can also be
used to improve law enforcement and to reduce a crime
rate.
Mr. Andrey SHORETZ
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Mr. Andrey SHORETZ studied the exposition of the
exhibition and joined the official delegation, which
visited the exhibition.
April 22-25, 2015
THE BELARUSIAN CONGRESS ON THE INFORMATION
SOCIETY TECHNOLOGIES
A theoretical and practical workshop:
“Geo-information and navigation technologies”
The event was organized by the State Military Industrial
Committee of the Republic of Belarus, the State Property
Committee of the Republic of Belarus, and the National
Academy of Sciences of Belarus.
The seminar was reviewed as a platform to discuss
the topical (for the Republic of Belarus) problems
of infrastructure development for spatial data of the
corporate municipal geographic information systems of
e-Government, ways to create the clouds of spatial data,
methods to ensure their quality and compatibility.
The basic topics covered by the workshop:
•how to arrange cloud data;
•what should be the composition of the spatial data
infrastructure in order to optimize the quality of
e-services delivered to the Government, citizens and
businesses;
•how to ensure the quality of spatial data and data
compatibility;
•what can be the most efficient way to use the Earth’s
remote probing data.
Mr. Dmitri GORYACHKO, Mr. Sergei SHAVROV
The workshop was headed by: Mr. Dmitri GORYACHKO,
First Deputy Director and Chief Engineer of Agat — Control
Systems OJSC; Mr. Sergei LEVCHIK, Deputy General
Director of the National Cadastral Agency Republican
Unitary Enterprise at the State Property Committee of
the Republic of Belarus; Mr. Sergei SHAVROV, Assistant
Professor of the Belarusian State Technological University
(BSTU).
Mr. Alexander TUZIKOV, General Director of the
United Institute of the Informatics Problems at the
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, started the
workshop with his presentation, in which he reviewed the
contents of the projects under the Union State Program
“Development of space and ground means of providing
Earth remote probing data to the users in Russia and
Belarus.” The rapporteur noted: on October 28-30, 2014,
the 4th Belarusian Space Congress was held to discuss
the results of implementation of the 1st phase of the
Monitoring-SG Union State program and the prospects of
integrating the space means and technologies within the
frameworks of the new programs of the Union State as
far as the space agenda was concerned.
In his report Mr. Andrei FILIPENKO, General Director
of the National Cadaster Agency State Unitary Enterprise,
proposed to consider the public cadastral map as an
integrating infrastructure environment for all spatial data
in the Republic of Belarus.
April 22-25, 2015
Mr. Sergey LEVCHIK
Mr. Alexander TUZIKOV
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Mr. Alexander GOLUBEV, Head of the Navigation
Information Center of Agat — Control Systems OJSC,
devoted two presentations to the development results of
the ERA-RB road accident emergency response system in
the Republic of Belarus and the Navigation Information
Center of Agat — Control Systems OJSC.
Mr. Andrei FILIPENKO
Mr. Sergei SHAVROV
A joint presentation made by Mr. Maxim BAZULIOK,
Director of Agriculture Technologies OOO, and Ms. Elena
KAZYAK and Mr. Vsevolod GENIN, representatives of
the Belarusian State University (BSU), revealed application
of the GIS technologies and remote sensing data for
precision farming purposes. In particular, the agricultural
land inventory technologies: creating and updating the
digital maps of agricultural fields, identifying unused
agricultural land, identifying violations of agricultural
technologies, defining the variety structure of sown areas,
mapping the soil needs for organic and mineral fertilizers.
Mr. Sergei SHAVROV, Assistant Professor of the
Belarusian State Technological University (BSTU), made his
presentation on spatial data infrastructure development
and the establishment of e-Government. The rapporteur
provided a comparative description of the international
practices of using the spatial data infrastructure (SDI) and
the Belarusian projects in that field. The presentation
announced the Strategy of the Information Society
Development in the Republic of Belarus until 2022 as far
as the geo-information systems were concerned.
Mr. Dmitri SUVOROV, Director of Exon IT OOO,
described the innovative (for Belarus) development of the
geographic information system supporting 3D mapping.
The company has been working in the Belarusian market
since 2008; and it is the resident of the High Tech Park
(HTC). The rapporteur narrated about the company’s
experience in developing and creating the 3D models of
urban sites and demonstrated the finished products.
Mr. Dmitri SUVOROV
Mr. Mikhail TARAKАNOV
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Mr. Ivan STISHEVSKI, Head of the Geo-Information
Technologies Sector of the Belgiproziom Design Institution
Unitary Enterprise, described the features of the
GeoportalLand Information System. Today, the portal has
over 2000 active users. There are over 100 subscribers
of the service. Regular customers account for 92% of
the users who have visited the website. Among them are
the land use services at all levels, registrars of the State
registration agencies, architectural services and offices,
nature conservation inspections, organizations of the State
Property Committee of the Republic of Belarus, planning
and surveying organizations, the State Control Committee
of the Republic of Belarus, and others.
Mr. Dmitri VASENDA, Head of the Information
Analytical Group of Belaerocosmogeodeziya Republican
Unitary Enterprise, made his presentation on the status
and development prospects of the Belarusian Satellite
Accurate Positioning System. Totally, the system engages
73 reference stations ensuring centimeter accuracy
April 22-25, 2015
the example of the OpenStreetMap project.
Mr. Dmitri DEMYANENKO
of satellite measurements of metric coordinates and
heights.
In 2015, there were 175 users who could use the
system in real and relative time.
Mr. Isaak HASSDAN, Chief Expert of MINSKGRADO
PIKUP, described their experience of integrating spatial
data into the State information resources when developing
a new general plan of Minsk City. The author demonstrated
the unique results of generating thematic maps based on the
GIS data and the data from the State information resources
to support city planning decisions. The provided examples
were: the map of dwelling saturation in Minsk City, the
map of population density in the planned residential areas
in Minsk City, the map of employment density in Minsk
City, the map of employment and dwelling imbalance in
Minsk City, the map of the localized zones of pendulum
labor relations in Minsk City.
Mr. Dorofei PROLESKOVSKI, representative of Game
Stream COOO, made his presentation to tell about the
possibilities of voluntary geographical information giving
April 22-25, 2015
Mr. Mikhail TARAKANOV, Chief Engineer of
GeoSystemsPro ChPPUP, touched upon a very topical issue
in his presentation: transition from the polygonal models of
presenting the metrics of digital cadastral maps to simple
topological models of the spatial data model of land
administration. The author proposed not only the model, but
also the algorithm of its generation. The model was developed
and tested in early 2000s at the Information Center of Land
and Cadastral Data and Land Monitoring when making digital
land cadastral maps for the Land Information System (LIS) in
the Republic of Belarus; however, the scope of application of
this model has not been defined yet.
Mr. Anatoli DEMIANENKO, Chief Designer of
Geographical Navigation Information Systems ChNPUP,
made his presentation on “SMART Geo-Information Systems
in designing the geo-information systems and navigation
systems.” The presentation identified the sites of the national
economy of the Republic of Belarus that had the systems
to monitor motor vehicles, the scheme of information
interaction between the elements of the regional navigation
and information system. The definition of the “Smart
solutions” term was explained as the possibility of the
information telecommunication system to automatically
respond to changes in the outside world (which were fixed by
detectors and other sensors) that were called Smart objects.
At the end of the workshop, there was a discussion
on the topical issues in the field of geo-information and
navigation technologies. Based on the presentations
made and the discussion held, the participants of the
workshop summarized the information and formulated
appropriate recommendations.
After the event, everyone could join the guided tour at
the TIBO-2015 exhibition.
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A theoretical and practical workshop:
“Application of the new legislation in the field of regulating
the telecommunications industry”
The event was organized by the State Telecommunications
Inspection Republican Unitary Enterprise (BelGIE RUP) at
the Ministry of Communications and Informatization of
the Republic of Belarus.
The following representatives of BelGIE RUP
participated in the workshop: Mr. Aleksei GRIGORIEV,
Head of the Legal and Staffing Sector, and Mr. Alexander
SIMONOVICH, Head of the Information Technologies
Section; and Mr. Dmitri KORZUN, Consultant of the
Ministry of Communications and Informatization of the
Republic of Belarus; and Mr. Alexander KURILOVICH,
Deputy Head of the Electronic Mass Media Directorate of
the Ministry of Information of the Republic of Belarus.
Mr. Aleksei GRIGORIEV, Head of the Legal and Staffing
Sector of BelGIE RUP, was the workshop moderator, and he
made his presentation titled “Development of the national
legislation on telecommunications.” In his speech, he outlined
the major innovations in the legal regulations, which had
entered into force with the release of the new edition of the
Law of the Republic of Belarus “On telecommunications.”
According to the rapporteur, the major changes were about
the official terminology. In his speech he addressed the legal
issues of a single action principle and the set of rules for the
telecommunications sector.
Then, the presentation reviewed the peculiarities of
applying the legislation on telecommunications when
enforcing Decree #6 “On urgent measures to counter drug
trafficking” by the President of the Republic of Belarus
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dated December 28, 2014 and the Law of the Republic
of Belarus “On Mass Media.”
Then, the participants of the workshop discussed the
issues of implementing Decree #60 “On measures to
improve using of the national segment of the Internet”
dated February 01, 2010, the corresponding edict by
the Government of the Republic of Belarus, and the
related normative legal acts. There was also a report
on implementation of the authorities in the field of
telecommunications by the Operative Analytical Center
under the President of the Republic of Belarus.
The event ended with the answers to the problematic
questions on application of the legislation on
telecommunications. The question about liability for
using a Wi-Fi Internet connection by other users (not a
subscriber) was especially interesting to the audience.
Mr. Aleksei GRIGORIEV
April 22-25, 2015
A theoretical and practical workshop:
“Introduction of goods labelling with the RFID tags
in the Republic of Belarus”
The Ministry of Taxes and Levies of the Republic of
Belarus organized the event.
The workshop objective: to inform business entities and
the Mass Media about the drafted regulatory framework
necessary for fulfilling the project of implementing the
labelling system in 2015, and about the arrangements
of labeling the goods including the types of product
labelling, samples of symbols for labeling, the process of
initializing the RFID tags, uploading information about
the labelled goods to the interdepartmental distributed
information system called “Database of the electronic
passports for goods.”
Mr. Vladimir MUKVICH
Ms. Tatyana RAZZHIVINA
Mr. Evgeni YAKUSHKIN
April 22-25, 2015
The workshop was attended by the representatives of:
the Ministry of Taxes and Levies of the Republic of Belarus, the State Customs Committee of the Republic of
Belarus, Bellegprom Concern, еhe State Emblems Department of the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Belarus; еhe Center for Identification Systems State Enterprise.
Mr. Vladimir MUKVICH, Head of the General
Directorate for Excisable Goods, Gambling Business, and
Electronic Systems to Control Commodity Sales at the
Ministry of Taxes and Levies of the Republic of Belarus,
was the workshop moderator. In his report, he introduced
the forthcoming changes in the legislation in the field of
labelling the goods with control (identification) signs
with the RFID tags and labelling procedure applied to
the furs. In particular, he highlighted thetwo lists of
commodities that were subject to labeling with control
signs. Considering implementation of the above system,
the first list will include the goods that are subject to
labeling with the control signs without the RFID tags,
while the second list will include the goods that are
subject to labeling with the control signs with the RFID
tags. In addition, Mr. Vladimir MUKVICH also informed
about introduction of the new types of the control signs
with the RFID tags and the methods of labeling furs with
such signs. The rapporteur presented such a novelty of
the implemented labeling system as the obligation of the
economic operators engaged in production and import
of fur outerwear subject to labeling with the control signs
with the RFID tags to provide to the Database of the
Electronic Passports of Goods the information about the
goods that are subject to labeling and the information
about the goods labeled with the RFID tags.
Ms. Tatyana RAZZHIVINA, Deputy Director of the
State Emblems Department, Head of the Technical
Policy and Production Management Directorate of the
Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Belarus, described
the legislative changes affecting the sales procedure of
the control signs with the RFID tags, keeping track of
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and e-Business Transactions Research and Scientific
Republican Unitary Enterprise at the National Academy
of Sciences of Belarus, described the process of uploading
information to the database of the electronic passports
of goods, and the process of initializing control signs.
The rapporteur described the types of the equipment
necessary to initialize the RFID tags. Moreover, there was a
live presentation of how the RFID readers as well as special
antenna gadgets connected to smartphones could be used
to inspect legality of production and import of furs.
Ms. Tatyana RAZZHIVINA
them in the database of the secured letterheads and the
documents with the special degree of protection and
printed materials, initialization of the RFID tags by the
organizations reporting to the Ministry of Finance of
the Republic of Belarus. For demonstration purposes,
the presentation introduced new samples of the control
signs with the RFID tags that would be applied to the
furs newly included into the list of the goods subject to
labeling (tags with a self-adhesive, plastic or fabric basis).
In his speech, Mr. Evgeni YAKUSHKIN, Head of the
Electronic Resources Department of the Inter-Sectoral
Scientific and Practical Center for Identification Systems
During the workshop, the participants were informed
about the coming changes in the legislation affecting
the scope of labelling the goods with control signs; the
problematic issues were discussed, and the corresponding
ways to address them we proposed; the questions that
emerged and were asked during the discussion were
answered.
The workshop enabled the participants to become
aware well in advance about the forthcoming innovations
regarding labeling of furs with the control signs equipped
with the RFID tags, which would enable to preliminary
assess financial and technical capacities, to carry out the
preparatory work related to the implementation of the
labelling system, including defining the most convenient
way of labeling and the type of the necessary equipment
to be procured.
A panel discussion:
“Topical development challenges
of the telecommunications infrastructure”
The round table was organized by: the Ministry of
Communications and Informatization of the Republic of
Belarus and the Belinfocom Association of Information
and Communication Technologies.
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The participants of the round table included the representatives of: the Ministry of Communications and Informatization of the Republic of Belarus: Mr. Dmitry SHEDKO,
First Deputy Minister, and Mr. Pavel PETRULEVICH,
April 22-25, 2015
Mr. Pavel PETRULEVICH
Head of the Telecommunications Directorate; Mr. Sergei
ZHERNOSEK and Mr. Valeri RYBKA, representatives of
the Operative Analytical Center under the President of the
Republic of Belarus; Mr. Andrei NAREIKO, Chairperson
of the Board of the Belinfocom Association of Information
and Communication Technologies; Ms. Elena KLUIKOVA,
Chairperson of the Board of the Telecommunication Industry
Union; top management of the electrical communications
providers, and other stakeholders.
The panelists were greeted by the panel discussion
moderator: Mr. Dmitry SHEDKO, First Deputy Minister
of Communications and Informatization of the Republic
of Belarus. In his speech, he summarized the outcomes of
the industry development over the past five year period
and substantiated the need to define parameters for
further development.
Mr.
Pavel
PETRULEVICH,
Head
of
the
Telecommunications Directorate of the Ministry of
April 22-25, 2015
Mr. Dmitry SHEDKO
Communications and Informatization of the Republic
of Belarus, told about the development of the national
information and communication infrastructure in
the Republic of Belarus. The rapporteur identified
the development trends of the cellular mobile
telecommunications, the development trends of
the fixed broadband access, quality indicators in
telecommunications, the Internet access channel
bandwidth, and he also paid attention to the development
of IPTV and ICT in Belarus.
Then, there was a discussion about the current
stage of development of the national information and
communication infrastructure in the Republic of Belarus,
the existing issues, the perspectives of the further
infrastructure development, the approaches to drafting
the Telecommunications Infrastructure Development
Strategy until 2022.
The panel discussion culminated in debriefing.
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Mr. Vladimir BASKO, Mr. Andrei NAREIKO, Mr. Dmitry SHEDKO
A panel discussion: “Improving interaction between government
agencies, public associations and entrepreneurship development councils
when developing, discussing, and adopting the regulatory framework
in the ICT field”
The panel discussion moderator was Mr. Andrei
NAREIKO, Chairperson of the Board of the Belinfocom
Association of Information and Communication
Technologies.
The following representatives participated in the panel
discussion: Mr. Dmitry SHEDKO, First Deputy Minister
of Communications and Informatization of the Republic
of Belarus, Ms. Natalia SHELKOVSKAYA, Consultant of
the Directorate of Economic Forecasting, Analysis and
Business Planning of the Ministry of Communications
and Informatization of the Republic of Belarus;
Ms. Elena KLUIKOVA, Chairperson of the Board of the
Telecommunication Industry Union; Mr. Yury ZISSER,
Deputy Chairperson of the Board of the Belinfocom
Association of Information and Communication
Technologies; Mr. Vladimir BASKO, General Director
of the Infopark Scientific Technological Association; the
Operative Analytical Center under the President of the
Republic of Belarus; the Ministry of Information of the
Republic of Belarus; Beltelecom RUP; telecommunication
operators, service providers, and others.
During the discussion, the current trends, challenges
and ways to develop cooperation between the regulators
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and professional associations working in the ICT sector
were reviewed.
Mr. Igor SUKACH, General Director of Alternative
Digital Network IOOO, made his presentation on
monetization of the OOT services (Skype, Viber) in the
Republic of Belarus. The rapporteur raised the issues of
feasibility and efficiency of introducing monetization for
such services in Belarus.
Mr. Yury ZISSER
April 22-25, 2015
Mr. Andrei NAREIKO, Ms. Natalia SHELKOVSKAYA
Mr. Igor SUKACH
The participants of the panel discussion were interested
in the rules of the paid registration of the Internet websites/
Mr. Maxim SAVCHENKO, Director of Extmedia OOO,
said that such measures could become a problem for big
companies, such as Beltelecom RUP. It was proposed to
hold regular meetings between the representatives of the
Ministry of Communications and Informatization of the
Republic of Belarus and the business community.
The panel discussion addressed the issues of providing
an equal access to the telecommunications providers of
all types of ownership to the State Extra-Budgetary Fund
of Universal Service at the Ministry of Communications
and Informatization of the Republic of Belarus.
During the round table, there was an open discussion
of the topical issues of cooperation between the state
administration bodies and the business community in the
process of adopting normative legal acts.
A seminar on the tariff regulations of the network of regulators
in the field of electronic communications (EaPeReg) in the Eastern
Partnership countries. Part 1
The overall objective of the EaPeReg project is to
promote social and economic development of the partner
countries through supporting the development of their
electronic communications markets by strengthening the
long-term cooperation between the European Union and
the Eastern Partnership countries (Azerbaijan, Armenia,
Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine) in this field.
The workshop launched a series of events, which were
attended by the representatives of the delegations from
the countries of the European Union and the Eastern
Partnership.
The moderator of the workshop was Mr. Bo
ANDERSSON, Chief Economist of the Swedish
Telecommunication and Postal Services Administration.
Mr. Bo ANDERSSON
April 22-25, 2015
Mr. Andrey BARABIN, Head of the Economic
Development Department, made his presentation “The
National Commissionexercising State regulation in the
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field of communications and informatization in Ukraine.”
He described the problems and possible solutions in
the field of telecommunications, the services subject to
tariff regulation, as well as the regulations in the field of
telecommunications.
Mr. Ashot ULIKHANYAN, Deputy Head of the Tariff
Policy Department of the Public Services Regulatory
Commission of the Republic of Armenia, presented
his report “Regulating telecommunication tariffs in the
Republic of Armenia.” The rapporteur described the
statistics and studies, as well as he shared the experience
gained by the Republic of Armenia in the field of
telecommunications.
Mr. Andrei BARABIN
Mr. Petru BASIL, Representative of the National
Regulatory Agency for Electronic Communications and
Information Technologies of the Republic of Moldova,
used his speech to highlight the issues of tariff regulating
in the field of communications and informatization in the
country.
Ms. Natalia SHELKOVSKAYA, Consultant of the
Directorate of Economic Forecasting, Analysis and
Business Planning at the Ministry of Communications and
Informatization of the Republic of Belarus, described the
Belarusian experience in the field of telecommunications
and informatization. The rapporteur highlighted the
availability of services and paid attention to the normative
legal acts on telecommunications.
Mr. Ashot ULIKHANYAN
Ms. Christina MIKOLENEN, Deputy Director of the
Network Regulation Department at the Communications
Regulation Service of the Republic of Lithuania, shared
their experience in telecommunications.
The workshop became the platform for discussions and
exchange of international practices.
Mr. Petru BASIL
Ms. Christina MIKOLENEN
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April 22-25, 2015
The Ultra Broadband Forum by Huawei:
“On the pulse of the best practices”
The Forum was organized by the Ministry of
Communications and Informatization of the Republic of
Belarus and by Huawei Technologies.
Mr. Sergei POPKOV, Minister of Communications and
Informatization of the Republic of Belarus, addressed
the participants of the event with his salutatory address,
expressing confidence that the Forum would give a new
impetus to the development of the state-of-the-art
broadband technologies, services and solutions in the field
of telecommunications. Mr. Sergei POPKOV drew attention
to the broadband services market liberalization in Belarus,
pointing out that the country had issued about 170 licenses
for data transmission services. So, since the subscribers
require high speed connectivity, the Republic of Belarus is
actively pursuing the transition to the xPON and Ethernet
technologies, prepares to introduce the 4G technology, as
well as upgrades its ADSL networks and fixed telephone
networks owned by Beltelecom RUP. “Huawei occupies a
Mr. Jeffery Liu
April 22-25, 2015
Mr. Sergei POPKOV
dominant position in implementing new technologies in
our country,” — said Mr. Sergei POPKOV.
In turn, Mr. Jeffery LIU, President of the Central
Asia and Caucasus Region of Huawei Technologies,
pronounced his welcoming speech, in which he thanked
Mr. Sergei POPKOV for cooperation.
Mr. Orozobek KAJYKOV, Head of the Zonal CIS Countries
Division of the International Telecommunication Union
(ITU), delivered his salutatory address. Mr. Orozobek
KAJYKOV noted that predicting technological development
was not easy even until 2020; however, the ITU suggested
that in the next five year period the focus would be on
the development of radio broadcasting, M2M, augmented
virtual reality, and 5G. Then, he described the ITU activities,
which could be divided into three main areas: studying
the development trends of the wireless broadband
technologies, standardization bureaus, the development of
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Mr. Angel DOBARDZHIEV
Mr. Paul Michael SCANLON
Mr. Sergei VOITUK
Mr. Vadim SHAYBAKOV
Mr. Frank EFFENBERGER
wireless technologies themselves, including by organizing
regional events on the subject. Mr. Orozobek KAJYKOV
concluded that the development of wireless broadband
technologies was contributing and would be contributing
to the national economy.
Mr. Angel DOBARDZHIEV, Consulting Director of
Ovum — the company dealing with business intelligence in
the development of broadband technologies — was the next
speaker. He paid attention to the significant growth of the
broadband coverage in Belarus and Azerbaijan: from 40%
and 20% respectively up to 70% during the period of 20102014. In the end, Mr. Angel DOBARDZHIEV highlighted the
following points: the most important thing for the end-user was
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to be online; the coverage of broadband technologies (3G \ 4G,
FTTx) continued growing; Eurasia had a great development
potential; a broadband access opened up a whole new
worldwith a range of digital services to the end-users; the
prevailing services were Facebook, Google and Apple.
Mr. Paul Michael SCANLON, President of the
Networking Services Business Consulting Department of
Huawei Technologies, made his presentation to cover
the global ICT development trends. He stressed that
“broadband technologies are the core infrastructure.”
Mr. Vadim SHAYBAKOV, Deputy Director for Technical
Issues of Beltelecom RUP, described the achievements of the
enterprise achieved in cooperation with Huawei, as well as
the corporate plans to develop broadband access. There is
a goal to become Top 20 in terms of the ICT development
by 2020 (at the moment, Belarus is Top 38 in the world,
and Top 1 in the CIS).In addition, Mr. Vadim SHAYBAKOV
said that since early 2015, the company had been able
to increase the number of its broadband subscribers from
300,000 to 380,000, and by late 2015 the company
planned to have 550,000 connected subscribers.
The representative of Beltelecom RUP also described
the “smart house” concept, which was being developed
at the moment in cooperation with Huawei. The concept
includes several areas: communications (video, first of
all), entertainment (gaming), automation (metering of
electricity and gas consumption, lighting control, etc.),
security (video surveillance, parental control, etc.).
Mr. Vadim SHAYBAKOV hoped that the innovation
would be introduced in 2015.
Mr. Pavel KOLESNIKOV
Mr. Sergei VOITUK, representative of Huawei
Technologies, presented their Smart House solutions and
demonstrated the features of the Smart Houseprototype.
Mr. Frank EFFENBERGER, Vice President of the
Fixed Line Access Department of Huawei Technologies,
described the global development trends of the fiber
optic access networks.
Mr. Orozobek KAJYKOV, Mr. Sergei POPKOV
Mr. Pavel KOLESNIKOV, Head of the Network
Solutions Department of Huawei Technologies, shared a
new approach to designing data transmission networks
(DTN). “The systems shall be opened, that’s the main
focus. Computations and applications are migrated to the
cloud,” — said Mr. Pavel KOLESNIKOV.
The forum participants discussed the activities of the
International Telecommunication Union (ITU) in the field
of broadband technologies, the dynamics, prospects and
impact of the broadband access (BBA), the global ICT
development trends, the fiber optic access networks, and
various business models.
The forum organizers proposed new opportunities
for mutually beneficial cooperation to the industry
representatives.
April 22-25, 2015
Mr. Pavel KOLESNIKOV
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Mr. Fan Dginong, Mr. Evgeni BRYANTSEV, Mr. Oleg SHYMANSKI
A press-conference by Huawei: “About the novelties of 2015”
A new flagship Huawei smartphone — the R8
model — was presented at the exhibition. During
the interactive presentation, the representatives of
BelHuawei Technologies showed the main features of the
novelty and described the company’s plans for 2015 to
the journalists.
other smartphones with similar battery life.
In 2014, Huawei sold about 74.1 million smartphones.
In 2014, the market share of the brand name in the
global mobile devices market was 5.8%. This indicator is
23% in the Republic of Belarus.
The presentation was attended by: Mr. Fan DGINONG,
Terminal Equipment Sales Director of Bel Huawei
Technologies OOO; Mr. Evgeni BRYANTSEV, Head of the
Commercial Department of Mobile TeleSystems (MTS)
COOO; and Mr. Oleg SHYMANSKI, Product Trainer of
BelHuawei Technologies OOO.
In addition, Huawei Technologies and Mobile
TeleSystems (MTS) COOO mobile communications
provider jointly announced the next stage of their strategic
partnership: exclusive sales of the P series smartphones —
and the P8 flagship smartphone in particular — through
the MTS stores. The product will be on sale in the CIS
countries in June 2015.
The P series model from Huawei, which is a leading
one in 2015, combines the best of the fashion trends and
technologies. The P8 got the latest version of Android OS
5.0 Lollipop “out of the box.” The model supports the
4G networks, and the version to be marketed is equipped
with 2 SIM slots. At that, a smartphone user can replace
the second SIM card with a Micro-SD card and thereby
expand the memory capacity of the device.
The new device is “charged” with an 8-core processor
(Kirin 930 64-bit Octa-Core), which improves the
performance of the model by about 20% if compared to
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A master class by IM Action:
“Internet as a tool to promote and market goods and services”
The event was held by Ms. Lyudmila KISSELEVA,
Director of the IM Action Internet Marketing Agency
specialized in promoting businesses in foreign countries.
The master class was designed to give an idea of the
modern capacities of the Internet in terms of promotion
of goods and services ranging from a basic presence (a
website) to brand name development in the Internet
through social networks, niche channels and other online
formats. Special attention was paid to monitoring the
efficiency of the spent resources through the transparent
results monitoring system.
In her speech, the rapporteur described how to develop
the Internet presence strategy, how to correctly define
your target audience, how to choose online channels,
tools and implementers. The master class gave definition
to “a good website”, identified the range of requirements
to the information content and technical components.
The master class also reviewed the following issues:
setting the goals for efficient work, selecting the categories
in the target audience, prioritizing, strategizing, forming
the set of channels based on the goals.
Ms. Lyudmila KISSELEVA
Ms. Lyudmila KISSELEVA presented the project of
brand name development through social networking,
niche resources and platforms. In addition, efficiency
monitoring methods based on the key metrics were
demonstrated.
A workshop by Tibis ChP:“TIBIS NUC is new generation computers”
TIBIS is a modern dynamically developing enterprise
working in the retail and wholesale market since
2009. The company offers a wide range of computer
equipment and accessories, and it is also a leader in the
production, implementation and maintenance of the
certified language laboratories in the Republic of Belarus.
A multi-tier well-organized system of the company’s
activities is aimed at prompt satisfying the demand of
the Belarusian consumers for high-quality and modern
computer equipment that meets the most demanding
requirements.
The workshop was devoted to such a product of the
company as TIBIS NUC, which is an ultra-compact, energyefficient and — at the same time — a full-featured PC. A new
product of the TIBIS UNIC series — a compact system unit
based on the Intel Core i5 processor — was demonstrated
at the workshop. Tibis is the Intel Gold Partner.
Mr. Andrei OSIPCHIK, Head of the Sales Section of
Tibis, launched the workshop, and described the main
business activities of the company.
Then, he was followed by Mr. Dmitry ZAKHAROV,
Chief Expert of the company. He outlined the main
advantages of the TIBIS NUC product: record-breaking
power consumption (according to statistics, it is 10 times
less than the average energy consumption of a standard
PC), and low noise level.
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Mr. Dmitry ZAKHAROV highlighted the following
features of the product:
•using wireless data transfer, the device can display
information on any external media (a media
projector, a monitor, an LCD TV), which supports the
Intel Wireless Display technology. If a device does not
support the technology, it can be equipped with an
adapter designed by the company;
•a client can select components and design of the
TIBIS NUC product;
•the Intel Service Center provides 3-5 years
warranty.
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Mr. Dmitry ZAKHAROV
In addition, Mr. Dmitry ZAKHAROV also demonstrated
a new device developed by the company to the audience:
TIBIS STICK, which is a full-fledged system unit on a
USB-stick which can be easily connected to PC monitors
of any type. At the end of the workshop, Mr. Andrei
TYMOCHKO, representative of Intel, described the
optional ways of utilizing the Intel NUC processors. The
rapporteur spoke about the Digital Signage technology
that was used as a digital storefront for outdoor advertising
and in the automated systems.
A workshop by Belam Telecom OOO:
“The Jabra innovative solutions for modern employees”
The workshop was led by Ms. Galina CARLSON, Jabra
Regional Director for Russia, the CIS and Baltic countries.
The meeting highlighted the key features of the Jabra
products and the solutions enabling to optimize the
performance of employees.
Jabra (Denmark) is the world’s leading manufacturer of
headsets and speakerphones; the company has offices in
30 countries of the world; it offers unified communications
projects, solutions for business and everyday life, as well
as the widest range of products.
Ms. Galina CARLSON
According to Ms. Galina CARLSON, the hallmarks of
their headsets are multi-functionality, health protection,
sound quality, as well as mobility.
A workshop by Velcom UP:«Voka is a TV in a new way”
The workshop was led by Mr. Dmitri KIRILENKO,
Head of the Managed Could Services Department of
Velcom Unitary Enterprise.
To access the technology, it is enough to visit the website
or scan the QR code.
The event identified the key principles of the Voka
platform based on the SPB TV platform:
•anytime anywhere (there is no dependence on the
communications / TV provider);
•multiscreen (accessibility from any device);
•multiple formats (SDTV, HDTV, 3DTV);
•multiple features (EPG, Chromecast, DBA, DVR);
•modularity and scalability;
•various monetization models.
According to Mr. Dmitri KIRILENKO, the competitive
advantages of Voka are: versatile content, access via WiFi, free traffic, playback stability.
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April 22-25, 2015
A workshop by Velcom UP:
“V-banking is a bank in your smartphone”
Mr. Sergei LABKOVICH, Head of the Payment System
Development Group of Velcom Unitary Enterprise, held
the workshop. The rapporteur outlined the demographic
and financial trends in the Republic of Belarus, global
trends in smartphone sales, as well as the advantages
of paying for services by using mobile technologies.
V-banking is a universal mobile app to pay for goods and
services, to transfer money from card to card without
leaving your home.
The v-banking service was designed to tackle a number
of tasks:
•bank card management optimization;
•saving time through cashless payments;
•transferring payments and remittances at any time
convenient to the user;
•possibility to make monthly payments without
leaving your home;
•quickly and safely transfer money to any location in
the world;
•easiness of planning expenditures.
Mr. Sergei LABKOVICH
April 22-25, 2015
The v-banking application is available to users of all
mobile communication providers in Belarus, and the
application runs on top of various operating systems.
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THE OFFICIAL CHRONICLE
Mr. Sergey SHPEGUN, Head of the Operative
Analytical Center under the President of the Republic of
Belarus, and Mr. Stanislav ZAS, Deputy State Secretary of
the Security Council of the Republic of Belarus, reviewed
the TIBO-2015 exhibition.
Mr. Sergey SHPEGUN
Mr. Stanislav ZAS
Mr. Sergey SHPEGUN
Mr. Stanislav ZAS
Mr. Stanislav ZAS
Mr. Stanislav ZAS
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THE BELARUSIAN CONGRESS ON THE INFORMATION
SOCIETY TECHNOLOGIES
THE CONGRESS OPENING CEREMONY
Mr. Dmitry SHEDKO, First Deputy Minister of
Communications and Informatization of the Republic of
Belarus, was the master of the ceremony.
196 experts representing 85 companies from 12
countries (Belarus, Russia, Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia,
Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia,
Belgium, South Korea) participated in the ceremony.
Among the participants, there were the representatives of
international organizations, state administration bodies
of various sectors of economy, professional associations
and unions, research and educational institutions,
telecommunications providers, providers of information
and electronic services, and of the business community.
Mr. Sergei POPKOV, Minister of Communications and
Informatization of the Republic of Belarus, addressed the
guests and participants of the exhibition with his words
of welcome: “Continuous technological progress in the
field of information and communication technologies
(ICT), penetration of the ICT in all spheres of modern
society have led to the fact that the ICT — after being an
accessory tool — have become one of the key instruments
for social and economic development. Today, the agenda
of all developed countries has the challenge of digital
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transformation of the system of public administration,
industry, and commerce.”
Speaking of the most significant trends, the Minister
classified the following:
•rapid growth of mobile technologies: the number
of mobile device users is much higher than the
number of the fixed line users; growing mobility
of users requires mobile access to public services
(m-Government), banking (m-Banking), educational,
healthcare, as well as retail services, and other
systems of mass services delivered to the population;
•social networks — originally introduced as a medium
for social contacts — have turned into an environment
for doing business, advertising and promoting goods
and services, researching demand and interacting
with the consumers in order to consider his/her
views about the produced products and for adjusting
consumer product properties to the needs of the end
user. Moreover, the interoperating tools used by the
users of the social networks proved to be so efficient,
that the social network technologies are now applied
in business and government for effective interaction
between clients and employees;
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Mr. Nurudin MUHITDINOV
•connecting physical objects to the Internet and
providing interactivity with the through sensors and
active control devices provides enormous additional
opportunities for the information revolution to
impact the economy, and this has the potential of
transforming such industries as manufacturing,
energy, transport, health care and public services
(e.g. waste management);
•leasing software and IT infrastructure sites (clouds)
to end-users as services; development of cloud
technologies significantly reduces the user costs
related to implementation of the IT services as
this requires no capital investments to create an
infrastructure, to support and maintain it, and this
enables you to pay only for the consumed services;
•using big data technologies and business intelligence
methods to support decision-making in business and
governance;
•using 3D models and 3D printing technologies to
make parts and units of the equipment, building
constructions, various medical applications.
Mr. Sergei POPKOV highlighted that the Republic of
Belarus was developing in line with the global trends.
“According to international ratings, Belarus has managed
to establish itself in the group of the countries with
high ICT development dynamics, directly following the
leaders. As the UN e-Government Development Index
is concerned, Belarus is Top 55 out of 193 countries of
the world, and it is Top 38 out of 152 countries in the
ranking of the International Telecommunication Union
(ITU) as the ICT Development Index is concerned. At
present, the Republic of Belarus — administratively
and technically speaking — has a government system
to deliver e-services to businesses and citizens. There
is the Public Services Single Portal, which has been
developed and launched. In early 2015, the State
Information Systems Registry had 219 information
systems, and 150 of them were of the national scope
developed by request of the state administration
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bodies and financed by the Government budget,” —
said he.
The currently drafted Information Society Development
Strategy of the Republic of Belarus until 2022 envisages
the measures to improve efficiency of the ICT use as a
tool for social and economic development.
“The TIBO-2015 forum summarizes development of
the information society in our country for the previous
five year period. This year, the central exhibition stand
organized by the Ministry of Communications and
Informatization of the Republic of Belarus — which many
of you could study yesterday — presents the results of
informatization of various sectors of the economy and
the social sphere, as well as electronic services for citizens
and businesses. The specialized workshops, panels
discussions, and conferences will discuss and review the
most important information society development trends
in detail,” — continued the Minister.
On behalf of the TIBO-2015 Forum Organizing
Committee, Mr. Sergei POPKOV wished all the
participants of the Congress fruitful and successful
work, and he expressed his hope that the forum would
contribute to establishment of the information society in
the Republic of Belarus.
April 22-25, 2015
Mr. Mait MARTINSON
Mr. Nurudin MUHIТDINOV, General Director of the
Executive Committee of the Regional Communications
Commonwealth, delivered his salutatory address: “Since
the formation of the Regional Commonwealth, Belarus has
been its full-fledged member, its active participant setting
the pace of informatization for many other countries.
Year 2015 marked the launched implementation of the
programs adopted at the Conference of the International
Telecommunication Union. It is especially nice to see
the representatives of the Korean delegation among
the participants of the Forum. In Korea, we have seen
the progress that put the country in leading positions
worldwide. That is why, it is particularly important that this
year the foreign guests participate in the Forum. I would
like to highlight a remarkable moment for the development
of Belarus: the Republic of Belarus will be one of the first
RCC countries to fully switch to digital broadcasting starting
from May 15 (2015). I am sure that this will not be the last
serious step of Belarus on path to the ICT development.”
Mr. Choi Young-JIN, Director General of the National
Radio Research Agency (RRA) at the Ministry of Science,
ICT and Future Planning of the Republic of Korea, read
out his greetings to the Congress participants: “Minsk is
the node of advanced modern technologies. TIBO attracts
many innovative IT companies, and the forum has been
contributing to the global ICT development for over 20
years. On behalf of the Korean delegation, I would like to
express my gratitude for the opportunity to participate in
the process of establishing relations, exchanging views and
practices. Today, half of the world’s population is connected
to the Internet. A hyper-connected society is a new global
reality. And we can see the further development path;
however, without a clear strategy, our cooperation will not
be able to improve; so, we need constant development
and mutual exchange of experience and achievements.”
Mr. Mait MARTINSON, Ambassador Extraordinary and
Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Estonia to the Republic
of Belarus, delivered his salutatory address: “Information
technologies bring new opportunities, expand human
horizons, make life more comfortable. Vision of what we
want to achieve enables us to create a cozy infrastructure.
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Mr. Dmitri PARFENTIEV
Limited resources prevent us from showing excellent
results: we will have to work a little more and think better,
but that doesn’t make the development impossible.
Belarus also has limited resources, but it always finds
ways to develop and improve. In Estonia, we’ve reached
the point where Internet access is one of the fundamental
human rights. We are certain that cooperation with Belarus
is promising, and it will be fruitful for both countries.”
Mr. Dmitri PARFENTIEV, Deputy Minister of
Information Technologies and Communication of
Republic of Moldova, said the following in his salutatory
address: “Cooperation with Belarus is not confined to
framework of the International Telecommunication Union
or International Postal Union. We fruitfully cooperate
in many areas. Cooperation improves in the field of
postal money orders. We are interested in the Belarusian
experience of creating a system of electronic digital
signature and in the transition to digital broadcasting.
In Moldova, we are developing an electronic payment
system supporting both national and foreign currencies.
We can share information on how to ensure high quality
of international calls when there is competition between
traditional telephone services and the Internet telephony.
From our side we believe that Belarusian colleagues can
also share their valuable experience with us and help us
in addressing many topical issues.”
The welcoming remarks were made by Mr. Vasilis
KOPANAS, Representative of the European Commission
(EC): “TIBO is the exhibition of information and
communication technologies, and we acknowledge its
important role in transforming the society and the economy
to improve living standards and to enhance competitiveness
in the business environment. TIBO occupies an important
position in Belarus, and Belarus itself, in its turn, plays a
significant role in the Eastern Partnership. In your country,
there is a possibility to make reforms with the view to
improve the economic conditions. You’ve shown the ability
to work closely with the EU and other Eastern Partnership
countries. I am particularly pleased to be here because
Minsk is a pleasant, safe and clean city. This is my third
visit, but I am sure it is not the last one.”
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Mr. Mir Heydar ISMAYILOV
Mr. Edmunds BELSKIS
Mr. Asylbek KHAIRUSHEV
Mr. Mir Heydar ISMAYILOV, Head of the Infrastructure
Development Section of the Ministry of Communications
and High Technologies of the Republic of Azerbaijan,
addressed the participants of the Congress with his salutatory
message: “The Belarus-Azerbaijan business forum is a
platform to develop international relations and to discuss
current issues. During the Forum, a number of important
documents have been signed, which identified the
dynamics of relations between our countries for the nearest
future. TIBO presents many Azerbaijani organizations.
Active work is underway to develop cooperation in science
and technologies between our countries.”
Then, Mr. Edmunds BELSKIS, Director of the
Communications Department at the Ministry of Transport
and Communications of the Republic of Latvia, said his
greetings: “Latvia is interested in further cooperation and
development of ICT. The issues of providing access to
fast and ultra-fast Internet are particularly relevant. The
term “gigabit society” is underway, where high-speed
Internet access becomes normal. And rural areas are now
equipped with the fiber optic networks. Riga has become
the EU leader in terms of the Wi-Fi coverage; there are
2,500 free Wi-Fi points of access in the city. The residents
of Latvia enjoy the 4G Internet access. We plan to cover
92% of the territory by 2017. The State promotes
this development by providing tax incentives to the
businesses engaged in the network development. Latvia
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has the following priority development areas: providing
Internet access to people with disabilities, improving data
protection and network security, reducing the tariffs for
international roaming.”
Mr. Mir Heydar ISMAYILOV,
Mr. Edmunds BELSKIS
Mr. Asylbek KHAIRUSHEV, President of the National
Telecommunications Association of Kazakhstan, highlighted
the following in his speech: “The geography of the exhibition
participants expands every year. Kazakhstan is one of the
most important partners of Belarus; and this interest in
exchanging practices is mutual. In terms of development
of the information market, organization of such exhibitions
gives the opportunity to understand the global trends,
exchange practices and views. The Congress will help
consider the important aspects of cooperation in detail, and,
I hope, this will be the next step in the ICT development.
A business forum in the IT field:
“The Republic of Korea — the CIS and Baltic countries”
Mr. Mikhail CHASCHIN, Mr. Nurudin MUHITDINOV
The event was organized by: the Ministry of
Communications and Informatization of the Republic of
Belarus, the Infopark Scientific Technological Association
and the National Information Society Agency (NIA) of
the Republic of Korea.
The Forum was moderated by: Mr. Mikhail CHASCHIN,
Director of the Informatization Department of the
Ministry of Communications and Informatization of the
Republic of Belarus, and Mr. Nurudin MUHIТDINOV,
General Director of the Executive Committee of the
Regional Communications Commonwealth.
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Mr. Dmitry SHEDKO, First Deputy Minister of
Communications and Informatization of the Republic
of Belarus, delivered his salutatory address: “In 2013,
Alexander Lukashenko, President of Belarus,
identified computerization of the society as a priority
for the country’s development. The TIBO Congress has
become a platform to search for mutually beneficial
cooperation, expert training, and exchanging practices.
13 countries participate in the Forum this year. We
have the opportunity to demonstrate our capacity, to
consolidate partnerships.
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I am sure that the developments of the participants of
the Forum are interesting to our foreign guests, just like
we are interested in their latest achievements. Korean
experience is a priority for the Belarusian professionals
to explore. We appreciate what Korea contributes to the
development of the ICT sector worldwide.”
Mr. Yang JOONG-MO, Ambassador Extraordinary and
Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Korea to the Republic
of Belarus, highlighted the following in his address: “The
Minister of Information Technologies of the Republic of Korea
visited (Belarus) last year. Now we are carrying out a joint
business forum. I am sure that cooperation in the IT sector
is a driving force in the development of Belarusian-Korean
relations. The number of the IT institutions has been growing
in our countries. The Korean Agency has made a significant
contribution to the development of these relations. I hope
that the Forum will bring relations between Korea, Belarus,
the CIS and Baltic countries to a new level of interaction.”
Mr. Dmitry SHEDKO
Mr. Yang JOONG-MO
Mr. Suh Byung-jo, President of the National
Information Society Agency (NIA) of the Republic of Korea,
delivered his salutatory address: “The Forum is a further
step in developing our cooperation. We see a serious
potential of Belarus. This region is our strategic choice.
Korea is taking real steps to ensure that the development
of ICT in fully used to grow the national economy.The
citizens of Korea share this vision on innovations.”
Mr. Yoon JeongWON, Executive Director of the
Department for Global IT Cooperation of the National
Information Society Agency (NIA) of the Republic of
Korea, presented his report “Recommendations for the
draft program: “The ICT strategy of Belarus for 20162022”” during the plenary session of the business
forum. The rapporteur described the results of the study
organized in Belarus, and paid attention to dependence on
the Russian economy and to a high level of outsourcing.
“A strong central governance structure is needed. The
ICT infrastructure has a large number of services: the
Smart-TV technology based on the computer technology
develops. A broadband Internet connection is necessary
to implement this project. Connectivity is good in Belarus,
but this is not enough. To satisfy the demand, “GigaInternet” is required to every subscriber. It is necessary to
develop business-oriented services and focus on citizens.”
Mr. Mikhail CHASCHIN, Director of the Informatization
Department of the Ministry of Communications and
Informatization of the Republic of Belarus, told about the
development of the National Informatization Strategy in
the Republic of Belarus.
Mr. Nurudin MUHIТDINOV, General Director of the
Executive Committee of the Regional Communications
Commonwealth, made his presentation titled “On
creating the information society in the member-countries
of the Regional Communications Commonwealth.” He
presented the Cooperation Strategy of the CIS Member
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States to Establish and Develop the Information Society
until 2025, and the Action Plan of implementing the
Strategy by 2025. The documents include harmonization
of legislation and the regulatory and technical framework
in the field of ICT; establishment of a common information
space; cooperation in the field of development of the
digital economy and industrial Internet; development and
introduction of the modern ICT applications; improvements
of the arrangements of interaction between the CIS
member states to develop the ICT market; cooperation
to develop postal communications; improvement of the
mass communications media; cooperation in the field of
the Internet; ensuring information security.
Mr. Alexander KHOTKO, Director of the IT Department
of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC), made his
presentation titled “Plans and projects for digitalization of the
Eurasian Economic Commission.” Informational interaction
in the Eurasian Economic Union includes application of
information and communication technologies in all areas
impacting the functioning of the Union, establishment and
development of the transboundary space of trust, application
of the integrated information system of the Union, carrying
out coordinated policy in the field of informatization and
information technologies by the member states. There
is a need to develop an integrated information system of
the Union facing new objectives and challenges: digital
transformation, interstate electronic services, assistance in
developing the B2B interaction, interaction between the
national “single windows” (one-stop-shops), cooperation
with third countries and international associations.
Mr. Yoon JeongWON
Mr. Alexander KHOTKO
Mr. Young Chul Kim, World Bank Country Manager
for Belarus, described the cooperation of the World Bank
Country Office in the ICT field.
After a break, the business forum started the sessions of
thematic presentations.
The first session was on the expansion of international
cooperation.
Mr. Kim KYUNGSUP, representative of SK Hynix (Korea),
described the company’s experience and achievements:
“Our company is engaged in research and development,
as well as in sales of components. We hold 27% of the
computer memory market share, and 11% of the mobile
memory market share. We are interested in cooperation
with Belarusian professionals, because your engineers
are high-class experts. They have a strong background;
they understand how to interact and to work as a team;
they have serious skills in software development. Before
coming here, we’ve analyzed 5 countries; however, Minsk
turned out to be the best, and demonstrated the highest
rates. I hope that our choice will prove to be successful, as
well as the Belarusian-Korean cooperation in the IT field.”
Mr. Young Chul KIM
Ms. Elena MURASHKO, representative of Revera
Consulting, narrated a successful practice of buying IT
Mr. Kim KYUNGSUP
April 22-25, 2015
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businesses in Belarus. The rapporteur drew particular
attention to cooperation with the High Tech Park (HTP)
and explained how to become a resident of the Park, and
what incentives were offered in that format.
Then, there was the session called “Networking and
electronic solutions.”
Mr. Tian Shan Pak, representative of KT Corporation
(Korea), presented his company, its goals and objectives.
The rapporteur outlined the possibilities of cooperation
with the Belarusian colleagues and also stressed the need
to exchange practices and views between the experts of
the two countries.
Ms. Elena MURASHKO
Mr. Cho Sung SUb, Executive Director of Core
Engineering (Korea), presented the concept of Business
Intelligence: a decision-making system based only on facts
and analytics. The rapporteur described the features of the
business intelligence systems developed by his company.
The systems operate in real time and monitor the indicators
that are interesting to the client.
Mr. Sergey KOSTEVICH, representative of AVEST,
introduced specifications of the key structures and the
legislation in the field of ICT and electronic document
management in Belarus. The rapporteur described the
company’s products; one of the products — a SIM card
with the function of an electronic digital signature — was
presented at the TIBO-2015 exhibition.
Mr. Ben Zhong Hack, Director of Handreamnet
(Korea), described the importance of internal information
security. Handreamnet has developed a special security
switch and the HDN solution capable to cope with the
majority of hacker attacks.
Mr. Cho Sung SUb
After a break, the participants resumed their discussion
on the topical issues of media and mobile services.
Mr. Seo Allen, President and Executive Director of
OJWorld Corporation (Korea), made his presentation:
“An innovative application case, fund-raising for
automation of the group operations of the closed mobile
society through an application.” In his presentation,
he introduced a mobile application for Facebook: Toot
Toot. This application is peculiar, because it enables to
create closed social groups. At the moment, the company
actively cooperates with businesses in Indonesia and
Bangladesh, as well as with a Belarusian company.
Mr. Evgeni KAZAK, representative of Stone Labs, made
his presentation “A mobile eco-system in Belarus.” He
described the trends in the mobile environment of the
country, demonstrated the statistics of the preferences of
Belarusians regarding the brand names of mobile phones, and
characterized some domestic mobile services and applications.
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Mr. Kim HYUNCHUL, Co-Founder of Soundlly
(Korea), introduced the application — Soundlly Mobile
App SDK — to guide viewers to mobile services.
April 22-25, 2015
The final session of the presentations was on system
integration.
In his presentation, Mr. Sergei TUMEL, Director of
Modern Trade Technologies OOO, focused on reality
and prospects of electronic document management in
logistics systems in Belarus.
Mr. Kim Sung Man, Director of the Paperless
Trade Service Team from Korea Trade Network (Korea),
presented the Action Plan to promote trade digitalization
in Belarus and the CIS. He described the history and
experience of the company, and outlined the key
principles and benefits of paperless trade.
The business forum culminated in debriefing and a
Q&A session.
Mr. Sergey KOSTEVICH
Mr. Seo Allen
Mr. Ben Zhong Hack
Mr. Kim HYUNCHUL
Mr. Evgeni KAZAK
Mr. Sergei TUMEL
Mr. Kim Sung Man
April 22-25, 2015
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An international conference: “e-Economy”
The event was organized by: the Ministry of
Communications and Informatization of the Republic of
Belarus, the Infopark Scientific Technological Association,
and the European Commission.
The Conference included two sessions: a theoretical
and practical workshop “Digital market shaping to
develop export capacity” and an international HDM
workshop “The digital service infrastructure of the
national markets, and electronic/paperless foreign trade
systems.”
The Conference brought together 86 participants from
13 countries (Belarus, Russia, Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia,
Azerbaijan, Lithuania, Latvia, France, Belgium, Switzerland,
Sweden, South Korea). They included the representatives
of the state administration bodies, the business community,
the Infopark Scientific Practical Association: members of
the Committee of IT for Transport, Logistics and Trade
(IT2TLT); partners within the framework of the initiative
to harmonize digital markets (HDM); participants of
the activities of the network of regulators in the field of
electronic communications (EaPeReg).
A theoretical and practical workshop:
“Digital market shaping to develop export capacity”
The main objective of the workshop was to inform
about the current status and to discuss development
prospects of domestic information systems and electronic
services that were reasonable to rely on when developing
and implementing the Single Foreign Trade Portal of the
Republic of Belarus:
commercial e-document management;
electronic customs formalities;
platforms for electronic trading platforms and
e-commerce;
providing trusted e-services.
The seminar was chaired by Mr. Vladimir
ANISCHENKO, Deputy Chairperson of the Council of the
Infopark Scientific Technological Association and Deputy
General Director of Softclub OOO.
Mr. Victor DRAVICA, Director of the Center for
Identification Systems State Enterprise at the National
Academy of Sciences of Belarus, made his presentation
titled “The Belarusian regulatory environment to organize
electronic data exchange in supply chains. e-Waybills.”
According to the decision of the Government of Belarus,
the Center for Identification Systems State Enterprise
(CIS) is the umbrella organization for the scientific
and methodological provision of creating information
resources about goods, their automatic identification,
as well as about electronic document management in
trade and retail. The Center for Identification Systems
(CIS) is the initiator of development of the concept of
the Single Trade (Commodity) Information Space in the
Customs Union. The rapporteur described the legislation
and technical regulations on organizing electronic data
exchange.
Mr. Sergei TUMEL, Director of Modern Trade
Technologies OOO, continued the topic and focused
on the practical application of the Electronic Data
Interchange (EDI) technologies in commercial document
management. The main task of the EDI is to replace the
exchange of information and documents carried out
on paper with the standardized electronic document
circulation between computer networks. Although
EDI has not yet been properly widespread, there
is little doubt that this technology is perspective in
retail: implementation of this technology enables to
significantly reduce administrative costs, improve the
speed of information processing, optimize operations of
the staff by eliminating the errors that occur if you make
documents manually.
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April 22-25, 2015
Mr. Dmitri RADIVONIK, Head of Information
Technologies, Customs Statistics and Analysis Department
of the State Customs Committee of the Republic of Belarus,
made his presentation “e-Customs: current state and
development prospects.” The “e-Customs” subprogram
became part of the National Program of Accelerated
Development of Services in the Field of Information
and Communication Technologies for 2011-2015. This
subprogram includes the following information systems:
the National Automated System of Electronic Declaration,
the Automated Information Risk Management System,
the Automated Customs Union Transit Subsystem, the
Functional Subsystem of Keeping Track of the Customs
Payments, the Central Data Repository of the Customs
Information.
Mr. Dmitri FILIMONOV, Deputy Director of
SoftClub — Software Development Center CJSC, focused
his presentation on how to move to the electronic trading
platforms. The rapporteur pointed out the global trends
of e-commerce development, namely: establishment of
international and regional electronic trading platforms,
transition to specialized sectoral portals, using a single
trading platform, using reliable electronic payment
services, expanding the scope of the services provided
by electronic marketplaces, application of the common
e-commerce standards.
Mr. Alexander DEMICHEV, Director of Department
of Itransition ZAO, described the multifunctional
e-Commerce cloud platform. It is an innovative project
enabling companies to have their own scalable and
reliable e-Commerce resource, which will provide access
to the markets of Central and Eastern Europe, provide
comprehensive legal support enabling businesses to fully
comply with local laws.
Mr. Andrei KOSTEVICH, Head of the Group of Avest
ZAO, made his presentation titled “Providing trusted
e-services of the EU and the Customs Union countries.
The rapporteur described the “trusted third party”
technology. The Republic of Belarus has prepared a legal
basis, an organizational and technological platform for
cross-boundary electronic transactions.
At the end of the workshop, Mr. Vladimir
PARKHIMENKO, Head of the Economy Department
at the Belarusian State University of Informatics and
Radioelectronics (BSUIR), made his presentation on the
BSUIR experience in training staff for the digital economy.
As training activities are concerned, the University
collaborates with the world leading and domestic IT
companies. In 2012, at the initiative of BSUIR, a new trend
of education was established in Belarus: “e-Economy.”
Students have been taught since September 2013 in two
professions: “e-Business economics” and “e-Marketing.”
An international HDM workshop:
“Digital service infrastructure of the national markets
and the electronic/paperless foreign trade system”
The representatives of the Infopark Scientific Practical
Association initiated a project to harmonize e-markets of
the European Union and the Eastern Partnership countries
(the HDM initiative). The main purpose of the initiative
is to develop the infrastructure of e-markets and related
services in a harmonized way. Achieving this goal will
bridge the gaps that exist in the e-marketplace, and this will
also enable Belarus to build strong competences in the IT
sector as far as the sub-sectors of e-commerce, e-document
management, and digital infrastructure are concerned.
Holding the first international event under the
HDM initiative in Belarus promotes awareness of the
current processes and results of the digital marketplace
transformation, and this facilitates planning the
development of the national and regional e-markets,
and, first of all, the digital infrastructure of the e-markets
and the e-services based on this infrastructure.
The workshop was opened by Mr. Vladimir BASKO,
General Director of the Infopark Scientific Technological
Association, who described the digital context of the
infrastructure of the Belarusian markets.
April 22-25, 2015
Mr. Vladimir BASKO
The next presentation was made by Mr. Vasilis
KOPANAS, Representative of the European Commission:
“Establishing a single digital market of the European
Union, and the initiative to harmonize the digital markets
of the EU and Eastern Partnership countries”; in his
report, Mr. Vasilis KOPANAS highlighted the Action Plan
to create a single e-market place with the involvement of
the European Union (EU).
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Ms. Tatyana LIADNOVA, representative of the EC
East-Horizon Project Team, described the existing models
of cooperation between the EU and the CIS countries in
the field of the ICT / digital technologies.
Mr. Kim Sung Man, Director of the Paperless
Trade Service Team from Korea Trade Network (Korea),
described the experience of creating the Korean
interagency portal for information exchange. He spoke
about facilitating trade and about the master plans for
implementing a “one-stop-shop” (“single window”)
approach in paperless trade.
In his presentation, Mr. Victor DRAVICA, Director of
the Center for Identification Systems State Enterprise at
the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, shared the
Belarusian experience and initiatives to establish the Single
Trade Information Space of the Eurasian Economic Union
(EAEU). The rapporteur described the main issues tackled
on the basis of the e-business technologies in production,
trade, logistics, transport, and financial services. To be able
to integrate into the processes and systems of the Eurasian
Economic Union (EAEU), there shall be agreements on
transboundary cooperation, harmonization of trade,
transport and customs procedures, the “one-stop-shop”
(“single window”) systems, the e-commerce systems, the
systems to ensure traceability in logistics, the systems of
quality assurance, safety and origin of the products.
Mr. Valery VIRKOVSKI, Director for Developing
Cooperation with the EU countries and the Eastern
Partnership member-states of the Infopark Scientific
Technological Association, introduced the concept of
creating the Single Foreign Trade Portal in Belarus.
The main goal of creating a single portal is a digital
transformation and optimization of administrative
procedures in foreign trade transactions to improve
business and regulatory environment for exercising
foreign trade activities in Belarus. It is planned to
create the Single Portal on the basis of the Nationwide
Automated Information System enabling stakeholders to
carry out administrative procedures through electronic
interaction between the subjects of foreign trade
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Mr. Vasilis KOPANAS
Ms. Tatyana LIADNOVA
transactions and the State bodies, organizations, and
financial institutions.
Mr. Vladimir ANISCHENKO, Deputy Chairperson
of the Council, and Mr. Ivan LEVCHENKO, Deputy
General Director, representatives of the Infopark Scientific
Technological Association, made their joint presentation
and described the business model and explained how
IT businesses could participate in the establishing the
National System of Electronic / Paperless Trade of Belarus.
The speakers focused on the following issues:
•standardization of trade procedures in accordance
with the UN/CEFACT recommendations;
•international experience of implementing the “onestop-shop” (“single window”) model;
•the concept of establishment and the current status
of creating the Single Trade Information Space (STIS)
in Belarus;
•proposal to launch a public-private partnership
project to create the Single Foreign Trade Portal;
•business risks related to implementation of the project
to create the Nationwide Electronic Commerce
System.
The final part of the workshop was a panel discussion:
“Development of a national digital infrastructure
of the markets of the Eastern Partnership countries
in the context of shaping the Pan-European and
Eurasian digital market infrastructure.”
April 22-25, 2015
Mr. Alexander YATSKO, Mr. Alexander SUSHA
A theoretical and practical conference: “e-Culture”
Mr. Alexander SUSHA, Deputy Director for Research
and Publishing Activities of the National Library of
Belarus, was the event moderator.
Over 100 experts from the leading institutions and
organizations of culture, science, education, publishing,
as well as mobile operators, developers, software
vendors and interactive service providers participated in
the Conference.
Mr. Alexander YATSKO, Deputy Minister of Culture
of the Republic of Belarus, launched the conference. He
addressed the participants of the conference and wished
fruitful work to them.
Ms. Margarita GRUCA
The presenters were the representatives of: the Ministry
of Culture of the Republic of Belarus, the BELCARD
Payment System JSC, the Literature Museum named
after Yanka Kupala, the National Historical Museum
of the Republic of Belarus, Mobile TeleSystems (MTS)
COOO Belagroprombank OJSC, the MIR Castle Complex
Museum, the Minsk City History Museum, the Central
Scientific Library of the National Academy of Sciences of
Belarus, the National Library of Belarus, the Scientific and
Pedagogical Library, the Belarusian Agricultural Library,
and other organizations.
The reports were on subjects divided into several
blocks of issues on the development and maintenance
of the State Register of Book Artifacts, creation of
electronic collections and virtual projects, development
April 22-25, 2015
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of interactive services and services delivered by libraries
and museums, collaboration of cultural institutions with
mobile communication providers and banking systems.
The issues of innovative development of the institutions
of culture, science and education were discussed during
the event. The conference participants shared their
experiences of implementing and using the information
and communication technologies in the operations of
the contemporary cultural institutions; they discussed
the issues of perspective development in the context of
the Internet environment, generation of the electronic
content and development of virtual services to attract a
wide range of users. Software developers demonstrated
the features of their products, such as 3D tours, virtual
guides, online booking, and payment. Moreover, the
event highlighted the issues of designing the Piasniar
font based on the handwriting of Yanka KUPALA,
utilizing mobile apps, creating virtual projects through
crowdsourcing, etc.
Based on the Conference results, the participants
proposed the following:
•to create the complex of the information technology
systems of libraries of Belarus based on the national
platform;
•to coordinate and ensure cooperation between
libraries and information centers to create and use
electronic information resources, including the State
Registry of Book Artifacts;
•to start collaboration between the institutions of
culture, science and education to expand the scope
of their services and to create virtual services,
including online booking of guided tours, introducing
e-ticketing for tours and excursions;
•to link the software of the Complex of Information
Technology Systems (CITS) of the libraries with the
Nationwide Automated Information System (NAIS),
the RASCHIOT Automated Information System (AIS)
of the National Bank of the Republic of Belarus,
Ms. Tatyana ROSCHINA
Ms. Marina ROMAN
and the banking payment systems to introduce the
possibility to pay for library services using electronic
payment systems;
•to develop 3D technologies in the field of culture
to promote national resources in the Internet
environment;
•to connect libraries, information centers and other
cultural institutions to the broadband Internet
to provide equal rights for the citizens to access
information, and to ensure efficient functioning in
conditions of orientation on providing virtual services.
A theoretical and practical conference:
“Digital technologies in printing and publishing business”
The conference was organized by the Ministry of
Information of the Republic of Belarus.
Currently, printing and publishing market is undergoing
drastic changes. Development of the information society
in the context of globalization and internationalization of
markets requires improving the quality of publications,
their enhanced colorfulness, reduction in print runs and
periodicity of publication.
A digital printing market has entered the level of system
solutions and systems managing the entire production
process of printing production. Among these systems, the
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systems to control digital equipment and the systems of
preparing and exchanging information via the Internet
play an important role.
Achievements of the publishing and printing industry
can be seen at numerous constantly held international
fairs, congresses, conferences, symposiums, round tables;
these events enable to see the developments of the
printing industry today.
Presentations of the Conference were devoted to
development of digital printing, application of digital
technologies to preserve the cultural heritage of the
April 22-25, 2015
Internet. By the way, all libraries in the world support this
trend,” — said Mr. Alexander SUSHA.
Mr. Nikolay BRASHKO, Mr. Igor LUTSKY
Belarusian people and to develop national book
publishing, functioning of the information system of the
State bibliographic information. Conference participants
shared their practical experiences of implementing
and applying digital technologies in the operations of
publishing and printing businesses.
Ms. Elena IVANOVA, Director of the National
Book Chamber of the Republic of Belarus, made her
presentation titled “Using digital technologies to preserve
and provide public access to the book stock of Belarus.”
She said that digital technologies were helpful in state
bibliographical registration of the books published in
the territory of Belarus, in keeping statistics on the books
published, in the international standard book numbering
(ISBN), in establishing and maintaining the State book
stock, in administering the Information System of the
State Bibliographic Information (ISSBI), which enabled
(in the process of State registration of books) to keep
information on the national book publishing, to preserve
the book stock and information about it, to promptly
inform users about the book, and to grant public access
to the book stocks.
In his greeting to the participants of the Conference,
Mr. Nikolay BRASHKO, Head of the Production and
Technical Development Department of the Ministry of
Information of the Republic of Belarus, highlighted the
main trends in publishing business: reducing circulation
and, at the same time, growing number of publications.
Mr. Nikolay BRASHKO also stressed that publishing
business had been giving way to digital editions.
Mr. Maxim MOKIN, Head of Commercial Printing
Department of XEROX Russia, made his presentation:
“Global trends and practices of applying digital
technologies in publishing and printing business.” It was
highlighted that the XEROX digital machines had been
modernized, and print quality had significantly improved.
One could see improved automation, reduced cost of a
print, and, consequently, shifting from traditional to
digital printing. In addition, Mr. Maxim MOKIN spoke
about the main trends of 2014-2015 in the field of book
publishing.
Mr. Alexander SUSHA, Deputy Director for Research
and Publishing Activities of the National Library
of Belarus, made his presentation on using digital
technologies to preserve spiritual values of the Belarusian
people. “Unfortunately, the Belarusian book heritage has
survived partially. Only some 10% of the books can be
studied by experts. In such circumstances, the National
Library of Belarus faces the acute issue of preserving
these few publications and providing public access to
them. Digital technologies play a crucial rule in tackling
this problem, because they enable to make digital copies
of books and place them for free public access via the
April 22-25, 2015
Ms. Elena IVANOVA
Mr. Maxim MOKIN
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Mr. Stanislav NICHIPOROVICH, Deputy Director
of the Belarusian Science Publishing House Republican
Unitary Enterprise, made his presentation titled
“Application of digital technologies in publishing business
to print limited editions of books and magazines.” The
rapporteur spoke about the history of the Belarusian
Science Publishing House Republican Unitary Enterprise,
about their practice of using digital technologies and
about their unique projects.
Mr. Sergei SIPAILO, Associate Professor of the
Belarusian State Technological University (BSTU), made
his presentation titled “Synthesis of digital images in
vector ornaments.” Ornaments are traditionally used
in printing as a means of graphic design. Belarusian
national ornament is used to decorate publications
on the history and culture of Belarus, in printing
local history books, posters, special printing products,
domestic labels and packaging. Competent use of
ornaments enables to uncover the nature deeper and
to emphasize the national routes of the publication.
Based on the results of the organized systematization
of the Belarusian ornaments as integral symmetric
patterns, as well as after breaking them down into types
depending on the shape of the ornamental motive, the
Ornamentika software program was developed to create
Belarusian ornaments automatically. The application
enables to improve quality of printing and expand the
product range.
After discussing the issues, the participants of the
Conference proposed to continue developing the
Information System of the State Bibliographic Information
(ISSBI): the project of digitizing and providing free public
access to the book stock of the National Book Chamber
of Belarus.
A seminar on the tariff regulations of the network of regulators
in the field of electronic communications (EaPeReg) in the Eastern
Partnership countries. Part 2
The second part of the workshop consisted of a series of
reports by the EU representatives about their experience
and key activities related to regulating electronic
communications in the Eastern Partnership countries.
The first session of the workshop was opened by
Mr. Ricard ENGLAND, Competition Director of the Swedish
Telecommunication and Postal Services Administration,
who made his presentation about peculiarities of regulating
the developed markets and about future prospects. After
a short break, Mr. Ricard ENGLAND started the second
session giving his report titled “Development of markets
and tariff regulations.” The highlighted provisions became
the basis of the discussion.
During the third session, Mr. Bo ANDERSSON, Chief
Economist of the Swedish Telecommunication and Postal
Services Administration, described their experience of
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installing fiber optic networks in rural areas. In addition,
Mr. Bo ANDERSSON highlighted: at that moment, 4050% of the revenues of the Swedish communications
providers accounted to selling traffic data. The rapporteur
thanked the participants of the workshop for their active
participation in the discussions, and he also thanked the
Forum organizers for their warm welcome.
April 22-25, 2015
A panel discussion by Belintersat: “The national system of satellite
communications and broadcasting of the Republic of Belarus.
Application scope and development perspectives”
Goals and objectives of the event:
•to highlight the Belintersat project (a modern high
tech satellite communications and broadcasting
system based on a geostationary satellite);
•to describe telecommunication services, which are
planned to be provided in the Republic of Belarus
and in the countries of near and far abroad;
•to specify the key advantages of the project, its
application scope, and development prospects.
Mr. Andrei ABRAMOV, Deputy Director for
Development Issues of Precise Electromechanics Plant
Republican Production Unitary Enterprise, and Belintersat
Project Manager, described the stages and objectives
of the project, specifications and coverage areas of the
BELINTERSAT-1 satellite, the set and specifications of the
subscriber equipment (satellite communications stations),
terrestrial control complexes, configurations of the VSAT
networks, and the DTH system. The Belintersat Project
offers to rent satellite capacity, to retransmit television
channels, to organize VSAT networks, and provide high
speed satellite Internet.
Mr. Dmitry GLUSHKO, Head of the Satellite Terrestrial
Services Sales Sector of the Precise Electromechanics Plant
Republican Production Unitary Enterprise, continued
describing the Belintersat Project and mentioned its
advantages: excellent geographical coverage, unimpeded
signal passage, high system reliability. The project also
offers connectivity of the point-to-multipoint type,
the possibility to work with asymmetrical channels,
independence from any terrestrial infrastructure,
possibility of simultaneous data delivery to an unlimited
number of remote stations.
During the round table, the participants also discussed
the prerequisites to using satellite communications,
the advantages of satellite communication channels,
applications of mobile satellite communication stations.
The Belintersat Project has finally strengthened its
position as the National Satellite Communications
and Broadcasting Provider; it has developed mutually
Mr. Andrei ABRAMOV
Mr. Dmitry GLUSHKO
beneficial cooperation with domestic and foreign partners
in the telecommunication services sector. The project is
open for commercial or technical cooperation.
The key objectives of this event were attained during
the panel discussion: the interested organizations
and agencies, potential partners and clients received
comprehensive project information. Potential customers
expressed their interest in the tariffs and satellite
communication services. The perspective of further
development of the project in the market of the Republic
of Belarus was clearly outlined, as well as its commercial
value to the consumers of telecommunication services.
A training course by Uplink Networks OOO:“A system installer”
Uplink Networks OOO organized the System Installer
training course together with Fibrain upon completion
of which the students received the System Installer
certificate with their names on it. The event was led
by Mr. Petr Selva, Representative of Uplink Networks
OOO.
April 22-25, 2015
Curriculum summary:
•Introduction. General information about Fibrain.
•International organizations for standardization of
cable systems, and the main SCS standards.
•Installation standards applied to structured cable
systems (SCS).
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Mr. Petr Selva
•Structural specifications of the passive components
for structured cable systems from FIBRAIN.
•Perspectives of the 6a category.
•The LogiWire cabling system. Using one system to
integrate several types of cable installations (SCS,
FOCL, CATV, PSTN).
Having received the System Installer certificate, one can
use all the advantages of a 25-year warranty for the SCS
based on the Fibrain components. The warranty for the
FIBRAINDATA SCS is 25 years if the network components
have been provided by the FIBRAIN official distributor —
Uplink Networks OOO — and the SCS has been installed
by a certified expert who has passed training and received
the System Installer certificate.
A workshop by Telling Group OOO: “The MIIM software.
Controlling network infrastructure physically”
MOLEX PREMISE NETWORK demonstrated the novelty
for the Belarusian market: the MIIM system and its
capability to monitor physical copper, fiber optic lines
and network infrastructure components throughout its
entire length and in real time.
Mr. Oleg MASCHENKO, company’s representative,
described the MIIM software to the participants of the
workshop; the software is basedon the client-server
principle, and it manages all data in the system.
“The software can provide the most up-to-date
information to the IT manager about the status of the
Mr. Oleg MASCHENKO
channels supported by the system and the terminal
devices connected to it. This information can depict
the status of the entire channel: from a port of the
active networking equipment in the switching zone
to the wall outlets in the working area and a network
device connected to it,” — explained Mr. Oleg
MASCHENKO.
The application can automatically process all received
information about possible network configuration
changes; in case of an unplanned or unauthorized change,
the expert responsible will be alerted immediately.
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April 22-25, 2015
A workshop by Eaton: “Overviewing the Eaton products.
Examples of solutions for data centers”
Eaton is a leading diversified company working in
the field of energy consumption management. “We
help companies worldwide use electrical, hydraulic and
mechanical energy safer, more efficiently, in a more secure
and more stable way,” — shared his view Mr. Artem
ANGELEIKO, representative of the Export Department of
Eaton.
Mr. Artem ANGELEIKO
The company offers reliable and efficient solutions for
energy management in buildings, transport, industrial
enterprises, IT facilities, infrastructure sites, and utility
service sites.“The company was established in 1911.
Everything we produce is the result of more than 100
years of work,” — narrated Mr. Artem ANGELEIKO.
A workshop by Svyazinvest OAO:
“A product presentation for law enforcement agencies”
•mobile communication units;
•digital data transmission systems supporting copper
and FO communication lines;
•multiplexers;
•routers, modems, switches;
•pair gain systems;
•loudspeaker communication equipment.
Mr. Victor SMELOV
Mr. Victor SMELOV, Representative of Svyazinvest
OAO, described the products offered by the company:
•telephone switches of any capacity, stationary or
mobile;
•digital communication stations;
The company’s key business activities are as follows:
•analysis and evaluation of the existing problems,
working out optimal solutions in communications
and security;
•R&D to design new and upgrade legacy units and
communication systems;
•development
and
serial
production
of
telecommunication equipment;
•warranty, post warranty maintenance and repair of
communication and power supply equipment;
•design and installation related to implementation of
the communication and security systems;
•working out communication solutions.
A workshop by Tempesto-bel OOO:
“Overviewing solutions from Delta Electronics:
AC/DC power supply systems for the telecommunications industry,
data centers and other economy sectors requiring reliable
and uninterruptible power supply”
Mr. Leonid GAVRILOV, Representative of Tempesto-bel
OOO, described Delta Electronics to the participants of the
workshop. The company’s mission: to create innovative,
energy-efficient, environmentally friendly solutions to
improve quality of life. According to the rapporteur, one
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of the company’s activities is the instruments and means
of industrial automation.
Mr. Roman MATVEEV, Representative of Tempestobel OOO, provided the details about the Delta Electronics
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Mr. Roman MATVEEV
solutions applied in power supply to telecommunication
networks.
The workshop participants could ask questions to the
experts and get qualified responses.
A workshop by Friendly OOO:
“New concepts in the MOTOTRBO development.
Over-the-air programming (OTA)”
Mr. Andrey SHCHEKOTIKHIN, representative of
Friendly, described Friendly; the company is an authorized
partner of the Consumer & Business Communications,
Enterprise Mobility Solutions/Government, Broad Band
units of Motorola Solutions Inc.; the company is also a
licensed developer of applicationsfor professional radio
stations.
During his presentation, the rapporteur focused on the
following topics:
•modern requirements to digital radio communication
systems;
•programming fundamentals;
•key peculiarities of over-the-air programming (OTA);
•expanded range of radio station control;
•scheduled tasks and database analysis;
•wireless monitoring of batteries;
•statistics logging.
“The basic requirements to digital radio communication
systems include centralized management of radio
communication systems, faster programming of the
base equipment and subscriber radio stations, as
Mr. Andrey SHCHEKOTIKHIN
well as minimum downtime,” — said the company’s
representative.
During the discussion, the participants of the workshop
caught a glimpse of new approaches that they could
utilize in their routine.
A workshop by Tibis ChP:
“TIBIS NUC is new generation computers.
A pleasant surprise from Atlant Telecom”
Tibis demonstrated the TIBIS NUC energy efficient
and full-featured personal computer equipped with
passive and active cooling. The workshop began with a
presentation made by Mr. Dmitry ZAKHAROV, Sales
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Expert of Tibis, who highlighted the main specification
of TIBIS NUC:
•a powerful high frequency processor;
•ultra-low power consumption at a small load;
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•a reduced noise;
•a product line of powerful processors;
•a compact size;
•possibility to use a 2.5 inch disk drive;
•the Intel Wireless Display technology;
•the HDMI connector.
In addition, the representatives of Tibis offered users
a free test drive of the new device for a few days. Atlant
Telekom offers a 25% discount to legal entities purchasing
TIBIS NUC and promises to provide high quality IT
support to such clients.
Mr. Dmitry ZAKHAROV
A workshop by Edrana Baltic:
“Human capital management:
the Alga HR modern IT system”
Mr. Saulius STIRBINSKAS, Sales Manager of Edrana
Baltic, presented the Alga HR product at the workshop:
the system of accounting, personnel management and
salaries, using the most advanced technologies in the field
of Internet-access and database management, taking into
account the needs of all people managing the process.
The company employees also demonstrated the
features of the Alga HR program in real time and
answered numerous questions from the participants of
the workshop.
The program has more than 300 customers in the Baltic
States. Application scope: production, finance sector,
logistics, retail, healthcare, public sector, and others. Alga
HR ensures data security and confidentiality, a convenient
system to users, a powerful capacity for data processing,
and easy integration with other systems.
The main functions of the Alga HR product include:
•planning staffing needs;
•personnel management;
•management of the company structure;
•automated order management;
•career management;
•motivation system;
•work schedules;
•performance review;
•personnel training.
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April 24, 2015
THE OFFICIAL CHRONICLE
Mr. Leonid MALTSEV, Chairperson of the State
Border Guard Committee of the Republic of Belarus;
Mr. Victor LUKASHENKO, National Security Assistant
to the President of the Republic of Belarus; Mr. Mikhail
MYASNIKOVICH, Chairperson of the Council of the
Republic of the National Assembly of the Republic of
Belarus studied the TIBO-2015 exhibition.
Mr. Leonid MALTSEV
Mr. Leonid MALTSEV
Mr. Victor LUKASHENKO
Mr. Victor LUKASHENKO
Mr. Mikhail MYASNIKOVICH
Mr. Mikhail MYASNIKOVICH
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April 22-25, 2015
THE BELARUSIAN CONGRESS
ON THE INFORMATION SOCIETY TECHNOLOGIES
A theoretical and practical workshop:
“Organization of intergovernmental and interdepartmental
information exchange through the integrated foreign and mutual
trade information system”
The Eurasian Economic Commission (EAEC) and the
Ministry of Communications and Informatization of the
Republic of Belarus became the organizers of the event.
Mr. Alexander KHOTKO, Director of the IT Department
of the Economic Commission for Europe (EEC), led the
workshop.
The purpose of the event was to provide information
on the principles of organization of intergovernmental
and interdepartmental information exchange through the
integrated foreign and mutual trade information system.
Mr. Alexander KHOTKO, Ms. Galina BALANDINA
Among the participants of the workshop, there
were the representatives of the State authorities of the
Republic of Belarus including the representatives of
public institutions, as well as the experts responsible
for organizing the processes of international and
interdepartmental information exchange.
Mr. Dmitry SHEDKO, First Deputy Minister of
Communications and Informatization of the Republic
of Belarus, opened the workshop with his salutatory
address on behalf of the organizers of the ICT Week in
the Republic of Belarus.
Mr. Dmitry SHEDKO
Mr. Alexander KHOTKO, Director of the Information
Technologies Department, addressed the participants of
the event with his salutatory address on behalf of the
Economic Commission for Europe (EEC).
Ms. Galina BALANDINA, Head of the Foreign Trade
Support and Regions Development Center, delivered
her report “World economy globalization. Forms of
economic integration.” The rapporteur described the
processes of globalization of the world economy, legal
forms of economic integration, the regulatory framework
and the priority activities list of the EAEU, international
standards for an integrated information system of
external and mutual trade, principles of formation of
legal, organizational and technical grounds for mutual
recognition and usage of the electronic documents
(necessary for foreign economic activities) by the
authorized bodies of the EAEU member states.
Mr. Ruslan SIVAKOV
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Mr. Ruslan SIVAKOV, President of the CIT Companies
Group, and expert of UN/CEFACT, delivered his report
“Approached to international and interdepartmental
information exchange.” The rapporteur listed the types,
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levels of compatibility, tools and examples of organizing
information exchange.
Ms. Olga KUDINOVA, Head of Section of the Information
Technologies Department of the UNECE, presented her
report “Normative legal acts of the Eurasian Economic
Commission on interstate information exchange,” which
outlined the basic principles of the normative legal acts,
their functions and objectives, basic requirements, as well
as some of the key points and legal aspects.
Ms. Olga KUDINOVA
Mr. Alexander LOZIN
Mr. Alexander KHOTKO, Director of the Information
Technologies Department of the UNECE, described the
role of the public authorities of the EAEU / EEC Member
States in developing the processes of interstate and
interdepartmental information interoperability. The
reporter dwelled on the issues of creating communication
and computer infrastructure, the principles of electronic
document exchange, organization of interaction when
designing and implementing common processes.
Mr. Alexander LOZIN, Head of Section of the
Information Technologies Department of the UNECE,
delivered his report “The integrated information system of
foreign and mutual trade as a tool implementing interstate
information interoperability.” The rapporteur explained
the key aspects of the EAEU integrated information system
including common information resources, information
security, communications and computer infrastructure,
regulatory and reference information, adapted
international standards and recommendations, linguistic
support, equal conditions for economic operators.
The workshop continued after a short break.
Mr. Igor KANASH
In his presentation, Mr. Dmitri VALOV, Deputy General
Director of the CIT Companies Group, highlighted the
methodological approaches to creation and development
of the integrated information system of foreign and
interstate trade. The rapporteur explained the principles
of creation, implementation and development of the
common processes within the EAEU.
Report made by Mr. Ruslan SIVAKOV, President of the
CIT Companies Group, was on the problems of considering
the national specificities of the EAEU member states in
designing and implementing the common processes in the
EAEU. The rapporteur described the principles of unification
of formats and structures of electronic documents and
electronic data, the issues of alignment of regulatory and
reference information, and he also described an example
of interlinkages between different common processes.
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Mr. Igor KANASH, Deputy Head of Section of the
InformatizationDepartmentoftheMinistryofCommunications
and Informatization of the Republic of Belarus, described the
practical results of designing and agreeing by the authorized
bodies of the Republic of Belarus the list of the common
processes and technological documents specifying the
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common processes. The rapporteur outlined the goals of
creating an integrated system: information provision and
information support to the integration processes, ensuring
effective management of foreign and interstate trade in the
customs territory of the Customs Union and the Unified
Economic Space, implementation of the State control with
the use of information and communication technologies.
The report titled “Organization of the main elements
of the transboundary space of trust” was made by
Mr. Alexander KHOTKO, Director of the Information
Technologies Department of the UNECE. The rapporteur
explained the mechanism of managerial decision-making,
the concept of the “space of trust” and its main components.
“It is important to understand the difference between
“technical logic” and “legal logic,” because the reality of
forming the transboundary space can strikingly differ from
the set program that is fixed by the legal instruments. If
something is not defined in the documents, this does not
mean that such process or phenomenon does not exist.
Therefore, the regulatory framework not always keeps pace
with the process of building a transboundary space,” —
said the rapporteur. The phased implementation program
of the Development Strategy of the Transboundary Space
of Trust until 2023 was presented there, too.
The workshop was summarized by Mr. Alexander
LOZIN, Head of Section of the Information Technologies
Department of the UNECE, who spoke about the
development prospects of the EAEU integrated
information system. Development of the integration
processes,
information
and
telecommunication
technologies, proposals of the public authorities, and
business community initiatives will assist this.
At the end of the workshop, a discussion took place,
during which the rapporteurs answered numerous
questions from the audience.
A theoretical and practical workshop:
“e-Government and e-Cooperation. ICT in socially significant sectors”
Mr. Mikhail CHASCHIN, Director of the Informatization
Department of the Ministry of Communications and
Informatization of the Republic of Belarus, controlled the
workshop.
Among the participants, there were the representatives
of: the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus,
the Ministry of Communications and Informatization
of the Republic of Belarus, the Ministry of Health Care
of the Republic of Belarus, the Ministry of Culture of
the Republic of Belarus, the Ministry of Labor and
Social Protection, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the
Republic of Belarus, the State Customs Committee of the
Republic of Belarus, the State Property Committee of the
Republic of Belarus, the State Committee on Science and
Technologies of the Republic of Belarus, the Operative
Analytical Center under the President of the Republic of
Belarus, the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, the
National Center of Digital Services Republican Unitary
Enterprise, the Institute of Applied Software Systems
R&D Republican Unitary Enterprise, the Management
Academy under the President of the Republic of Belarus,
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as well as the members of the delegation of the Republic
of Korea.
The workshop was opened by the first session devoted
to e-Government.
The session moderator was Mr. Vladimir BASKO,
Head of the Informatization Programs and Projects
Section of the Informatization Department of the
Ministry of Communications and Informatization of
the Republic of Belarus, who described the National
Program of Accelerated ICT Development for 20112015.
Ms. Mary PEDAK, Senior Counsel of the Estonian
e-Governance Academy, presented a comparative
study on open governance and data safety in the
Eastern Partnership countries.The research was on
governance, e-Government infrastructure, e-Democracy,
e-Participation, and data protection. Corresponding
recommendations were proposed according to the results
of the study.
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Mr. Sergei POBLAGUEV, General Director of Belarusian
Cloud Technologies COOO, described the national
platform based on the cloud computing technologies.
It will be a hardware and software complex providing
storage and data backup to clients, providing ubiquitous
and convenient network access to software products,
applications, services, and storage systems. The platform
is an enabling environment for optimal use of the IT
resources. It is created and hosted by the Republican
Data Center and the Unified Republican Data Transfer
Network.
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Mr. Leonid FEDOTOV, Head of Sector of the Operative
Analytical Center under the President of the Republic of
Belarus, made his presentation titled “Marketing approach
to delivering public electronic services.” He presented the
key elements of the marketing strategy according to the
4P concept including the supply of services (portfolio),
tariffs, delivery channels, and promotion.
Mr. Leonid GANCHARIK, Associate Professor of the
Information Resources Management Department of
the Management Academy under the President of the
Republic of Belarus, described the system of continuous
staff development in the field of IT for the State
administration bodies, covering the following issues:
•creating conditions for continual professional
development of management and management
reserve in the IT field;
•establishment of a single information and education
network and an adaptive learning environment for
human resources development;
•ensuring close relation between curricula and the
real processes of the country’s informatization
development;
•creating and distributing electronic information and
educational resources in the fields of informatization
in professional activity of management and
management reserve;
•ensuring objectivity and openness of the procedure
of selection and appointment to senior positions
based on application of the modern tools to diagnose
professional, business and personal qualities, to
assess accumulated skills, competences and abilities.
Then, there was the session called “Electronic
interaction.”
The session moderator was Mr. Sergey RUDNEV,
Deputy Director and Head of the Information Systems
Operation Directorate of the National Center of
Electronic Services Republican Unitary Enterprise, who
made his presentation about establishment, operation
and development of the system of interdepartmental
information interaction of State bodies and organizations.
The rapporteur described the goals and objectives of the
Nationwide Automated Information System (NAIS), the
purpose of the State System of Open Key Management
(SSOKM), the Republican Certifying Center (RCC), the
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System of Interdepartmental Electronic Document
Management (SIEDM), services of a trusted third party
for transboundary electronic interaction, granting access
through the Single Republican Data Transmission Network
(SRDTN).
The subject of discussion was continued by Mr. Nikolai
MIKULICH, Head of the Directorate of the State Open Key
Management System of the National Center of Electronic
Services Republican Unitary Enterprise, who delivered his
report “The State open key management system.” The
system is designed to enable all stakeholder organizations
and individuals to get information about open keys and their
owners in the Republic of Belarus; this is a system of the service
providers that are interrelated and accredited by the system.
Mr. Stanislav KUTUZOV, Head of Section of the
Operative Analytical Center under the President of the
Republic of Belarus, described the current situation in
the field of cryptographic information protection and
the State System of Open Key Management (SSOKM)
deployed in the Republic of Belarus.
Mr. Nikolai LISAEVICH, Deputy Head of the
Electronic Services Development Directorate of the
Nationwide Automated Information System (NAIS) at
the National Center of Electronic Services Republican
Unitary Enterprise, made his presentation titled “The
Nationwide Automated Information System,” in which
he described how the State information systems and
resources interacted through the Nationwide Automated
Information System (NAIS).
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The session continued after a short break.
Mr. Sergei RUDNEV, Deputy Director of the
National Center of Digital Services Republican Unitary
Enterprise, described the System of Interdepartmental
Electronic Document Management (SIEDM) and talked
about integration with the departmental electronic
document management systems. The format of data
exchange between the subscribers of the System of
Interdepartmental Electronic Document Management
(SIEDM), who use electronic document management
systems, has been made; the format sets common
technical specifications of an electronic message for
communicating and exchanging documents; the format
also describes the schemes for exchanging documents
between the SIEDM subscribers.
Then, the key directions of the Informatization
Development Strategy of the Republic of Belarus for a
Mid-Term Perspective as well as the intermediate results of
implementation of the sectoral and regional informatization
programs were presented during the session.
The next session was on the ICT in the socially
significant spheres.
The session moderator was Mr. Georgi TRUSHKO,
Head of the Infrastructure and Informatization
Development Section of the Informatization Department
of the Ministry of Communications and Informatization
of the Republic of Belarus.
Mr. Anatoli DEMIDOV, Deputy Director for Informatics
of the Republican Scientific and Practical Center for
Medical Technologies, Information, Administration and
Management of Health State Institution, described the
“e-Healthcare” Sub-program, which is an integral part
of the National Program of Accelerated ICT Services
Development for 2011-2015. The key subprogram
objectives are as follows:
•to ensure development of the Automated Republican
Telemedicine System of Unified Medical Counselling
(ARTSUMC);
•to develop and implement the full-scale Personified
Information Automated System (PIAS) to keep track
of medical and pharmaceutical personnel in the
Republic of Belarus;
•to develop and launch of the Republican Epidemiology
Registry of Patients with Hematological Diseases
(RERPHD);
•to develop and establish the Information Automated
System (IAS) to plan and control centralized tenderbased procurement of medicines.
provides electronic services to the State administration
bodies, natural and legal persons in the field of state social
insurance, population employment, working conditions and
labor safety and protection. There are other things among the
promising development perspectives in the ICT field: ensuring
the necessary level of information protection, improvement
of information support and interaction, establishment
of the Belarusian Integrated Service Settlement System,
development of electronic services.
The joint report made by Mr. Vadim BOGUSH, First
Deputy Minister of Education of the Republic of Belarus,
and by Mr. Nikolai LISTOPAD, Director of the Main
Information Analytical Center Institution of the Ministry
of Education of the Republic of Belarus, presented the
types of electronic services in the education system. The
electronic services include: educational services (access
to electronic educational resources, distance learning
elements, conducting online competitions), information
services (providing information about primary, secondary
and special education, about the activities of educational
institutions, their structures, providing access to the own
information resources of these institutions, providing
educational and curriculum documentation, teaching
materials), and administrative procedures.
The topic of educational services was continued
by Mr. Sergei VAZHNIK, Director of the National
Education Institute Scientific Institution, and Ms. Irina
SHEVLYAKOVA-BORZENKO, Head of the Educational
Center of the National Education Institute Scientific
Institution, who made a joint presentation: “The National
Educational Portal as an environment for communications
between the educational process stakeholders.” The main
types and forms of the electronic education services
delivered by the Portal include: e-learning (access to
the electronic educational and teaching materials for all
academic subjects); comprehensive distance learning for
teachers and students; full time and distance learning
seminars, trainings, consultations, webinars; on-line
tournaments, academic competitions, quizzes. The Portal
enables teachers to expand the space of professional
communications, and it enables the students to see
individual trajectories of self-realization and self-education.
The workshop was summed up after the final debate.
Ms. Yulia BERDNIKOVA, Consultant of the IT Directorate
of the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Republic
of Belarus, presented her report “Establishment of the
electronic services sphere in the field of social protection of the
population of the Republic of Belarus.” Currently, the Ministry
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Mr. Oleg SEDELNIK
A theoretical and practical workshop: “A smart city: Information
Technologies in city management, utilities and residential sector”
Mr. Oleg SEDELNIK, Director of the Information
Technologies Center Municipal Unitary Enterprise at
the Minsk City Executive Committee, was the workshop
moderator.
Mr. Artem SEDOV, Advisor to the Rector and Head
of the Laboratory of Intelligent Systems in Construction
at the Moscow State University of Civil Engineering
National Research University, delivered an informative
and interesting report: “A joint project with UNECE and
UN-Habitat: “Smart cities in emerging economies.”” In his
report, the rapporteur outlined some ways to improve the
IQ of Moscow; in particular, he described the experience
of creating information and technological support (ITS),
including electronic components for parking lots, video
surveillance systems, traffic optimization systems, new
methods of car insurance. To implement all the proposed
things, no big funding is required; these things are
designed for implementation in the cities of emerging
economies whose budgets are limited. To develop pilot
projects of the selected cities, some of the funds will be
allocated through the UN Habitat programs; in particular,
the city of Polotsk has been selected in Belarus.
Mr. Igor SOSKIN, Chief Project Engineer of the
Advanced Development Section of the Information
Technologies Center Municipal Unitary Enterprise at the
Minsk City Executive Committee, delivered his report:
“The housing and utilities call-center of Minsk City.”
Considering the current stage of housing and utilities
development, it is impossible to deliver high quality
services to the population and ensure successful operations
of the housing and utility enterprises without constant
interaction with consumers and service providers. To
ensure mass customer service, most effective way is to use
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modern information distribution and processing systems
— call centers — that are able to quickly deal with the
large number of requests received by telephone or via the
Internet. The housing and utility enterprises get significant
benefits when using such a scheme of interaction
with their clients. This is high efficiency of using the
common database of housing and utilities, human and
material resources through comprehensive automation
of the operators’ work, the possibility of establishing an
integrated system to manage corporate technological and
business processes. When the utility services consumers
use call-centers, they can benefit from interacting with the
housing and utility companies based on the “one-stopshop” (single window) principle; at that, access to any
information is available through various communication
channels. In Minsk, such a call-center will operate on the
basis of a multi-channel phone line: call 115.
Mr. Alexander GARKUSHA, Software Engineer of
AGAT — Control Systems OJSC, made his presentation
titled “Efficient energy to every house. Modern
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information technologies in managing the energy
resources of the utility sites.” In his report, he focused on
the priorities of energy efficiency management that the
housing and utility companies had to pursue, and about
the possibilities to apply modern information technologies
to implement the priorities. Today, information
technologies enable to monitor the status of housing and
utility facilities, monitor energy consumption, provide
adequate interaction between suppliers and consumers
of the utilities. The operational control of the situation
based on the information technology solutions is essential
for the optimal budgeting, planning and implementation
of investment projects, for keeping track of the actual
current payments, for planning and supervising the
work, for drafting a sectoral regulatory framework. Wide
implementation of information technologies will enable
the citizens — utility end-users — to control resource
consumption and to optimize resource spending. The
rapporteur spoke in detail about the solutions based on
the AGAT-2000 process control software installed at the
energy generating facilities and industrial enterprises,
about the Automatic System for Commercial Accounting
of Energy Resource Consumption (electricity, heating,
water), about the AGAT ENERGO portal solution for
creating energy resource accounting systems, and the
solution to manage the energy resources of the housing
and utility facilities (in particular, providing information
services: granting access to user accounts via web-based
technologies in Minsk City).
A joint presentation was made by the representatives of
AGAT — Control Systems OJSC (Mr. Maxim BABARIKA,
Section Head, and Mr. Andrei RAMIZOVSKI, Deputy
Section Head): “The Minsk City Video Surveillance
System covering the sites of mass public gatherings of
citizens. Creation experience, further development
prospects.” To date, video surveillance systems are the
most efficient technical means of security. In Minsk City,
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Mr. Constantin MULIARCHIK
such systems are installed under the Safe City program.
Given that the enterprise is the general contractor for the
design and construction of the Single Video Surveillance
System of Minsk City, the rapporteurs described their
experience of creating the system, told about its future
development prospects, highlighted the concept of
introducing video surveillance in the residential stock of
Minsk City, described the video intelligence features of
the system. At that, they emphasized that the experience
of creating such an urban system in the capital city could
be successfully applied in the future when creating a
Single Public Security Monitoring System of the Republic
of Belarus.
Mr. Alexandr KATKOV, Head of the Sector of Agat —
Control Systems OJSC, made his presentation titled “The
role of intelligent transport technologies in addressing the
challenges of sustainable mobility in cities.” The company
is the developer of the key component of the information
and technical system (ITS): the AGAT automated traffic
control system (ATCS), which worked in Minsk City and in
a number of cities in Belarus and Russia at that moment.
The expert outlined that the AGAT ATCS enabled to
effectively manage and redistribute traffic flows through
intelligent management of traffic lights and electronic
display panels. At that moment, the employees of the
company finalized developing the subsystems for priority
passage of public and special transport, and the feature
of video detection of the traffic flows in Minsk City, which
were also presented at the exhibition stand.
Mr. Vladimir DOMANKOV, Director of Rasvicom
Service OOO, delivered his report: “The MY HOME Project:
a service to simplify the procedure and to improve the
efficiency of interaction with the Single Accounting and
Information Space (ERIP) for businesses and citizens.”
Starting from 2010, the company has been implementing
the project to create and develop an outsourcing
data center for housing and utility entities: Home
Owners Associations (HoAs), homebuilding consumer
cooperatives, garages / parking lots and other service
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providers, many of whom do not have their own modern
billing systems, as well as qualified technical support. The
MY HOME Project enables organizations to simplify as
much as possible the procedure of getting connected to
the Settlement system (ERIP), minimizing time loss and
expenditures. Organizations also have the opportunity
to automate their existing technological processes using
a modern billing system for calculating charges and for
billing for the delivered utilities and other services.
Mr. Constantin MULIARCHIK, Director of Mobile
Management Systems OOO, made his presentation:
“A new generation of software and hardware tools for
accounting and managing consumption of electrical
energy and heating energy resources.” The report was
on development of hardware and software systems
for remote reading of the metering devices (energy
and heating consumption) through wireless sensor
networks.
Summing up the results of the seminar, it is possible to
state that the topics raised there are more than relevant,
and they are very interesting both to urban utility entities
and developers.
A panel discussion:
“Training and advanced training for the ICT specialists”
and branches of university departments — remained
inadequate. Classes are not always up-to-date, and they
not always on the subjects that are demanded in practice;
and the practice of issuing certificates has only started.
Mr. Nikolai LISTOPAD
Mr. Nikolai LISTOPAD, Director of the Main Information
Analytical Center at the Ministry of Education of the
Republic of Belarus, was the panel discussion moderator.
The event was attended by the heads of the leading
educational institutions: the Main Information Analytical
Center at the Ministry of Education of the Republic of
Belarus, the Management Academy under the President of
the Republic of Belarus, the Belarusian State University of
Informatics and Radioelectronics, the Institute of Business
and Management of Technologies at the Belarusian
State University (BSU), the Institute of Professional
Skills Improvement and Retraining of IT and Business
Administration Experts Additional Educational Institution,
the Advanced Training Center for IT Managers and Experts
Private Educational Institution, the Infopark Scientific
Technological Association, and the guests from Lithuania.
It was noted positively that the Ministry of Education
was making steps to enhance further education in the IT
field. However, in order to develop closer public-private
partnership (PPP) in the field of the professional IT
training, it is necessary to put appropriate changes to the
Education Code of the Republic of Belarus. The barrier
to a wider adoption of the ICT is the lack of users who
are prepared to use such technologies. To resolve this
problem, the key role should be played by the advanced
training system in the IT field.
The representatives of Lithuania informed the
participants of the event about the new possibilities within
the framework of implementation of the EU project called
“e-skills”: teaching the IT literacy basics and IT end-user
skills. It was noted that the Republic of Belarus could
become a full-fledgedstakeholder in that project.
Based on the exchange of views, the participants
of the round table made conclusions and formulated
appropriate recommendations.
During the panel discussion, the participants reviewed
the current status of the issues of training and advanced
training of the ICT professionals, the key issues, and the
expected trends in that field. As this was highlighted,
one of the main problems affecting the training quality
of the ICT professionals is the absence of the national
framework of IT qualifications. Attention was drawn to
poor training of the ICT professionals in general.
The round table participants noted that cooperation
between educational institutions and IT companies —
despite the existence of a variety of joint laboratories
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Mr. Boris NIKULSHYN
April 22-25, 2015
A plenary meeting of the network of regulators in the field of electronic
communications (EaPeReg) in the Eastern Partnership countries
The plenary meeting concluded the series of activities
of the EaPeReg project.
Mr. Dmitry SHEDKO, First Deputy Minister of
Communications and Informatization of the Republic of
Belarus, drew attention to the fact that Belarus was very
interested in such meetings and was willing to enhance
cooperation with the Eastern Partnership countries.
Mr. Ricard ENGLAND, Competition Director of
the Swedish Telecommunication and Postal Services
Administration, thanked the organizers of the event and
the hosts. “We have a great hope that in the future we
will be in the team with our colleagues from Belarus,” —
said Mr. Ricard ENGLAND.
Mr. Ricard ENGLAND
Mr. Vasilis KOPANAS, Representative of the European
Commission, welcomed all those who came and stressed
the importance of organizing the logistics related to the
preparation for the meeting.
The meeting reviewed in detail the EaPeReg work plan
for 2015, and the schedule was adjusted and edited. It
was decided to split the document into two structural
parts in the future. In addition, the meeting reviewed
the rules of organizing seminars and plenary meetings,
the issues of funding and of the number of participants,
the schedule of activities for 2015. The meeting decided
there was a need to draw up reports after each event, as
well as to generate a general annual report.
Each of the participants of the plenary meeting
characterized the work of the regulatory body in his/her
country, and provided an overview of the achievements
for the past six months.
At the end of the event, the participants discussed the
issues topical to the Network of Regulators in the Field of
Electronic Communications (EaPeReg).
April 22-25, 2015
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An international forum:
“e-Banking: technologies and innovations”
The organizer of the Forum was the National Bank of the
Republic of Belarus with the support of JurSpectr OOO,
and the Infobank.by Financial and Analytical Portal.
The Forum objectives were as follows:
•to identify the need for further development of
digital banking in Belarus;
•to identify approaches to the development of digital
financial services to improve access to finance further;
•to study international practices of regulating digital
financial services and innovations in the field of
customer identification;
•to consider the emerging trends in digital financial
technologies;
•to discuss the experience of implementation and
development of distance banking (e-banking) in
Belarus and abroad.
Mr. Sergei DUBKOV
The Forum was attended by more than 140 people,
including the representatives of the National Bank of
the Republic of Belarus, the Central Bank of the Russian
Federation, international financial organizations, as well
as the experts from commercial banks and large retailers,
the employees of insurance companies, e-commerce
and system technology services, the producers of
communication equipment, the world’s largest mobile
operators, and the representatives of the State authorities.
Mr. Sergei DUBKOV, Deputy Chairperson of the
Board of the National Bank of the Republic of Belarus,
addressed participants of the forum with his welcoming
speech. He stressed that the subject of the event was not
chosen by chance. In the near future, one of the priorities
of the banking system in Belarus should become active
development of digital banking technologies. A largescale work is done in this field, and the efforts are
coordinated by the National Bank of the Republic of
Belarus. In connection with this, digital banking should
be considered not as the digital banking service (DBS)
channels, but as a sort of environment of trustful relations
between the client and the bank. Mr. Sergei DUBKOV
thanked the participants for their interest in the event
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and wished them successful work at the Forum.
The need for further development of digital banking
in Belarus was explained by Mr. Alexander SOTNIKOV,
Head of the Main Directorate for Digital Banking
Technologies Development of the National Bank of
the Republic of Belarus. According to the rapporteur,
there are two core objectives of digital banking: to
minimize personal client’s visits to the bank, and to do
everything for the client to talk to the bank as often
as possible using digital channels, and, in turn, for the
Bank to receive maximum amount of information about
the behavior of its client. Digital banking also aims to
create new technologies, products, channels and causes
for interaction between the bank and the client. The
strategy aimed at reducing the number of operational
tasks should be based on deepening relations with
clients. Mr. Alexander SOTNIKOV noted that the main
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development trends and targets of achieving digital
transformation in the monetary sector in the near future
would be reflected in the Digital Banking Technologies
Development Strategy for 2016-2020, which would be
drafted and presented to the Board of the National Bank
of the Republic of Belarus in December 2015.
Approaches to the development of digital financial
services to enhance access to finance were highlighted
in the presentation made by Mr. Mikhail MAMUTA,
Head of the Main Directorate of Microfinance Market
Management and Access to Finance Methodology
of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation. Access
to finance is the ability to get access to safe basic
financial services, including consumer protection.
Electronic interaction in the financial market is aimed
at overcoming legal, technological, and psychological
barriers. There are also efforts to counter cybercrime;
and the process of identification is being improved. The
rapporteur highlighted that the development of digital
financial services was a global trend directly related to
the capacities of mobile systems. It makes sense for the
regulators from the CIS member states — considering
that their legal systems are alike — to consider regulatory
harmonization of their retail financial services at the
interregional level.
Mr. John OWENS (Malaysia), Senior Legal Adviser
of the Alliance for Financial Inclusion, shared the
international practices of regulating digital financial
services. In his report, he cited a number of examples of
successful implementation of digital financial ecosystems
in different countries. According to the rapporteur, the
key success factors are:
•public-private partnership in this field;
•a clear understanding of the customer needs taking
into account the development peculiarities of
the country’s economy and the need to improve
the financial ecosystems, which will satisfy these
requirements;
•skilled regulatory management;
•creating trust relations in the financial services market.
The next forum speaker was Mr. Victor DOSTOV,
Chairperson of the e-Money Association (Russia),
who made his presentation titled “The evolution of
retail financial technologies: the future of payments
and innovations in collaboration with the client.” The
rapporteur described the new trends in digital financial
technologies and the main development perspectives of
the Russian market of electronic payments and money
transfers providing the examples of the two types
of a retail payment ecosystem: traditional (a simple
configuration of a bill and an interface) and new (a
complex configuration of the interfaces fitted to different
methods of payment, including cash payments).
Mr. Victor DOSTOV also highlighted the “bottlenecks”
of a modern payment market and the related regulatory
issues typical not only for the Russian legislation, but
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Mr. Mikhail MAMUTA, Mr. Sergei DUBKOV
Mr. John OWENS
Mr. Viktor DOSTOV
also for the national legislations of the CIS member
states. The rapporteur expressed his believes that
regulators should pay attention to competition and
free access to the infrastructure, and create conditions
for introducing innovations. In addition, Mr. Victor
DOSTOV outlines the main aspects of the risk oriented
approach implemented through the Global Client
Identification Standards.
The rapporteur was followed by Mr. Sergei DUBKOV,
who explained that Belarus had selected the system of
bank accounts as the basis for client identification due
to the large number of banking products owned by the
Belarusian population, including salary accounts and
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bank deposits, which enabled the National Bank of the
Republic of Belarus — as a regulator — to control that
and ensure safety and security. “It is clear, that this will
not happen today or tomorrow; but eventually, there will
be even deeper integration of mobile communications
and financial services,” — said Mr. Sergei DUBKOV. —
Still, now we need to “digest” the scope of the market
that we have started supervising and the scope of the
market, which we carefully consider. That is why we have
chosen identification through the client-bank interaction
system.
Mr. Mikhail KLENCHIN, Chairperson of the
National Financial Services Development Foundation
(Kazakhstan), continued discussing the topic of
implementation of the risk-oriented approach in
providing digital financial services, and he made his
presentation: “Remote access to banking services and
identification of physical persons by an electronic digital
signature.” He noted that digital banking development
was part of establishing the system of the so-called
“Future Bank”, which would provide “instant” financial
services to its clients remotely. To do this, Kazakhstan has
adopted the Concept of Financial Sector Development
in the Republic of Kazakhstan until 2030. According
to the document, the long-term transformation of the
banking business model will be based on the latest
technologies, which will enable banks to provide online
micro-crediting services, to take prompt decisions about
providing a wide range of basic banking services. An
important development perspective is integration
into the digital ecosystem, and providing access to
banking services through a single e-account by using
mobile technologies. This will result in competitive
fully transparent and protected — from the impacts of
economic cycles — banking services offering various
credit products on fair terms and conditions.
The presentation made by Mr. Nikolai KOVANTSOV,
Member of the Board of the D8 Corporation (Latvia) —
“Remote Banking Services (RBS) development:
myths and needs” — was dedicated to analyzing the
existing developments of the IT solutions for banks in
different countries, as well as to presenting proprietary
developments considering the requirements of the
European Central Bank regarding Internet payment
security. Today, any bank without a developed RBS
system cannot consider itself to be modern, successful
and customer-oriented. Banks constantly improve their
RBS in an effort to maintain the loyalty of their existing
customers and get the loyalty of the new ones. The
rapporteur said that, unfortunately, when choosing IT
solutions, banks often “peck” absolutely non-functional
features. Continuing discussing the topic of development
of the IT solutions for technical provision of the digital
financial services market, Mr. Nikolai KOVANTSOV
recommend to take into account the real needs of the
clients, the capacities of the banks, as well as integration
with the CRM platform, and to apply a risk-oriented
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Mr. Nikolai KOVANTSOV
Mr. Alexei GAVLIUK
approach to all DBS channels considering the European
practices.
Following the Latvian colleague, the next speaker
was Mr. Alexei GAVLIUK, Head of Mobile Banking
Department of iBPM (Ukraine), who described the
Ukrainian practices of implementing the systems of digital
banking services (DBS). The rapporteur said that among
the DBS means offered in Ukraine the most popular
service was Internet banking; though, despite significant
Internet penetration, the scope of Internet-banking was
low and it accounted for only 2% of all Internet users
in the country. Development of digital financial services
and distance banking services is now constrained by the
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current political and economic situation in the country;
however, the statistics prove that distance banking
as a business activity is afloat, and its operations are
demanded.
Ms. Elena ANTHONY, Deputy Chairperson of the
Board of Belgazprombank OJSC (Belarus), ended the
Forum by delivering her presentation on her bank’s
experiences of implementing the systems of remote
services. The rapporteur highlighted such key trends of
mobile banking as:
•availability of mobile banking in three formats: SMS
banking, mobile website, mobile apps;
•development of mobile apps for all key mobile
platforms;
•the p2p remittance service with identification by the
credit card number, email or mobile phone number;
•photo depositing of certified checks;
•searching for nearby bank branches and ATMs using
geolocation and augmented reality;
•standard functionality of online banking;
•mobile contactless payments;
•Personal Finance Management;
•loyalty programs and gift cards.
Considering the results of the Forum, it is possible to say
with confidence that the Forum became a platform for a
fruitful dialogue between the representatives of various
business sectors of the business community; the event was
rich in discussions on the topics mentioned above. The
speakers shared their valuable professional experience with
the participants; the Forum planted the idea of changing
attitudes to new technologies and their implementation in
the world; the Forum offered ideas of IT solutions enabling
to provide high quality financial services, ensure customer
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Ms. Elena ANTHONY
satisfaction, minimize financial risks; the issues related
to improvement of the State policy in the field of digital
banking regulations were discussed there.
Mr. Alexander SOTNIKOV thanked the participants
and organizers and expressed his hope that the Forum
would become traditional.
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A press conference:
“Novelties in electronic stock trading: e-Invoices and e-Waybills”
The event was organized by: the Ministry of Trade of
the Republic of Belarus, the Ministry of Taxes and Levies
of the Republic of Belarus, and the Belarusian Universal
Commodity Exchange OJSC.
Representatives of the following agencies participated
in the press-conference: the Ministry of Trade of the
Republic of Belarus, the Ministry of Taxes and Levies of
the Republic of Belarus, the Ministry of Economy of the
Republic of Belarus, the Ministry of Finance, the National
Bank of the Republic of Belarus, the partners and clients
of the Belarusian Universal Commodity Exchange OJSC.
Mr. Sergey POPUDRENKO, Deputy Chairperson of
the Board and Chief Engineer of the Belarusian Universal
Commodity Exchange OJSC, made his presentation on
the prospects of implementation of the EDI technologies
and electronic invoices in stock trading.As said by the
rapporteur, today, the Commodity Exchange has 4
sections: forest products, agricultural products, metal
products, industrial and consumer goods. There is a special
24/7 section targeted to foreign partners, which enables
them to make transactions regardless of the time zone. The
ACOT computer complex serves as the modern data center
of the Belarusian Universal Commodity Exchange OJSC.
Introduction of the EDI technologies simplifies
the exchange of commercial information between
counterparts by using standard formal documents. One
of the advantages of the system is gradual elimination of
manual data entry, which not only saves time, but also
reduces the order processing cycle.
Mr. Sergei TUMEL, Director of Modern Trade
Technologies OOO, described their experience of utilizing
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the EDI technologies in conditions of efficient application
of the tool to improve the efficiency of supply chain
management (ETTN). The company became the first
accredited EDI operator in the Republic of Belarus. The
company implements a new trading technology: electronic
data exchange on the basis of which the TOPBY system
has been developed. The entire system infrastructure
is located in the territory of Belarus, which is — from
a security perspective — an advantage if compared to
other foreign EDI providers. The project has become fullfledged since 2011; and it develops successfully.
The press conference ended with an active discussion,
during which the participants shared their views on
the practical implementation aspects of the new
technology.
April 22-25, 2015
A workshop by Velcom UP:
“A mobile cash desk: getting payments through a smartphone”
VELCOM Unitary Enterprise presented its new
development: “The Mobile Cash Desk.” Mr. Nikolai
MAXIMENKO, representative of Velcom, held the event.
a wide range of mobile devices that support receiving
of payments through the PriorSmartPOS terminal at
special prices.
The Mobile Cash Desk service is an easy and affordable
way for small and medium-sized businesses to accept
payments for goods and services transferred via Visa,
MasterCard and Maestro bank cards. This solution is
designed for legal entities and individual entrepreneurs
(sole proprietors). The partner bank is Priorbank.
To be able to use the Mobile Cash Desk service, a
company needs three components:
the PriorSmartPos bank card reader;
a smart phone or tablet PCs;
a corporate mobile communications tariff plan from
Velcom (e.g. “Big Plans”).
The PriorSmartPos bank card reader is connected
to a smartphone or tablet PC through the headphone
plug forming a full-featured mobile POS-terminal. All
transactions are performed online via a mobile app; at
that, the payment check is e-mailed to the client upon
payment. The reader is small and cheap; that is why it
will be very useful to taxi, courier service, itinerant trade
and other mobile business.
To be able to work with the Mobile Cash Desk,
one will need a smartphone or tablet PC running the
Android or the iOS operating system. VELCOM offers
Mr. Nikolai MAXIMENKO
A workshop by DMT TRADING OOO:
”Modern energy saving systems. LED lamps”
Mr. Yuri TROFIMOV, Representative of the Center of
LED, Optics and Electronic Technologies at the National
Academy of Sciences of Belarus, described the quality
and reliability challenges typical to the LED products.
He highlighted all the features of modern LED lighting
devices and gave recommendations.
The DMT TRADING representative introduced the LED
light fixtures of the company: “A LED lighting device
is much more efficient in all senses. It is more energy
efficient, reliable, and safe. Experiments and tests carried
out at many sites have proved that as far as all significant
quality indicators are concerned, a modern LED light is
superior to its outdated analogues. Its price is higher, but
its energy savings will be sufficient: the investment will
pay off quickly. A tremendous durability of the appliance
is one of the important features, too.”
The workshop participants actively asked questions and
received expert answers.
April 22-25, 2015
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A workshop by Tibis ChP: “Tibis: novelties for education”
Mr. Andrei TYMOCHKO
The workshop was devoted to innovative technologies
that had already been used or were only implemented in
the educational system of the Republic of Belarus.
Mr. Pavel BAGRICEVICH, Sales Expert of Tibis,
presented the PentaClass loudspeaker system that could
be used at any educational institutions, which greatly
facilitated the work of teachers and improved students’
performance.
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The PentaClass loudspeaker system has the following
specifications:
•broadcasting at 360 degrees;
•a sound coverage of 120 square meters;
•a microphone range of 25 meters;
•a portable microphone included.
Ms. Zoya KOROL, Sales Expert of Tibis, introduced the
LabDisc digital laboratory that was designed to be used
during laboratory and practical exercises.
April 22-25, 2015
PRESENTING THE TIBO-2015 INTERNET PRIZE
COMPETITION AWARDS
The “Internet Award” competition of the best Internet
resources is organized traditionally in the Republic of
Belarus under the umbrella of the TIBO exhibition to
comprehensively analyze the content quality of the
Belarusian Internet and to find out the best online resources.
The TIBO Internet Award is a professional prize awarded
annually by the Organizing Committee of the exhibition
to the network developments created in the Belarusian
sector of the Internet, and it is awarded for valuable
artistic, technological and other achievements in the field
of information, culture, arts, and education.
The honorary right to open the ceremony of awarding
the winners of the contest was provided to Mr. Igor
LUTSKY, First Deputy Minister of Information of the
Republic of Belarus. He delivered his welcoming speech:
“Once, I happened to stand on this stage and receive the
TIBO prize. This is a very important and responsible event
in the life of each nominee. It should be noted that the
Internet environment of our country constantly grows, and
its content expands. It seems to me that our goal is to use
information technologies and convey to every citizen of
Belarus the important and meaningful things that are being
The main objectives of the Internet Award are as
follows: to assist development and implementation of
the new information technologies; to promote the best
achievements of the Belarusian Internet industry.
The jury traditionally includes the experts from the IT
industry, the representatives of artistic unions, academic
science, the Mass Media, the state administration bodies,
the enterprises and organizations of the Republic of Belarus.
In 2015, the competition for the best Belarusian
Internet resource was organized in 15 major categories.
It should be noted, that there were 716 applicants. Over
7000 Belarusian Internet resources have participated
in the contest for the 13 years of its existence.
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done in the country and on the globe. This year, there is
a special category: it is devoted to the 70th anniversary
of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War. It is comforting
that quite a lot of website designers and their owners have
responded to this and sent their works to the contest.”
Mr. Dmitry SHEDKO, First Deputy Minister of
Communications and Informatization of the Republic of
Belarus, delivered his salutatory address: “This is not the first
time for me to be on this stage, but every time presentation
of awards is a small intrigue. For me, it is always a pleasant
surprise to award those with whom we have been working
or to those who are newly born Internet resources. The
entire Belarus will know today’s winners, because the
jury highlights only those projects that actually move our
industry forward, generate breakthrough ideas, make our
lives more interesting and richer in terms of information.”
Mr. Alexander SHUMILIN
Mr. Alexander SHUMILIN,Chairperson of the State
Committee on Science and Technologies of the Republic
of Belarus, took part in awarding the winners in some
categories. In particular, he said: “ICT is the priority of
the modern scientific and technological development.
Recently, the Head of the State approved new priorities
for the next five year period, and ICT is one of the first
priorities on the list again. This shows how important
this sector is for the country. I would like to draw your
attention to the fact that everything is in harmony at this
ceremony: it combines the highest technologies, which
you need to know how to use, the information that you
need to collect, and, of course, the talent to be able to
combine this together successfully and create a unique
product. This has always been worth its weight in gold.”
Mr. Alexander YATSKO, Deputy Minister of Culture
of the Republic of Belarus, presented awards in some
categories of the Internet Award. In his congratulatory
speech, he said: “Modern Internet-portals dedicated to
the themes of culture and art make achievements in these
fields available to the citizens of the country. In turn,
this impacts the popularization of our culture, but most
importantly, this ennobles every one of us.”
Mr. Dmitry SHEDKO
Mr. Mikhail PORTNOI, Deputy Minister of Sports and
Tourism of the Republic of Belarus, delivered his salutatory
address: “Internet resources on sports life of our country
play a huge role in creating a healthy and active lifestyle
among people. I would like to emphasize that the success
of our athletes in the world arenas is as important as the
work of those who create such resources. I am particularly
pleased to bestow this award on the winners, because
this resembles the crystal globe trophy won by Daria
Domracheva, whom we are so much proud of.”
Popular Belarusian bands played their songs during the
award ceremony.
Awards and diplomas of laureates found their owners.
The authors of many prospective and highlighted
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Internet projects were on stage. For many of them, it was
not the first time to receive an honorary award, while
others became winners for the first time. The winners
and participants of the contest promised to present even
more impressive projects the following year.
April 22-25, 2015
RESULTS OF THE TIBO-2015 INTERNET PRIZE COMPETITION
Following the jury meeting of the TIBO-2015 Internet Award competition, the following decision was made.
CATEGORY 1. “GOVERNMENT AGENCIES”
1.1. National State Administration Bodies
Position
Winner
Website designer and developer
1st place
The website of the State Military Industrial Committee of
the Republic of Belarus, www.vpk.gov.by
EduLab Web Studio, edulab.by
2nd place
The Ministry of Communications and Informatization of
the Republic of Belarus, www.mpt.gov.by
Giprosvyaz OAO
3rd place
The official website of the Ministry of Health Care of the
Republic of Belarus, www.minzdrav.gov.by
BelTA
1.2. Town, oblast, rayon executive committees
1st place
The website of the Miadel Rayon Executive Committee,
www.myadel.gov.by
BelTA
2nd place
The official Internet portal of the Minsk City Executive
Committee, www.minsk.gov.by
The Information Technologies
Center Municipal Unitary
Enterprise at the Minsk City
Executive Committee
3rd place
The official Internet portal of the Gomal Oblast Executive
Committee, www.gomel-region.gov.by
BelTA
A special
diploma
The website of the State Traffic Police Department of the
General Internal Police Department of the Minsk City
Executive Committee, www.gaiminsk.by
EKA-Soft
CATEGORY 2. “EDUCATION AND SCIENCE”
1st place
BSU applicant, www.abiturient.bsu.by
The Section of Web Projects and
Strategic Communications of the
Media Center of the Belarusian
State University
2nd place
The educational platform EFFOR.BY, effor.by
Intelligence Online OOO
3rd place
The website of the Faculty of Computer Systems and
Networks at the Belarusian State University of Informatics
and Radioelectronics (BSUIR), www.fksis.bsuir.by
The Faculty of Computer Systems
and Networks at the Belarusian
State University of Informatics and
Radioelectronics (BSUIR)
The National Educational Portal, www.adu.by
Mr. Sergei OLSHEVSKY, The
Directorate of Organization
Support for Distance Learning
Services of the National
Educational Portal
A special
diploma
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CATEGORY 3. “A SOCIALLY IMPORTANT PROJECT”
1st place
100 ideas for Belarus, www.100ideas.by
Mr. Pavel BACYLEV, Chief Expert
of the Internet Projects Center
of the Central Committee of the
BRSM Public Association
2nd place
The Social Rehabilitation Complex of the All Saints Parish
of Minsk City, www.charity.by
Trisoft OOO, 3soft.by
3rd place
The website of the Communist Party of Belarus and of the
newspaper “Communist of Belarus. We and the time,”
www.comparty.by
IB.BY OOO
CATEGORY 4. “AN INFORMATION RESOURCE”
1st place
ONT.BY, www.ont.by
The Internet Broadcast Deparment
of the 2nd National TV Channel ZAO
2nd place
Belteleradiocompania, www.tvr.by
Media Line Web-Studio
3 place
The website of the Gomelskie Vedomosti newspaper,
newsgomel.by
WEB Academy, academia.by
The website of Minsk-News Agency UP, minsknews.by
Minsk-News Agency UP
rd
CATEGORY 5. “A MOBILE WEBSITE, THE BEST WEBSITE VERSION FOR MOBILE DEVICES”
1st place
The Informational Reference System “The Train Schedule
of the Belarusian Railway,” www.rasp.rw.by
The Borovoy Studio
2nd place
The Information and Analytical Portal of the Union State
of Russia and Belarus, www.soyuz.by
Astronim*
3rd place
The Max Atlant-M consolidated website,
www.atlant-m.by
Zavarka Team
CATEGORY 6. “A CORPORATE INTERNET RESOURCE”
1st place
Bereza Cheese Factory OAO, www.cheese.by
Ikvadart Studio
2nd place
A corporate website of the Minsk Tractor Plant (MTZ),
www.belarus-tractor.com
The Borovoy Studio
3rd place
A corporate portal of the Tvoya Stolitsa companies’
group, www.t-s.by
The Borovoy Studio
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CATEGORY 7. “CATALOGUES AND E-SERVICES”
1st place
The Internet project of the BelTA news agency:
“TV program, announcements, and TV news,”
www.tv.belta.by
BelTA
2nd place
The Euroopt Internet-based hypermarket of food delivery,
www.e-dostavka.by
Astronim*
3rd place
The website of Keramin-Capital Invest, www.keramin.by
EKA-Soft
CATEGORY 8. “CULTURE AND ART”
1st place
The website of the National Academic Theatre named
after Yanka Kupala www.kupalauski.by
The Borovoy Studio
2nd place
Belarus 3, www.3belarus.by
The Main Internet
Broadcasting Directorate of
Belteleradiocompany
3rd place
The Vitebsk Regional Philharmonic Hall State Cultural
Institution, www.philharmonic.vitebsk.by
Mr. Arthur BARANOK, Software
Engineer, The Vitebsk Regional
Philharmonic Hall State Cultural
Institution
CATEGORY 9. “SPORTS, TOURISM AND ENTERTAINMENT”
1st place
The website of the Belarusian Biathlon Federation, www.
biathlon.by
The Borovoy Studio
2nd place
The Dynamo-Minsk Football Club,
www.dinamo-minsk.by
The BiConsult Information
Technologies Center ODO
3rd place
The Minsk Information and Tourist Center,
www.minsktourism.by
The Minsk Information and Tourist
Center Establishment
CATEGORY 10. “HEALTH AND MEDICINE”
1st place
The website of the Republican Clinical Medical Center,
www.vip-clinic.by
EKA-Soft
2nd place
The website of the Republican Scientific and Practical
Center of Transfusiology and Medical Biotechnologies,
www.blood.by
EKA-Soft
3rd place
1st City Clinical Hospital Medical Institution, 1gkb.by
Global Travel ODO
April 22-25, 2015
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CATEGORY 11. “FOR KIDS AND YOUTH”
1st place
The official website of the Minsk City Organization of the
Belarusian Republican Youth Union Public Association,
www.minsk-brsm.by
Favorit.by (Itnit Web-Studio ООО)
2nd place
“Youth of the Gomel Region,” www.okbrsmgomel.by
Conceptual Advertising OOO
3rd place
The Vyaselka Children’s Magazine, www.veselka.by
The Journalism Institution of the
Belarusian State University
A special
diploma
The Zorka newspaper for children and adolescents, www.
zorika.by
The Journalism Institution of the
Belarusian State University
CATEGORY 12. “A FOREIGN LANGUAGE INTERNET RESOURCE ON BELARUS”
A special
diploma
“The Belarusian News” (foreign language versions),
www.eng.belta.by, www.deu.belta.by, www.esp.belta.by
BelTA
CATEGORY 13. “A PICTURESQUE INTERNET RESOURCE”
1st place
History of the Belarusian Railway, www.history.rw.by
The Borovoy Studio
2nd place
The Piasniar font, www.piasniar.by
The team of designers who created
the Piasniar font (a digital copy of
Yanka Kupala’s handwriting)
3rd place
Babruiskae Zyccio Newspaper Editorial Office
www.bobrlife.by
Uglevich-art Studio
CATEGORY 14. “A WEBSITE OF A BANK OR CREDIT INSTITUTION”
1st place
The Bank Processing Center, www.npc.by
Media Line
2
The website of Belgasprombank, www.belgazprombank.by
The Borovoy Studio
nd
place
3rd place
No awards
CATEGORY 15. “THE INTERNET RESOURCE DEDICATED TO THE VICTORY OF THE SOVIET PEOPLE IN THE
GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR (1941-1945) OVER NAZI GERMANY”
1st place
The Victory Chronicle, www.peramoga.belta.by
BelTA
2nd place
VICTORY 70 RELAY RACE, www.pobeda.gpk.gov.by
The State Border Guard
Committee Committee of the
Republic of Belarus
3rd place
70 years of the Victory. The veterans of the Grodno State
University named after Yanka Kupala, www.pobeda.grsu.by
The Grodno State University
named after Yanka Kupala
Educational Institution
специальлный приз жюри конкурса
Initiative to
develop an
Internet website
for kindergartens
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The Department of Education, Sports and Tourism of the
Soligorsk Rayon Executive Committee, Pre-Kindergarten
43 of Soligorsk City State Educational Establishment,
www.s43.edusoligorsk.by
Ms. Ekaterina SHKLYAREVSKAYA,
Programmer of Mega Site Group
April 22-25, 2015
THE 1ST CHILDREN’S AND YOUTH FESTIVAL “ROBODROME”
The goal of the Festival was to popularize Robotics
in the youth environment: electronics, mechanics,
programming, automated technical systems, principles of
designing robots, technical and computer art.
The Festival was organized by the Lenin’s ROS DOSAAF
of Minsk City with the participation of the SCHAG
Computer Academy, the 100 Points Tutoring Center, the
Mechanical Engineering Faculty and the Faculty of IT and
Robotics at the Belarusian National Technical University
(BNTU) with the support of the Minsk City Executive
Committee, Manezh OOO, Technics and Communications
JSC, EPAM, KomplITech OOO, iTV.by, and others.
The Festival’s motto was “Robots are technics for the
young!”
During the Festival, there were competitions of mobile
robots and mechatronic systems that had been designed
by the students of the educational institutions of Belarus,
as well as presentations, master classes and training
sessions on robotics, programming basics, engineering
design, micro-computing with the products from Intel,
Raspberry, Odroid.
Mr. Sergei SVETLICHNYI, Sole Proprietor, said that he
was presenting an Italian development at TIBO 2015: the
ARDUINO UNO PCB. “Thanks to the numerous inputs and
outputs, you can connect sensors and relays to this PCB.
Based on this PCB, one can assemble an artificial arm to
lift and move light items. Using this PCB it is possible to
design robots built on a trolley module with the distance
detector. The robot is programmed in the following way:
if the distance to the object is short, it runs away, and if
the distance is long: it comes closer to it. We also have an
interesting project: the prototype of a “smart” house. The
stand shows the scheme, which simulates the elements of
a house and household appliances. The whole system is
connected to the Bluetooth module. At that, it is possible
to install a special app on a mobile phone, and then
you will be able to manage the items in your “smart”
house. Our stand shows other PCB types, like ARDUINO
LEONARDO, ARDUINO MEGA, Raspberry Pi (a British
development), micro, mini, and nano boards.”
Mr. Maxim MASALSKI, representative of the Robodrom
stand, is a part-time lecturer in the Robots Cuisine, which
is a community of the amateurs of robotics at the Lenin’s
ROS DOSAAF; he is also a multiple champion of automodelling sport. All models at the Robodrom stand
have been designed with his direct involvement and
participation of the representatives of the Robots Cuisine.
Mr. Maxim MASALSKI and his followers constantly
organize tests and model exhibitions, where one can see
a balancing robot based on the segway principle, a robot
imitating the movements of insects, a micro-quadcopter.
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THE OFFICIAL CHRONICLE
Ms. Inessa KONTSEVAYA, Deputy Minister of
Communications and Informatization of the Republic of
Belarus, reviewed the TIBO-2015 exhibition.
Ms. Inessa KONTSEVAYA
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Ms. Inessa KONTSEVAYA,
Ms. Natalia PILETSKAYA
April 22-25, 2015
INTRODUCING THE EXHIBITORS
THE COLLECTIVE STAND OF THE MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATIONS
OF THE REPUBLIC OF BELARUS “E-SERVICES. e-GOVERNMENT”
The centerpiece of the TIBO-2015 exhibition was the
collective stand of the Ministry of Communications and
Informatization of the Republic of Belarus where 14 State
administration bodies demonstrated — in real time —
the today’s level of development of e-Government and
electronic interaction with individuals and legal entities.
The stand employed competent professionals who could
answer any questions.
The list of the State agencies, which presented their
e-services at the stand:
The National Center of Digital Services (the State
Open Key Management System, the Interagency
Document Management System, the Nationwide
Automated Information System);
The Ministry of Health Care of the Republic of
Belarus (the Doctor Booking System working via the
Internet; the Electronic Pharmacy in an Infokiosk; the
Electronic Queue Management System);
The Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the
Republic of Belarus (the Automated Information System
(AIS) of the Social Security Foundation (SSF) delivering
e-services in professional pension insurance and
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individual records; the Automated Information System
(AIS) of monitoring working conditions; the Information
Portal of the State Employment Service);
The Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Belarus
(electronic information resources: the Consolidated
Electronic Catalog of the Corporate Cataloguing System,
the National Database of Authoritative Records, the
Scientists of Belarus Corporate Database; the Electronic
Document Delivery Virtual Electronic Service equipment
to digitize LPs);
The Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Belarus
(the web-portal of the Uniform State Register of Legal
Entities and Individual Entrepreneurs);
The Ministry of Education of the Republic of
Belarus (the sub-program “e-Education and Human
Capital Assets Development” of the National Program of
Accelerated ICT Development for 2011-2015; e-services
based on the website of the Belarusian State University of
Informatics and Radioelectronics (BSUIR));
The Ministry of Transport and Communications of
the Republic of Belarus (intelligent transport systems
in the field of railway transport and road infrastructure);
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The State Customs Committee of the Republic
of Belarus (the National Automated Electronic Tax
Declaration System);
The State Property Committee of the Republic
of Belarus (the National Cadaster Agency State
Unitary Enterprise: the Public Cadastral Map, The GeoInformation Automated System “Passport of the Railway
Infrastructure Sites” of the Belarusian Railway State
Association, the Addresses Registry; Belgeodesia RUP:
navigation resources; Belaerocosmogeodeziya UP: the
Satellite Precise Positioning System; Belgiproziom Project
Institution UP: the Land Information System Geo-Portal;
BelPSHAGI RSHAUP: the Remote Sensing Data Samples);
The Management Academy under the President of
the Republic of Belarus (Information technologies in
educational process: distance learning).
The Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Belarus
(e-services in energy supply based on the example of the
Internet portal of Gomelenergo RUP; e-services in gas
supply based on the example of the Internet portal of
Beltopgas GPO);
The Ministry of Agriculture and Food of the
Republic of Belarus (the system of identification,
registration, traceability of animals and products of
animal origin; the Automated Information System (AIS)
of the State Technical Oversight Authority; the elements
of precision farming systems);
The Ministry of Architecture and Construction of
the Republic of Belarus (the administrative procedure
on the website of Belstroycenter RUP; the Republican
Information Database of Domestically Produced
Construction Materials; the Stroypersonal software
program);
The State Border Guard Committee of the Republic
of Belarus (the Automated System of Supporting
Investigation and Search Operations of the State Border
Guard Service and Information Support to Citizens);
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THE MINISTRY OF ARCHITECTURE AND
CONSTRUCTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF BELARUS
The Ministry of Architecture and Construction of the
Republic of Belarus took part in the TIBO-2015 exhibition
and demonstrated innovative technologies of building
information modeling (BIM) and enterprise resource
planning systems applied at the industrial enterprises
producing construction materials.
Building information modeling (BIM) is the process of
generation and management of data about the building
throughout its life cycle (a feasibility study, design,
construction, exploitation, and demolition). BIM is based
on a three-dimensional information model that serves as
a ground for organizing the work of an investor, customer,
designer, contractor, and exploitation organization.
The exhibition stand presented the following:
•developments of design institutions in Belarus
performed with the application of the BIM technology;
•corporate information resources for the BIM
technology created in Belarus;
•software and hardware products for the BIM
technology;
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Mr. Anton LEVKOVICH, Business Analyst of the ERP
Systems Design and System Integration Department,
described what Novacom Group OOO presented at the
exhibition stand: “This year, the company implements
a large project: an integrated system, which covers all
sectors: from supply to procurement management. The
second part is production optimization. The system can
manage all production chains. We rarely take part in the
exhibition, but this year we decided to show our solutions,
because this can be interesting to the IT professionals.
•integrated information systems and technologies
that support the full life cycle of products and
implementing enterprise resource planning (based
on the example of the ERP system of Gomelsteklo
OAO).
When coming to the stand, the exhibition visitors could:
•study the progress of implementation of the sectoral
Program on Development and Implementation of
the Information Technologies of Comprehensive
Automation of Designing and Supporting the Building
Life Cycle for 2012-2015;
•participate in the master-class to design a 3D model
of a building based on BIM;
•get expert advice;
•establish contacts and conduct negotiations
on implementation of innovative information
technologies.
This year, besides the Ministry of Architecture and
Construction of the Republic of Belarus, there were two
companies presented on the stand: Softprom-bel IOOO
and Novacom Group OOO.
Softprom-bel IOOO offers software packages to
industry, technology and science, software products
for safe Internet surfing and reliability, system and
instrumental tools.
Mr. Pavel TISCHENKO, Software Expert from
Autodesk, explained what Softprom-bel IOOO presented
at the exhibition: “If we’re talking about BIM, then it’s
a different approach to construction: modeling objects
prior to construction, getting all data for a successful
operations. This can be implemented by a number of
software products. These technologies actively develop
in other countries; however, in our country many
organizations apply them, too. The stand demonstrates
how this works.”
THE MINISTRY OF TAXES AND LEVIES
OF THE REPUBLIC OF BELARUS
The Ministry of Taxes and Levies of the Republic
of Belarus participated in the TIBO-2015 exhibition
together with the Information and Publishing Center for
Taxes and Levies RUP, the Inter-Sectoral Scientific and
Practical Center for Identification Systems and e-Business
Transactions Research and Scientific Republican Unitary
Enterprise, Gambling Monitoring Center OOO, Belatra
OOO, Modern Trade Technologies OOO.
The stand of the Ministry of The Ministry of Taxes and
Levies of the Republic of Belarus presented a number of
systems ensuring increased efficiency of the tax system
in Belarus:
•tax administration systems: electronic tax
declarations; distribution of electronic digital
signature keys; e-waybills and e-invoices.
•tax control systems: the Vending Machines Control
System, and the Cash Equipment Monitoring System
(CEMS) ensuring remote revenue monitoring; the
Special Computerized Cash System (SCCS); the RFID
Technology Based Goods Labelling System.
The main objectives of participation in the exhibition
were: increasing awareness about the systems used by
the tax authorities in their operations; demonstration of
the actual use of the systems in practice; introducing the
features of the applied systems.
Electronic tax declarations and distribution of
electronic digital signature keys. When demonstrating
the electronic tax declaration system, a number of
Novacom Group OOO specializes in software
development and distribution, in providing consulting
services in the field of IT, in developing enterprise
Internet / intranet portals and application solutions for
various industries.
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electronic services were introduced, which enabled to —
without visiting a tax authority — submit not only tax
declarations, but other documents, too (the documents
that have to be provided by law, including the documents
related to fulfillment of administrative procedures). This
application of modern information technologies helps
expand electronic interaction between legal entities /
individuals and public authorities.
The Vending Machines Control System (VMCS).
For increasing the awareness of the exhibition visitors
willing to start vending business, the stand offered
live demonstration of the Vending Machines Control
System (VMCS); this system currently exercises remote
control of the revenues of legal entities engaged in
retailing of goods (works, services) through vending
machines and automatic electronic devices. The system
was demonstrated in real time, including the example
of a particular vending machine. In particular, a coffee
vending machine owned by BLR-Trade OOO was used
to show the functions of the system enabling to transfer
payment for the bought goods by texting SMS-messages
through mobile operators (Mobile TeleSystems (MTS)
COOO, and Best ZAO (life)).
of the system implemented in the field of supervising the
gambling business — the Special Computerized Cash
System (SCCS) — the live demonstration of the system
simulated a gambling situation when the SCCS would
show all information of the vending machine as far
as the stakes cashed in and the gains cashed out were
concerned.
e-Waybills. To develop electronic document circulation
and to popularize application of e-waybills and e-invoices
by legal entities in their business activities, the exhibition
stand demonstrated in real time the operations of the
TOPBY EDI system that had the features to create and
send e-waybills. The regulations governing the use of
e-invoices and e-waybills were explained to the stand
visitors, as well as the advantages of using electronic
consignment notes (e-invoices) in comparison with using
invoices on paper.
The Cash Equipment Monitoring System (CEMS).
At the same time, the stand demonstrated the Cash
Equipment Monitoring System (CEMS) currently
implemented in Belarus and enabling to keep track of
the revenue of the legal entities retailing commodities
using cash desk equipment. Live presentation of the
Cash Equipment Monitoring System (CEMS) introduced
the functionality of the system, including the feature
enabling tax authority employees in real time to remotely
keep track of the revenues of the legal entities whose cash
equipment was connected to CEMS.
The RFID Technology Based Goods Labelling
System. Within the framework of deployment of the
RFID technologies in Belarus, the Ministry of Taxes and
Levies of the Republic of Belarus together with other
stakeholders undertakes efforts to implement the system
of labeling certain types of light industry goods with
control (identification) labels with the RFID tags. The
results of the work done to establish this system were also
demonstrated to the visitors of the exhibition. During the
presentation, the representatives of the stand exhibited
the samples of the equipment to be used to initialize the
RFID tags built into the control labels used for marking.
The labels were initiated in real-time, and they were put
on the furs that were proposed to be marked. By using
the special equipment (RFID readers), the marking of the
goods with the control signs with the built-in initiated
RFID tags was checked.
The Special Computerized Cash System (SCCS).
There is the Special Computerized Cash System (SCCS)
operating in Belarus since 2013; the live system was also
demonstrated during the exhibition. Implementation of
the system enables to ensure the functions of the State
control over the activities of the legal entities working in
the gambling business, including the cases when cash is
circulated in these activities. In order to increase awareness
THE MINSK CITY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Ms. Natalia VOROBIOVA, Deputy Director of the
Information Technologies Center Municipal Unitary
Enterprise at the Minsk City Executive Committee,
organized a guided tour in the collective stand of
the Minsk City Executive Committee. The exhibition
demonstrated the system for detecting the incidents and
rout orientation; the system was made at the initiative
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of the Minsk City Executive Committee and the Minsk
City State Traffic Police. It will become a part of the
intellectual transportation system of Minsk City in the
future. It is planned to install video cameras at some
sections of the Minsk Ring Road and of the M2 highway;
the cameras will automatically detect the parameters
of the traffic: traffic intensity and speed. They will also
record the incidents: traffic jams, stopped vehicles, etc.
The information will be automatically forwarded to the
Command Center, which will escalate this information to
the Traffic Police Units and, if necessary, to the Ministry
of Emergency and the Ambulance Service.
The stand presented the Single Housing and Utilities
Call Center. Now, in order to apply for the utility service,
one does not have to call a housing department. It is
expected that in addition to a short call center number,
one will be able to seek assistance via SMS, mobile app,
and Internet. House Masters will also use a special mobile
app. This will enable to forward the repairman who is the
closest to the destination geographically. It is assumed that
the citizens of Minsk City will be able to ask all questions
related to housing and utilities via a short phone number:
115. Using the means of information provision of the call
center,this will significantly reduce the burden on the
housing and utilities managers because the operators of
the call center will be talking to the end-users, which will
enable them to spend more time directly to delivering
housing and utility services.
In addition, the stand presented the Medical
Information Service: 131. The National Medical
Information Project is a modern communication tool
that combines all the features of a call center and the
capacities of rapidly developing computer technologies
and communication means. The 131 Service was created
to increase accessibility and improve the quality of
medical aid, to promote paid medical services in public
health institutions, to increase public awareness, and to
expand exports of services. The service is a professionally
organized medical information center, a centralized
data bank about all medical services. Service 131 is an
opportunity to:
•get information dialing just one phone number
without making multiple calls to the reception
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desks of various medical institutions, without long
searches of the necessary information in the Internet
to compare it according to various criteria (price,
location, qualifications, etc.);
•book the needed medical service on a specific date
and time through the employees of the service;
•checking availability of medicines in pharmacies;
•call medical taxi;
•get advice of a qualified expert on healthy lifestyles.
The Education Committee of the Minsk City Executive
Committee together with Minsk City Institute of Education
Development State Educational Institution presented the
exposition on the topical issues of informatization of the
education system in the capital. The exposition consisted
of three platforms showing the process of implementing
the ICT in administrative and teaching practices in Minsk
City.
The results and prospects of implementation of the
pilot project called “Testing the model of managed
development of educational services to form and
stimulate self-educational activities of the students by the
ICT means” were shown on the platform titled “e-Services
in the education system” at High School 51 of Minsk
City State Educational Institution. They demonstrated
their practice of implementing the student ID card
when organizing the operations of the e-checkpoint,
the e-library, when authorizing operations in the
computer class, when administrating school catering
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and processing cashless payments of the students. High
School 40 of Minsk City State Educational Institution
presented organization of keeping track of the individual
achievements of students based on the electronic journal
/ school diary. The Modern ICT in Education platform
organized by the Information Resources Center of the
Regional Educational System at the Minsk City Institute
of Education Development State Educational Institution
enabled to get acquainted with the substantive content
of informatization of education in the capital city at
the present stage. When showing the operations of the
platform, the exhibitors also demonstrated their practices
of applying cloud technologies and the technologies of
the QR code in the educational process, as well as the
subject blogs in the WebPerspective system, wizard
programs for home-based / individual tuition (via
Skype, Oovoo, etc.) that could be used in the activities
of a modern educational institutions; the exhibitors also
depicted the perspective development of the partner
relations with Beltelecom Republican Unitary Enterprise
to develop e-services and to implement the ICT into the
educational system of the city.
Organization of distance learning in the field of
supplementary education for young adults and youth was
presented at the exhibition by the information block “The
laboratory of innovative distance technologies “Education
Without Borders””; this approach is unique because using
it, the students can comprehensively study the basics of
the Web 2.0 technology both being full-time students
(visiting seminars, training workshops) and remote
students (attending webinars, Skype consultations, and
online consultations). The exhibition stand demonstrated
the already existing experience in implementing the Web
2.0 technologies in the educational process.
The Information Resources Center of the Regional
Educational System at the Minsk City Institute of
Education Development State Educational Institution
presented the exposition: “Organizing the activities of
the LEGO ACADEMY robotics laboratory.” The key event
was demonstrating the educational Lego design kit (the
Education series), the LEGO MINDSTORMS Education
NXT proprietary specialized environment for visual
program design supporting the technology of flow and
structured programming, which was available to teachers
and students for studying, and which could be used in
various subject areas. The exhibition stand offered live
demonstration of the designed robot model.
AGAT — Control Systems OJSC demonstrated
innovative systemic and technical solutions based on
advanced information technologies. New developments
were described in detail by Ms. Elina GREVTSOVA,
Leading Marketing Specialist of the Marketing and Sales
Department.
The central subject of the section titled “Navigation
and geo-information technologies in addressing the
challenges in transport sector” was presenting the ERARB Geographically Distributed Automated Information
System. That section offered live demonstration of the
software and hardware solution to monitor vehicles
based on the Navigation and Information Center.
The stand section titled “Energy saving system solutions
and technologies for energy and industrial facilities, sites,
housing and utilities” presented the following:
•solutions based on the AGAT-2000 Automatic Control
System of Technological Processes (ACSTP) software
installed at the energy generating / distributing sites
and industrial enterprises: the Automatic System
for Commercial Management of Energy (ASCME)
to control the energy resources (electricity, heating,
water), the AGAT ENERGO portal solution to create
systems of energy resource accounting based on the
Centralized Information Exchange System (CIES);
•solutions to manage the energy resources at the
housing and utility sites (providing information
services to access personal accounts via web-based
technologies in Minsk City).
The stand section called “Technologies for safety and
security of citizens” included live demonstration of the
Minsk City Video Surveillance System covering the sites
of mass public gatherings of citizens.
The part of the exhibition stand on the “Technologies
of managing city traffic” was presented by the company,
because it developed the key component of the information
and technical system (ITS): the AGAT automated traffic
control system (ATCS), which really worked in Minsk
City and in a number of cities in Belarus and Russia at
that moment. The AGAT ATCS enabled to effectively
THE STATE MILITARY INDUSTRIAL COMMITTEE
OF THE REPUBLIC OF BELARUS
At the TIBO-2015 exhibition, the State Military Industrial
Committee was represented by the organizations
operating under its umbrella: Technica Svyazi OAO,
AGAT — Control Systems — Managing Company of Geoinformation Control Systems Holding OJSC, Scientific
Research Institute of Electronic Computing Machines
OAO, Precise Electromechanics Plant UP.
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manage and redistribute traffic flows through intelligent
management of traffic lights and electronic display panels.
The products were described by Mr. Andrei NOVIKOV,
Representative of the Scientific Research Institute of
Electronic Computing Machines Open Joint Stock
Company: “Traditionally we are engaged in production
of electronic computing machines for special purposes.
This year we introduce a new model of the BM 2015
machine, which has been made to individual customer’s
request. The machine runs on the Intel Core i7 processor,
it has a one-piece aluminum housing, enhanced strength,
and moisture protection. The machine can run for
10 hours on the battery at the temperature as low as
-20 degrees. Ports and protocols are installed by the
customer’s request. In addition, this year we can see
flexible multiplexers, equipment for technological and
departmental communication networks.”
The Contract Service Engineer of Technica Svyazi OAO
described the products of his enterprise: distributive,
cross and installation equipment, as well as professional
and amateur radio stations.
The Belintersat Project Team representing the National
Satellite Communication and Broadcasting System of the
Republic of Belarus — the largest investment project in
the field of communications and telecommunications —
actively participated in the exhibition and presented its
products and solutions.
Implementation of this project will enable its customers
to get a wide range of satellite communications services
through their information presence throughout the
Eastern hemisphere. In addition, the company assists its
clients in installations and in obtaining permits, as well
as in registering their transceiving equipment; and it
provides technical support.
The exhibition presented various types of integrated
central stations for a wide range of applications. One of
the novelties was the SkyEdge II-c system; this is a highperformance central station, which in combination with
the integrated network management system and the family
of specialized terminals enables the broadband satellite
access service providers to support any application.
The advantages of this system are as follows: this is
a unified platform for providing various services; it can
support virtual network operators; this is a scalable
system that supports any number of frequency ranges,
carriers, satellites and satellite beams.
THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
OF THE REPUBLIC OF BELARUS
At the TIBO-2015, the Ministry of Education of the
Republic of Belarus presented innovative developments
for its subordinate organizations and institutions, among
which were: the Main Information Analytical Center
(MIAC) at the Ministry of Education of the Republic of
Belarus, the Belarusian State University of Informatics and
Radioelectronics (BSUIR), the Belarusian National Technical
University (BNTU), the Polytechnic Scientific Technological
Park at the Belarusian National Technical University
Republican Research Educational Enterprise (PSTP), the
Belarusian State Technological University (BSTU), the
Belarusian-Russian State University (BRSU), the Gomel State
Technical University named after P.O. Sukhoi Educational
Institution (GSTU), the Polotsk State University (PSU).
The presented developments were on the following:
telecommunications technologies, measuring systems,
security systems, space research, geo-information
systems, high-tech information technologies, automation
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and embedded systems, e-services, software in the
educational system, medical information systems,
computerized psychological diagnostics, and others.
The novelties of the Belarusian State University (BSU)
we described by Ms. Daria NIKSENKO, Head of the
Department of Advertising and Information Support
to Scientific Developments of the Center of Scientific
Information and Documentation (CSID) of the Main
Directorate of Science (MDS) of the Belarusian State
University (BSU): “We present the results of monitoring
of the Earth’s surface from space and airborne platforms:
fire, radiation and meteorological situation in the areas of
emergency and at the chemically hazardous sites, mobile
sites; developments in the field of space research; software
for design, control and management of the works in the
field of geo-ecology, mining and excavating fossil fuels; the
Alma-Meter multifunctional measuring complex for radioelectronics, cryptographic information protection systems,
the E-Lab electronic document management system for
accredited test laboratories, a unified information system
of the State statistics. The Multifunctional Intelligent
Student ID Card is another interesting development. It
provides visual data to identify the user, and it contains
electronic information. The card can be used both in the
University and as a means of payment.”
The Belarusian State University of Informatics and
Radioelectronics presented microwave equipment, control
and measurement instruments, testing instruments, a
vector analyzer, a transceiving module, etc. The stand also
presented the parts of the millimeter-wave microwave
device used in radar systems, radio communications,
and navigation. “This year, at TIBO, we present a niche
software product to ensure electromagnetic compatibility
(EMC). The software can be used, for example, to address
mutual noise on board a big helicopter,” — noted
engineer Ms. Liudmila SHICHKO.
Ms. Irina VASILIEVA, Head of the Information
Educational Technologies Directorate of the National
Education Institute Scientific Institution, described
the scope of innovations of the National Educational
Portal: electronic educational resources for preschool,
secondary, special education and the educational
systems; “Comprehensive distance training for teachers;”
“Comprehensive distance training for students;” an
Internet resource to support Internet competitions and
tournaments on academic subjects. The stand presented
educational courses for grades 1 through to 11 to expand
the information available in school textbooks, as well as
interactive simulators and maps.
THE IT EDUCATION LEAGUE
The IT Education League was established in 2012 at
the initiative of the Infopark Scientific Technological
Association. The goal of the League is to grow the number
of IT professionals and to improve the quality of their
training, enhance qualifications of the clients and users of
the solutions and services of the ICT sector.
The League is composed of the representatives of the
centers providing services of additional IT education. These
included: the Institute of Professional Skills Improvement
and Retraining of IT and Business Administration Experts
Additional Educational Institution, MiSoft NVP ZAO, the
Advanced Training Center for IT Managers and Experts
Private Educational Institution, the Candidate IT Career
Center, the IT Country Information Technology Training
Center, the School of Management Skills, the Educational
Center of the High Tech Park.
The stand of the IT Education League presented the
training centers offering relevant and high quality IT
training in the following areas: software development,
implementation of information systems, administering
and exploitation of information systems, information
systems security; management of IT and business training,
user training, contributory training.
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Academy of Sciences of Belarus implements joint projects
in a wide range of scientific and technological fields
with multiple local and foreign scientific and industrial
organizations, and it actively participates in international
programs. During 85 years of its activities, the National
Academy of Sciences of Belarus has made an important
contribution to the development of science and technology
in Belarus, to strengthening the national economy and
defense; it has educated a large number of professionals
for the R&D centers, universities and various industries.
During the exhibition, the following events were held:
•The HP Authorized Courses in Belarus on the
new opportunities of the HP technical training in
connection with the opening of the HP Certified
Training Center in Minsk City;
•the Unknown Excel Master Class presenting new
features of MS Excel, making work even more
effective;
•“The e-Learning Hour” presenting the state-of-theart technologies of e-learning and participating in the
competition with the e-learning prizes suitable to all
those who started or plan to start developing online
training courses;
•the 6F intellectual game: Junior Developer, helping
to define the competences of a Junior programmer.
The visitors of the stand were given the opportunity
to test their knowledge of Java, 1С, network and server
administration, and get a 15% discount card for training.
In addition, visitors could take part in quizzes and master
classes, get prizes, take an unforgettable photo of the
cool IT man/woman as a give-away.
THE NATIONAL ACADEMY
OF SCIENCES OF BELARUS
The National Academy of Sciences of Belarus is the
highest government scientific institution responsible
for organization, implementation and coordination
of fundamental and applied scientific researches and
developments in the Republic of Belarus. The National
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The TIBO-2015 exhibition presented developments of
the following scientific organizations: the United Institute
of the Informatics Problems State Scientific Institution at
the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, the Geoinformation Systems R&D Republican Unitary Enterprise,
the Center for Identification Systems State Enterprise,
the Institute of New Materials Chemistry State Scientific
Institution at the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus.
The Robotics Sector of the Laboratory of Modelling
the Self-Organizing Systems at the National Academy of
Sciences Belarus demonstrated a robot designer for teaching
school and university students. Mr. Sergei GERASUTO,
Head of the Robotics Sector, described the development in
detail: “The robot designer has been created to improve the
skills of the school, college and university students in the
basics of robotics, mechanics, electronics and informatics,
as well as to attract public attention to engineering, and to
improve the prestige of these professions. Our stand also
presents a robot-ball, which can be used as a transportation
or monitoring solution.
The robot designer is an independent development
of the National Academy of Sciences: the housing, the
PCB, and management system have been developed
in Belarus. The robot has often been compared to the
LEGO designer; however, this development has panel
robotics in its core. Today we are modelling the second
and improved version that has a different configuration,
other types of sensors, and a larger number of tiers.”
Mr. Alexander VANUSHIN, Director of the Hyper
Search for Goods and Services application, together with
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Special interest was paid to the developments of OKB
SAPR (Russia): protected microcomputers, the SECRET
protected media, and biometric authentication. Only a
few people know that in addition to unique fingerprints
and eye retina, every person has a unique location of
blood vessels in the hand. This peculiarity is used for
biometric authentication that can be used instead of
or together with the password typed with a keyboard.
After scanning the vascular bed of a hand, the software
package checks the result with the previously created
reference, and grants access to the system only in case of
100% match.
Mr. Evgeni BULKA, Master of Ceremonies, presented
his own development made at the National Academy of
Sciences of Belarus. The application has been developed
to simplify the process of searching for goods and services
in retail outlets in Minsk City. By scanning the product
barcode or a special catalogue, one can find the necessary
information about the product: description, price range,
and the nearest points of sale. The information can be
updated through direct interaction with the outlets.
The booth of the National Academy of Sciences of
Belarus also presented the developments of the Institute
of New Materials Chemistry: polarizers and a thread for
the 3D printers (it is planned to replace the imported
consumables due to a more attractive price).
BANK TECHNOLOGIES CENTER OAO
At TIBO-2015, the Center presented both well-known
software products for banks (the “Special Template —
BANK” PC and “Maintaining Clients’ Questioners” PC),
and the latest developments (the “Special Template —
LIGHT” PC and the “IFRS Reporting” PC).
Just as it was a year before, the employees of Bank
Technologies Center OAO tried to organize their stand
so that it would interest not only the IT and banking
technologies experts, but also the rest of the exhibition
visitors who came to the exhibition to find out the IT
novelties. Therefore, in addition to its solutions, the
company presented the developments of several of its
partners.
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The exhibition visitors were very interested in protected
microcomputers, mobile phone apps like “Give me
money!” (card-to-card remittances) and “Mobile banking
for legal entities.”
Banking and Financial Telenetwork ZAO is a leading
and dynamically developing company, which is a
communications provider; the company provides
integrated telecommunication services and solutions to
organizations across all target segments in the territory
of Belarus. Ms. Oksana OSETNIK, Marketing Expert,
gave the details of what the company presented in
its stand: “We offer videoconferencing services. The
Cisco equipment is used for this purpose. Unlike other
companies who deliver this service, we can guarantee
security of the transmitted information, because our
communication channels are closed, without Internet
access. The quality of communications, as well as image
quality will be high on any device.
Omertex is a provider of custom software development
services in Eastern Europe. The company develops
a new business activity: in-house software product
development. Mr. Alexei PASHKEL, Marketing Director,
described mobile apps presented by the company at
TIBO 2015: “One of the applications enables the owner
of a legal entity to manage his/her own business using a
smartphone. There is no comparable solution in Belarus.
This solution integrates the digital electronic signature
and enables to manage your business from anywhere
in the world by authenticating your signature. This
development is designed for banks: they can offer this
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application to their clients. We are also implementing a
mobile application enabling to remit money from one
bank card to another irrespective of a bank or card. This
will considerably simplify the process of transferring the
money from card to card.”
THE NATIONAL STAND OF THE REPUBLIC OF
KOREA
It was the first time when the representatives of the
Republic of Korea participated in the exhibition: the
National Information Society Agency (NIA); the Ministry
of Science, ICT and Future Planning; the R&D Institute of
Electronics and Telecommunications; as well as 10 leading
ICT companies: KT, LSIS, Core Engineering, Korea Trade
Network, Ubiquoss, HanDreamnet, OJWorld, Soundl.ly,
MediaHub, SK Hynix Semiconductor.
The slogan of the exhibition was “Smart Korea towards
the center of the IT world.” The stand presented the
following developments at the exhibition:
Smart network:
•service monitoring through UHD;
•the GIGA Internet service;
•the FTTx solution.
Smart home/office:
•smart energy service;
•advanced wired / wireless technologies.
Smart home appliances:
•a video-wall;
•an HVAC system.
Smart trade (the National Electronic Trade System):
•the uTradeHub modeling.
Smart-solutions for networks:
•Smart House, smart building, smart enterprise.
Smart security:
•security systems connectivity.
LG Electronics
For more than half a century, since the moment
of its founding in 1958, LG Electronics is a leading
manufacturer in the field of mobile communications,
consumer electronics, and household appliances. This is
one of the world’s largest corporations: 120 enterprises
of the company operating worldwide employ over
93,000 people.
As a world leader in electronics and information
technologies, LG Electronics heavily invests in research and
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design projects. It was LG who produced the first Korean
radio, fridge, black-and-white TV-set, air conditioner,
washing machine.
Today, LG offers the list of innovative products, such
as LCD TVs with Internet access and playback of the
3D-format, LED displays, smart phones enabling to
record and playback in 3D, direct-drive washing machines
(Direct Drive), refrigerators with a linear compressor,
vacuum cleaners with the dust compression technology,
and many others.
At TIBO-2015, the company introduced the LG
84LM960V TV-set — the world’s first LCD TV of 84
inches (diagonal) and 4k resolution — which enjoyed
special attention from the exhibition visitors. The TV-set is
equipped with the NANO Full LED side LED backlighting
with the local dimming function. Unlike previous
generations, this TV-set has significantly improved the
uniformity of illumination of the screen, and it has a
larger number of independent illuminated areas. In
combination with a high real contrast of the IPS screen
matrix, this gives virtually an infinite value of the overall
contrast visible on the screen.
Huawei
Huawei is a leading global leader in the ICT solutions
with the professional creed: to enrich life through
communications. Huawei — guided by the principles of
customer-oriented innovations and open partnerships
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— has created the package of full cycle ICT solutions,
which brings its clients tangible competitive advantages
in the field of communications and corporate networks,
devices, and cloud computing. 170,000 of the Huawei
employees are working worldwide to create the
most favorable values for communications providers,
enterprises and consumers. The company’s innovative
ICT solutions, products and services have been deployed
in more than 170 countries and regions; more than
one-third of the world’s population is serviced by the
company’s solutions.
At TIBO-2015, the company deployed the largest
stand to showcase its innovative ICT solutions and
capacities in such areas as fixed networks, mobile
networks, 5G, intelligent transportation system, and
the Smart House system. Huawei shared its rich
experience in the field of the ICT Development Strategy
Planning, ultra-broadband technologies (UBB), network
construction, and business consulting. Thus, Huawei
contributes to the development of the information
and communication industry both in Belarus and in
the Central Asia countries. Special interest was paid
to the Huawei P8 smartphone, and the Huawei Watch
presented at the company’s stand.
According to the exhibitors, the stand of BelHuaweiTechnologies OOO became the most interesting
exhibition stand in terms of its design, presented products,
and stand operations.
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ZTE
ZTE is the second largest manufacturer of
telecommunication equipment and mobile phones in
China. ZTE has 17 R&D centers in China, the United
States, Sweden and Korea. More than 10% of the annual
income of the company is allocated to research and
development. ZTE has more than 2,000 international
patent applications registered by the World Intellectual
Property Organization. In total, the company has
submitted over 33 thousand international patents
applications, making it one of the major patent holders
in the communications industry.
ZTE has brought its novelty to Minsk: ZTE Grand S3
is the first phone with the eye recognition feature. This
development is called Eyeprint ID, and it has been
developed by the experts from EyeVerify. By scanning the
eyes, you will be able to make payments, unlock your
phone or get access to protected content. Eye scanning
takes longer than reading a fingerprint, but security is
increases because you want to scan both eyes. Scanning
is performed by the front camera with a resolution of 8
Megapixels, and without flash.
Another project has been designed specifically for
universities and schools: “a smart classroom.” Many
schoolchildren are prohibited to use mobile phones
or tablets in a classroom; however, with the Smart
Classroom, everything is different: tablets instead of
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textbooks, interactive whiteboards, online class work and
homework over the Internet; this is the list of innovations.
The stand also presented a novelty in the field of medical
technologies. Anyone could check his/her blood pressure.
Cisco
Cisco is the world IT leader. In 2014, the company’s net
sales amounted to US $48.6 billion. Cisco spends more
than US $5bn on R&D annually (including more than
$300 mln for information security R&D).
As of 2014, Cisco has more than 400 offices worldwide,
and the total number of employees is more than 60,000
people. Belarus gets the Cisco products through an
extensive network of partners: more than 80 companies.
The Cisco solutions are used in all sectors of the economy
of Belarus.
For the first time, the Cisco Mobile Executive Briefing
Center worked at the TIBO-2015 exhibition; the center was
equipped with the latest solutions for telecom operators.
The exhibition visitors could see how telecommunications
companies used innovative solutions from Cisco.
Mr.
Maxim
LEBEDEV,
Systems
Engineer
(Communications Operators in the CIS and Georgia) of
Cisco Systems International, said:
“In our Cisco van, we present solutions for
telecommunication operators. We have four focus
areas. The first focus area is the Wi-Fi solutions for
telecommunication operators with the ability to integrate
into mobile cores to be able to manage traffic unloading
in the 3G and 4G networks into the Wi-Fi network. For
telecom operators this is a bargain in terms of subscriber
terminal management and in terms of what radio
subsystem is used by them.
The second focus area is the orchestration of cloud
infrastructures and the provision of cloud-based services.
This helps the operator to create services and sell them
to the end-user. We offer a technical solution to integrate
these requests into the language understandable to
machines and equipment.
The third focus area is our core business: traffic networks.
We offer the End-to-End portfolio: routers, switches,
firewalls. In particular, our stand demonstrates operations
of the Envi technology enabling to virtualize the access
environment. The last site of the communications provider
has the equipment, which does not require configuring
and visits of the engineer: only an installer goes there to
hook up power cables and ensure connection with the
headquarters. From the telecom operator’s point of view
this means savings, because the equipment is managed
centrally from a single point.
And, our fourth focus area is perspective to us, and we
will be working on it for the following year or two. These
are cloud solutions: the cloud Wi-Fi, the cloud switch, etc.
In fact, these are solutions for the commercial segment;
for example, take retail chains, like McDonald’s: they
need Wi-Fi for their clients, however, the chain doesn’t
want to have maintenance engineers on their payroll.
The switch has only one setting: the IP address of the
cloud server, which stores its settings. The task of the
telecom provider is to bring equipment to the customer’s
site and to connect it either to the Internet or to its own
data transmission network.
Our booth is a mobile briefing center. There are only
four like that in the region. This is a demo truck; prior
to TIBO, it was at the Cisco Connected exhibition in
Bratislava, then left for Zurich, and one week prior to
Minsk, it was in Vilnius. Last week, we had the Cisco
Forum in Minsk, and immediately afterwards the truck
came to TIBO. This demo booth enables you to talk about
technologies, ask questions, engage in dialogue, and
even to start some projects.”
Panasonic
Panasonic is one of the most famous brands in the
global electronics industry. The company regularly
presents its products at the TIBO fairs, and it constantly
strives to surprise people with innovations and advanced
technologies.
Mr. Alexander MELTSEV, Head of Visual Solutions
Marketing Department of Panasonic Rus OOO, said: “We
designed the stand for the exhibition focusing on solutions
for a variety of industries: from education to situational
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centers and shopping malls, solutions for museums or art
galleries, sporting events, etc. All of these solutions are based
on the Panasonic equipment, which is integrated depending
on exactly where and for what purpose you want to use it.
To show things at the exhibition, we’ve brought
displays of various sizes: from 50 to 98 inches. The stand
is equipped with interactive displays that can be used, for
example, in education or in shopping malls. If necessary,
it is possible to make interactive kiosks or tables. All this
can be easily implemented by using our products.
There are budget models of displays. They are designed
to run 16 hours per day, 7 days a week. This is a very
convenient solution, because there is a possibility to
automatically download information and data from the
Internet: you do not need an operator to constantly
supervise it. At our stand, we have a display that we
have specially designed for the Fabergé Museum: it
shows a video clip, there is a map of the Museum, and it
announces expositions. This is convenient to the end-user
and to our customer, too.
We also present large video walls that can be configured
for situational centers or shopping malls. They can
be of different sizes depending on the preferences of
the customer, and they can work 24/7. These are fully
professional devices.
At our stand, we show how we combine four laser
projectors together. The uniqueness of this product is
that the light source works for 20,000 hours without
replacement. This is a technological breakthrough:
previously, installation projectors with the same light
beam would work without replacing the light source for
2,500 hours maximum. This is almost 8 times longer
than before! Besides, as time passes, the light source
can be replaced at a service center. This means that the
product itself is designed for a much longer period. Four
projectors form a high-quality panorama, which is critical
for sports broadcasts.
We also present the interactive displays that provide the
optimal solution for changing audiences at universities.
Both a teacher and a couple of students can work at such a
whiteboard concurrently: the interactive screen enables all
of them to do manipulations. The screen can be of any size:
5, 8, 10 meters, depending on what the customer wants.
Today, we also present our thin-edge displays; we offer
models of various edge thickness: for example, 3.5 or
5.3.
The exhibition visitors are also interested in our solutions
for TV studios. We offer robotic cameras enabling video
shooting without an operator. One person can manage
the entire shooting process. The presented cameras are in
different price categories depending on the final picture
quality. Our novelties (AWHE40 and AWHE130) do not
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need extra power, and they broadcast non-compressed
video signal. Using them, one can organize teleconference
bridges efficiently. Moreover, such cameras are used in a
variety of major TV shows and reality shows, like DOM-2, in
particular. This has been one of our largest projects, which
has engaged more than 80 cameras of the type. Moreover,
I would say it has been the largest project in Europe.”
Nokia Networks
Nokia invests in technology development that are of
great importance in a world where billions of devices can
communicate with each other. The company’s activities
are focused on three aspects: development of software,
equipment and services for network infrastructures, which
is done by Nokia Networks; development of locationbased intelligence means, which is done by HERE; and
development and licensing of advanced technologies,
which is done by Nokia Technologies. Each of these is
an undoubted leader in its field. Nokia Networks is the
world’s leading manufacturer and supplier in the field
of broadband mobile communications. The company
develops the most advanced technologies in every
generation for mobile communications: the first call in
the GSM system, and the first call in the commercial
LTE network used the Nokia equipment. Experts from
around the globe are developing new services required
for telecom operators. Mobile networks based on the
company’s equipment are the most efficient due to using
its intelligent features that enable to maximize their
capacity and due to the services enabling all components
to interact with each other in harmony.
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The official company representative described the
produced products and innovative solutions and, in
particular, the following was mentioned:
•the Carrier Ethernet switches that combine high
performance and Ethernet flexibility and reliability
enable clients to provide a variety of services with
the guaranteed quality of service;
•the SDH technology, which is used to create a
multifunctional platform for providing services
combining the flexibility of switching and traffic
technologies of Ethernet with exploitation reliability;
•the Connection Master platform designed to work in
non-switched networks;
•the Ultra-Dence Networks Single RAN& C-RAN
technologies, which enable telecom operators to get
ready for the 5G Internet.
Some of these developments were presented at the
company’s stand.
competitive advantage. The SAP solutions and services
are used by more than 232,000 clients (including the
SuccessFactors clients); the advanced technologies
of the corporation guarantee high profitability, they
contribute to continuous adaptation and sustainable
growth.
The SAP corporate exhibition stand presented the
solutions already used by the leading Belarusian
companies and banks: Belarusian Oil Company CJSC,
Belwest COO, MTBank ZAO, BelAZ JSC. SAP develops
automated control systems of such internal enterprise
processes as: bookkeeping and accounting, trade and
retail, manufacturing, finance management, personnel
management, warehouse management, etc. Usually,
applications can be adapted to the country-specific
legal context. In addition to supplying its software, the
SAP
One of the world leaders in the market of enterprise
applications — SAP Corporation — helps organizations
of any size and specialization manage their business
more efficiently. Whether these are support services
or the Board of Directors, a warehouse or a shop,
desktop or mobile apps, the SAP solutions enable
to improve the efficiency of interaction between
individual employees and organizations as a whole,
to ensure deep understanding of business and create a
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company offers services for its implementation, using its
own methodology.
Tamron
Tamron (Japan) is a company established in 1950;
this is a global manufacturer of optical equipment; it
produces high-resolution lenses that are ideal for shooting
in low light, and for night shooting. These models have
the megapixel resolution, both in the center and along
the edges of the shot, both in day light and at night,
in the near infrared range. High luminosity, the lack of
chromatic aberration, a wide range of coverage angles,
a unique built-in aperture mechanism, and many other
things make these lens indispensable for security video
surveillance systems.
One of the unique novelties presented at the stand was
the SP 15-30 mm F/2.8 model for Canon/Nikon/Sony.
That new ultra-wide angle lens for full frame cameras
became a perfect complement to the Tamron SP line of
professional lenses.
Mr. Andrei BARANOV, company representative at the
exhibition, shared his impressions: “The first day was
somewhat disappointing for us, because our stand was
less popular among the exhibition visitors. However,
during the following days, we had a lot more people who
were interested in our products.”
Epson
Epson is the world leader in creating innovative
products for imaging. The company’s mission is to make
the life of its global users brighter and more saturated
by offering them compact, reliable, and environment
friendly technologies integrated in a wide variety of
devices, from printers and 3LCD projectors for home and
office to electronic and quartz devices.
The Epson Companies Group headed by Seiko Epson
(Japan) employs over 70,000 people working in 106
companies worldwide. In Belarus, Epson is represented
by its official distributor (PrintLux) and a wide network of
authorized partners.
The company’s products include cost effective printers,
flatbed and streaming scanners, multimedia projectors,
digital cameras, augmented reality goggles, wrist watches,
trade and cash register equipment, consumables, and
accessories.At the exhibition, the visitors of the stand
could study new integrated Epson solutions for cost
effective paper and paperless document management,
education, and labeling.
For the first time, the TIBO-2015 exhibition showcased
the Epson Runsense SF-710S sports GPS wrist watch
with an intelligent accelerometer. The wrist watch has
been created for professional athletes, as well as for
the amateurs of sports and active lifestyle. The Epson
Runsense series will help you plan your exercise and
track its effectiveness with high precision, reliability and
convenience.
The Epson Moverio BT-200 transparent binocular
goggles open up completely new opportunities for
entertainment and work. In addition to playing back
immersive video, this device enables to utilize the
power of augmented reality to interact with the outside
world.
The stand visitors could get professional advice on
choosing the equipment and see live demonstrations of
the Epson products.
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have not been moved yet — will be able to access these
features in the near future; and we are actively working
on it.
Beltelecom Republican Unitary Enterprise
Beltelecom is a leading Belarusian telecommunications
company with years of history, which provides and
develops communication technologies that are important
for corporate and private customers. The company is
actively pursuing the policy of expanding and improving
telecommunication services and the national network
infrastructure by implementing innovative technologies
and services in it. The brand portfolio of Beltelecom
provides voice communications, data exchange, hosting
and a variety of other services that are successfully
complemented by such trademarks as ByFly (high-speed
Internet access) and ZALA (interactive and broadcast TV).
At TIBO-2015, the company presented modern
telecommunication solutions for businesses and
individuals. The stand visitors could get professional
consultations from the company’s experts, watch
presentations of the new IT products, and apply for
connection to the Beltelecom services on favorable terms
and conditions.
Our goal is to make video telephony a mass service.
And, in principle, the IMS platform enables this;
however, this is constrained by a very high price of
the telephones themselves, unfortunately. A phone —
like the one we’ve presented at the exhibition — costs
about USD 200.00: not everyone is ready to afford such
expenditures. However, we hope that prices will go down
in the foreseeable future, and if such a phone costs, say,
USD 50.00, there will be the people willing to use this
service. And our technological capacity enables us to do
this already today.
If we’re talking about the Internet, now there is the
change of the so-called wave of innovation. Figuratively
speaking, the third wave of innovation now enters into
force. Previously, it was a modest technology with a
dialup telephone connection, which was then replaced
by ADSL, which is now dominating; and today, we are on
the verge of the next change. Luckily, it’s for the better!
The throughput of the ADSL networks is not good enough
for today’s subscribers. Currently we are working on
optical networks: we want to install a fiber optic socket in
every apartment. At that, the socket can be used not only
for our services (telephony, Internet, TV), but also for the
Mr. Sergei TUROMSHA, Deputy General Director
(Commercial Matters), noted: “Our company turns 20
years this year, and we will celebrate its anniversary in
June. The entire year we follow the concept: “From the
past through the present to the future.” And we follow
this motto at the exhibition, too.
We designed the stand in this way on purpose to show
some items from the past. There is an old telephone
booth at our stand, and it works: you can use it and place
a call for 15 kopecks. If you don’t have change (which is
very likely), we will help you finding a coin.
This year, at the exhibition we demonstrate three key
areas of our work: telephony, Internet, and television.
With regard to telephony, at the moment, the biggest
part of our work is to move subscribers to the IMS
intellectual multiservice platform. Today, more than a
million subscribers have already been moved, but this
process shall be continued. This change gives us new and
practically unlimited opportunities to provide services
using telephony. The remaining subscribers — who
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are automated and equipped with modern devices; there
are payment and reference terminals installed in post
offices to pay for services and to get reference information.
One can use the services of the enterprise available via
the Internet at the company’s website: to get information
about the service area of the post offices, to find out the
zip codes in the Republic of Belarus, to track and trace
registered mail, to study the electronic catalogues of the
printed periodicals, to subscribe to periodicals, to pay for
posting mail by using an electronic stamp, to review and
to order the goods from Belarusian manufacturers, to buy
stamps, envelopes, postcards, consumer goods using an
online store, to transfer utility payments, to use the rater
of mail pieces, to call the mail courier to come to your
home or office, etc.
At the exhibition, Belpost RUP presented a number
of projects and services based on the state-of-the-art
information technologies, and it was in line with the topic
“a self-service environment.” In addition, the company
organized promo events for the visitors; the events were
devoted to the 20th anniversary of BELPOCHTA Republican
Unitary Enterprise, and to the 70th anniversary of the
Victory Day.
Ms. Natalia PILETSKAYA, Head of the IT Development
Center of Belpochta RUP, said:
door intercom network, security network, CCTV, and even
modern metering devices: all will be in one line. We are
installing this fiber optic network with the future in mind.
We have clear plans: every multi-apartment residential
building to have such a PON by 2020.
And, of course, in the field of TV, we present our
umbrella brand name: ZALA. We launched a new service
to the market in April 2015: Smart ZALA. This is a fullfledged solution to any taste, for any subscriber who has
the Internet access.
At the exhibition, we don’t want to show the future
that is not real, and only exists in the day dreams of the
developers. For us, it is important to show the future as it
will be shortly, in a visible perspective.”
“We introduce a postal info terminal at the stand. Our
clients are already familiar with it, and many of them use
such devices at post offices. And the know-how of this
year is an additional device with a scale and a printer that
is connected to the terminal. The device is specifically
designed to quickly and efficiently process registered mail
pieces of up to 2 kgs. The client can process shipment
alone; at that, the device can receive payments both as
cash banknotes and bank cards. The client gets a receipt
and a sticker with the indicated weight of the parcel, the
contact information about the consignor and consignee,
and the parcel barcode. Both legal entities and physical
persons will be able to enjoy the novelty. The device
is designed to significantly simplify the procedure of
sending parcels and registered mail by eliminating the
need to address an operator at the post office.
BELPOCHTA Republican Unitary Enterprise
BELPOCHTA Republican Unitary Enterprise is a postal
operator of Belarus. This is a technically equipped
enterprise that uses modern information technologies
and actively improves and develops its services. The
proof of that is the recognition of the Belarusian Post as
one of the best postal services in the world in terms of
development of the electronic services.
BELPOCHTA Republican Unitary Enterprise is a
constantly upgradable enterprise introducing innovations
in all areas: production, logistics, management, and
services. Today, information technologies are the keystone
of the postal operator: the workplaces in the post offices
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networks,mobile traffic cost reduction, development of
the fixed access to the network. This year, along with the
innovative products, we demonstrate the inextricable
connection between the life of a modern person and
advanced technological solutions.Today, it is impossible
to imagine education, urban infrastructure, social
sphere without technologies. Technologies will continue
penetrating into our daily life deeper. Subscribers more
actively consume video content, watch mobile TV, use the
OTT services. We can see a growing demand for a high
quality information product; therefore, at the exhibition,
we present really popular and interesting solutions: “The
Electronic Diary” and other developments for e-learning,
an application to manage mobile communications, an
updated “Mobile Library,” as well as the LTE technology,
which the MTS subscribers could test during the exhibition,
and they were the first in the country to do that,” — said
Mr. Vladimir KARPOVICH, General Director of MTS.
In addition to the device to process mail pieces, the
stand presents the new service of an electronic digital
signature. You can avoid filling the documents by hand
when receiving your mail piece, and use your electronic
digital signature recorded on a SIM-card issued by the MTS
mobile operator instead. Today’s youth is mobile; they do
not want to write and fill forms by hand wasting time. This
service will be the most useful to them. At the moment, the
service is applied only to receiving mail pieces; however,
in the future we plan to expand it to absolutely all services
that we deliver: remittances, pensions, etc.
At TIBO-2015, MTS demonstrated its partnership
project: Schools.by. The portal offers an infrastructure
for designing school websites for free, which will enable
high schools to minimize their expenditures related to
maintaining their own IT platform. All subscribers of
MTS get free traffic to visit this Internet resource. Another
important part of the project is the Electronic Diary
that serves as a communication platform for parents
and teachers: they can exchange operative information
in real-time, they can monitor school attendance, and
achievements of pupils.
In addition, we have updated our corporate website
by our anniversary: we have added a new service for
our clients, which is Post-24. We have selected the most
requested services and grouped them into a separate
banner for easier website navigation. The service is
available to both natural persons and legal entities.
We’ve selected the following services: the online shop
of Belarusian goods, the possibility to re-address a mail
piece to any convenient post office or post office outlet,
the call-the-courier service, the reference book, and the
rater. We are working on a mobile version of this service
to be more accessible to our clients.”
MOBILE TELESYSTEMS (MTS) COOO
MTS (the largest Belarusian mobile communications
provider in terms of the number of subscribers)
demonstrated its new digital products and solutions at
the TIBO-2015 exhibition. The core of the MTS exposition
was based on the developments both for mass users and
for the business segment.
“Global internetization is reflected in the operations
of MTS. This is contributed by development of the 3G
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main maintenance issues without being connected to a
desktop computer or without addressing the company’s
office or call-center, to check the services available to
every number, to deactivate the services of every number
that are activated at the moment, to request the details
of the calls of every number to be provided to your
smartphone, to instantly connect new services to your
mobile numbers.
At the exhibition, the company presented a solution
using a standard SIM card as an electronic digital signature
key. The new technology will accelerate the transition of
the country to paperless document management and will
simplify access to personal information via the Internet
for ordinary citizens. If the electronic digital signature
based on a SIM card is accepted as the national standard,
this will enable individuals to use it more actively. For
example, the MTS subscribers could get postal orders
in just a few minutes without filling out a paper notice;
they could fill tax declarations, get property statements
or apply to the Registry of Births, Marriages and Deaths
without personal presence.
Along with the technological solutions, the company
demonstrated its best social initiatives aimed at improving
the quality of life of the Belarusians and at improving
their mobile literacy. In particular, the project called
“Networking for all ages” to educate elderly people to
use the Internet was presented in a new format: training
on tablets. The project partner is Huawei.
The MTS Companies Group also announced its
international project: Telecom Idea. The main goal of
the project is to support and develop youth innovative
projects in telecommunications. This project has been
organized for five years in a row by MTS (Russia), and
Belarus joins this international movement this year.
The MTS Mobile Operator together with the Belarusian
Cloud Technologies organized a pilot 4G zone especially
for the exhibition. The MTS subscribers were the first in
the country to try high speed LTE access during the days
of the exhibition.
Another example of the modern “digital world” was
the updated version of the Mobile Library launched
by the mobile operator in partnership with Bookmate
(Russia). The MTS subscribers got access to the virtual
bookshelf; today, this library contains more than 200,000
publications on various subjects: from the most popular
novelties of business literature to textbooks from the
school curriculum.
The most interesting and popular product was My MTS:
the first (in Belarus) official mobile app developed by a
mobile operator that can fully manage all mobile numbers
of the subscriber, not only to monitor the expenditures
of one of them. My MTS enables to remotely tackle the
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The company’s stand also had an entertainment zone
where all stand visitors could immerse themselves into
virtual reality, print 3D keepsakes, as well as try driving a
car through a smartphone.
VELCOM Unitary Enterprise
VELCOM provides mobile communication services,
as well as the fixed Internet access services based on
its own fiber-optic network. It is not the first year when
the company takes part in the exhibition. This time, the
company introduced a unique exposition: an impromptu
shopping center, which became a platform for showcasing
the most advanced products. So, six high-tech solutions
of the company were presented behind the walls of a two
story “shopping mall”:
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•the shop.velcom.by online store (a virtual showcase of
the entire range of mobile devices available in the trade
chain with the possibility to purchase an item on deferred
terms and get it delivered to any location in Belarus);
•v-banking (a universal mobile application enabling
to combine all of your bank cards into one account,
and manage them through your smartphone). Using
v-banking, you can quickly and securely pay for
services and goods in the Single Accounting and
Information Space (ERIP), and transfer money from
card to card;
•voka (a multimedia service granting access from
your smartphone or tablet to high quality TV or
video content). More than 30 popular TV channels
of various types and more than 1500 Russian and
foreign movies are available for viewing in both 3G
and Wi-Fi networks without paying for the mobile
traffic within the limits of your subscription);
•WEB tariffs (a product line of new Internet tariffs with
500 MB to 16 GB of the included Internet traffic,
control of consumption in real time, and additional
traffic on request). Thanks to this high-tech “stuffing”
of the tariffs, the Internet from VELCOM will become
more comfortable and secure;
•fixed Internet (a cost effective fixed line Internet
for businesses, which ensures high quality
communications and an unlimited traffic at speeds of
up to 150 Mbps (standard solution) or up to 10,000
Mbps (individual solution);
•The Mobile Cash Desk (a solution for small and
medium-sized businesses enabling to accept
payments for goods and services from bank cards
using your smartphone or tablet PC).
All stand visitors were advised by the company’s expert
on the company products; in addition, they could test the
proposed individual and business solutions amid familiar
surroundings.
The official company representative at the exhibition
shared his impressions: “TIBO is the most representative
exhibition in the field of telecommunications in Belarus.
We do our best to participate in the exhibition annually;
and in 2015 we presented the six leading current solutions,
which we would like our subscribers to be aware of.”
THE HORIZONT HOLDING
The Horizont Holding is the largest electronics
manufacturer in the Customs Union and the CIS countries.
The product portfolio includes a wide range of household
appliances and consumer electronics, including: LCD and
LED TVs, microwave ovens, vacuum cleaners, digital settop boxes, DVD players, air conditioners, telephones.
At the TIBO-2015 exhibition, the Horizont Company
presented its high-tech product, which will open up new
opportunities: the HORIZONT interactive sensor systems.
This product will be widely used in many industries and
areas of life. So, interactive sensor systems will facilitate
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the process of ordering coupons to visit the doctor at daily
clinics and healthcare centers, as well as they will give
exhaustive information to the hotel guests. This product
will help turn the kindergarten lesson to a really fascinating
journey to the country of knowledge and will enable the
teacher to organize a memorable and interesting school
lesson. The interactive panel will bring many opportunities
to colleges and universities by simplifying the process of
presenting information and perceiving it by the students.
The head of the company’s Marketing Department gave
details about the kinds of the interactive sensor systems
presented at the stand.
“An interactive sensor system for open-air applications
will serve as a reference booth to the visitors of the
city and foreign tourists. Using it, you can view the city
map, choose the needed location, and get information
about it. The service is available in several languages.
The system is equipped with an LED display (1920 x
1080), 42-inch (diagonal), supporting up to 10 touches
(including touches in gloves), and it is Internet-ready.
The second novelty is for shopping malls. It looks like a
cube from the outside. Using it, you can see the location
of all the stores in the shopping mall, and route yourself
from one pavilion to another.
Another system is ideal for holding seminars, trainings
and conferences. The Tribune information and service
center aims to help in carrying out such events. You can
load the text of your speech and pictures to the device.
In addition, an interactive hall panorama is available to
indicate the participants wishing to ask a question.”
The head of the company’s Marketing Department
shared his impressions about the exhibition: “It is very
good that there is such an exhibition in Belarus, because
this is a locomotive in the IT sector in our country.”
PROMSVYAZ JSC
Promsvyaz JSC — the only industrial enterprise under
the umbrella of the Ministry of Communications and
Informatization of the Republic of Belarus — presented a
wide range of its products. The company exists for more
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than 80 years; the company has been producing the
equipment for wired telecommunications satisfying the
needs of the country’s economy, as well as a wide range
of consumer goods.
The main development presented at the exhibition was
the joint project developed with the Huawei laboratory
in Belarus: the Smart House. The representative of
Promsvyaz JSC highlighted that the project was demanded,
because at that moment there was no unified standard or
guidelines on how to create this kind of systems.
In a broad sense, the Smart House refers to providing
a certain level of comfort by automating processes and
by providing the opportunity for the user to manage the
algorithms of these processes. The system consists of a
management platform, peripheral devices, client devices,
storage devices, and a transmission network. Referring to
this project, the following products were presented at the
exhibition: smoke detectors, motion sensors, water leakage
sensors, lighting control sensors, door opening sensors.
GIPROSVJAZ OJSC
For more than four decades, Giprosvjaz OJSC is the
leading research and development planning and surveying
organization under the Ministry of Communications
and Informatization of the Republic of Belarus. Today,
Giprosvjaz OJSC means experience, traditions of high
quality, and huge potential in the field of designing
telecommunication networks and facilities. The company
provides a full range of works, from designing facilities and
telecommunications lines, including related architectural
and engineering solutions, to budgeting the developed
design documentation.
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The scientific activities of Giprosvjaz OJSC are focused
on finding solutions to the most pressing issues in the
field of telecommunications, drafting and supporting
long-term strategies of scientific and technical policies,
drafting programs and concepts of developing the
market of telecommunications equipment and services,
as well as drafting technical normative legal acts in
standardization, testing and conformity assessment
of the telecommunications equipment and services,
coordinating international cooperation.
Ms. Daria PILETSKAYA, representative of the Marketing
Section of the company, described the products displayed
at the stand. “We demonstrate the Telecommunications
Equipment Certification Center, as well as the results
of the work done by the R&D laboratories in magnetic
measurements and terminal equipment. The exhibition
visitors were especially interested in the Certification Center
where we tested the telecommunications equipment of
the visitors. During the exhibition, there was an active
exchange of contacts with the potential customers, and we
continued the dialogue with our regular customers.”
Ms. Daria PILETSKAYA highlighted the high level of
the event, as well as the high-quality work of the experts
at the exhibition stands.
TOP SOFT UNITARY ENTERPRISE —
HEADQUARTERS OF THE GALAKTIKA
CORPORATION IN THE REPUBLIC OF BELARUS
Top Soft UP is a permanent exhibitor of the TIBO
exhibition. The exhibition has been held for 22 years,
and the company has been known to the market and
has participated in the TIBO exhibitions for the same
period. A long and fruitful cooperation logically led the
company to becoming the General Partner of the TIBO
Exhibition in 2015.
Today, Top Soft Unitary Enterprise is the only developer
of domestic enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems
providing a full cycle of work using its own software:
design, supply, installation, service, support, and
training. The post-Soviet territory experience proves
that the company is not only capable to compete with
foreign software developers, but it also has a number of
competitive advantages.
The experts of the company survey the existing
business processes and the information environment at
the enterprise, choose the best solution to achieve the
business goals of the client. It is also important that the
initial development considers the Belarusian legislation.
To address a wide variety of objectives of the industrial
enterprises of various profiles, staff number, and business
activities, the Galaktika Corporation has a set of solutions.
The Corporation’s flagship product is the Galaktika
ERP integrated system, which is designed to address the
full spectrum of modern enterprise management tasks,
including all types of accounting and bookkeeping, financial
and production planning, logistics management, HR, CRM.
•Galaktika BI is business intelligence type analytical
system.
•Galaktika EAM is the production asset management
system.
•Galaktika AMM is the production process management
system.
•Galaktika ECM based on the DIRECTUM platform is
the domestic ECM system.
The industry-specific solutions of the Corporation
enable to take into account the specific needs of
enterprises that are not supported in the widespread
automation systems; the industry-specific solutions of the
Corporation include: Galaktika Mechanical Engineering,
Galaktika Civil Engineering Management, Galaktika
Transport Management, etc.
The clients of the Corporation are the enterprises of
all forms of ownership and branches of the economy,
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among which are small businesses, mid-sized companies,
industrial giants, educational establishments, and public
authorities. The company has more than 1,200 successful
implementations of its ERP systems.
Mr. Denis IGNATENKO, Deputy General Director of
Top Soft Unitary Enterprise, said: “The idea to become
the General Partner of the Exhibition was largely
spontaneous and balanced at the same time. For many
years in a row, we have participated in the exhibition
as an “ordinary” exhibitor. Over the years, our company
has grown significantly and found its feet; therefore, the
company decided to change the format of participation,
emphasizing the overall level of development of the
domestic companies.
Despite the objective market factors, the interest in the
exhibition has been preserved not only by experts, but
also by large foreign corporations, which have actively
participated in the event. However, on the other hand,
it is very disturbing to what extent our market is open to
foreign partners. It is simply impossible to imagine for the
markets of China or Korea to welcome our IT companies
equally. Life proves that it is difficult to Belarusian IT
companies to work in the Russian market notwithstanding
the creation of the Single Economic Space. And our
market is absolutely unprotected from external expansion;
though, in my view, the State should be interested in
using domestic software and, as a consequence, in the
development of domestic companies.
Today, TIBO is no longer just an exhibition: this is a
brand name that unites the TIBO-2015 exhibition, the
Robotics exhibition, the Congress, and a large number
of specialized workshops this year. I hope that the TIBO
brand will continue developing, and this, in turn, will
contribute to the development of the ICT sector in the
Republic of Belarus.”
The company is the official distributor of Safenet and
CYREN, and it is the Blackberry Reseller. TESSIS offers
solutions that provide comprehensive security and
use encryption technologies to secure communication
systems, software developments and control of digital
identity, as well as solutions for corporate and private
virtual environments.
Among the customers and partners of TESSIS, there are
state authorities and commercial companies seeking to
protect their information.
DATASTREAM DEP OOO
Datastream DEP OOO has been operating in
the Belarusian market of computer, networking,
telecommunications and information technologies since
1993; and today this is one of the leading vendors
of telecommunication equipment designed for data
networking, communication networks of various
complexity, security systems, and video surveillance
systems.
At the stand, the visitors could talk to the experts of
Datastream DEP and review the new products from the
famous brand names:
•ZyXEL: active networking equipment;
•ORing: active networking equipment for industrial
Ethernet;
•TWT, LANMASTER: comprehensive cable system
solutions;
•Ecoplast: professional cabling systems;
•EFAPEL: professional cabling systems, wiring products;
CERTIFIED INFORMATION SYSTEMS ZAO
TESSIS (Certified Information Systems ZAO) is a
Russian distributor of the world leading manufacturers of
software and hardware solutions in the field of high tech
and information security. TESSIS was the Partner of the
TIBO-2015 exhibition.
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•VIVOTEK: IP-cameras and software for video
surveillance;
•Macroscop: software for professional IP-surveillance
systems;
•DIGIEVER: the IP-based video surveillance systems
(NVR);
•QNAP: network attached storage (NAS);
•BAS-IP: IP-based video house intercom systems;
•APC: uninterruptible power suppliers, surge arrests,
telecommunication racks;
•CMO: telecommunication racks, cabinets and
accessories;
•REM: sets of electrical wall-mounted sockets of
various designs;
•Sky Control: remote IP monitoring systems;
•AVer: videoconferencing systems.
The company is in comprehensive distribution,
including: counselling about the equipment selection,
complete supporting of the product delivery, documentary
supporting, warranty and post-warranty servicing.
Datastream DEP has been a permanent participant of
the TIBO forum since the moment of its establishment.
Ms. Sona AVANESIAN, Marketing Expert, explained
why the company exhibits at TIBO every year: “We
always invite all our clients to the stand, and this is a
good opportunity to meet them, because we know some
of our customers only by telephone conversations. In
addition, TIBO is a convenient place for clients to discuss
all issues regarding the equipment and its features with
us, and to see our novelties.”
BEVALEX JV OOO
Bevalex JV OOO is a universal, high-tech, multidisciplinary
engineering company specializing in the IT system
integration and one of the market leaders in Belarus. The
core business is creation of integrated automated control
systems. To implement such systems, the company has
developed over 30 solutions that are offered by the
company today. Possessing a unique experience in the
field of automation, the company fruitfully cooperates
and successfully implements the projects of the
information systems at the State administration bodies,
healthcare institutions, educational establishments,
transport organization and communications providers,
banks and enterprises of the real sector of the economy.
Bevalex JV OOO is the Gold Partner of one of the largest
IT companies in the world: HP. An extensive portfolio
of the HP products and solutions includes printing and
imaging systems, personal computers, software, IT
services and infrastructure.
At TIBO-2015, the main concept of the Bevalex stand
was the theme “Information technologies as a tool to
enhance the country’s competitiveness.” This slogan is
based on a number of the company’s efficient solutions
that serve as the basis of the information systems, and they
are grouped as follows: a single information space of the
industry; data center organization and cloud computing;
managing IT services continuity; key components of the
IT infrastructure.
Mr. Yuri ZHIDKO, Business Development Director of
Bevalex JV OOO, described his company. “We started our
business activities assembling personal computers, and
we entered the 21st century as a company implementing
integrated projects. Today we are focusing on offering
high-level IT services to the market, adding them to our
traditional high-tech engineering projects of establishing the
data center infrastructures and information systems. In the
process of project implementation, we use our own expertise
in the following areas of activity: design and development
of integrated information systems and IT infrastructures;
technological services; infrastructure components.
The company’s stand presented a number of solutions
sought-after by the market: we used the test bench to
demonstrate operations of the business applications and
the IT infrastructure monitoring system, its features and
benefits to our customers. The stand also presented the
features of the high definition video conferencing system
(personal telepresence) characterized by low channel
bandwidth requirements at a high image quality. An
additional peculiarity of the system is its wide applicability
in many fields of action: corporate engagement, business
meetings, briefings, distance learning. We offered the
possibility to jointly see the features of the system to
counter leaks of confidential information, described the
features and benefits of implementing the information
support system at medical institutions, invited our
customers to the presentation of the multimedia complex
for conference halls operating at the premises of our
corporate customer.”
Mr. Mikhail KRASNITSKI, General Director of the
company, said: “It was nice to see that the heads of
many enterprises are interested in the development
and modernization of their IT infrastructure, and they
understand the necessity and timeliness of changes.
Throughout all four days of the exhibition, we had
meetings with the key customers of the company, and
we also established new contacts;this means that there is
interest in the high-tech services of our company.”
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