Rostelecom oriented Siberian entrepreneurs in a digital economy

Rostelecom presented digital solutions for small and medium -sized businesses at the All -Russian Forum “Territory of Business - Territory of Life”, which was held in the technology park of the Novosibirsk Academgorodok.

The company as a partner of the forum presented to guests and participants an extensive business program.

“The use of digital technologies today has become one of the fundamental factors in the development of the economy,” said Nikolai Zenin, Vice-President-Director of the Siberia Macro-Regional branch, Nikolai Zenin in his speech in the plenary part of the forum. - Smart products and services help business much faster and without unnecessary costs create an innovative product, avoid errors, reduce costs (labor, financial, etc.), attract new customers, and expand the geography of the market. “Rostelecom” successfully solves all these problems, sometimes even ahead of business requests, working in the future. ”

In turn, the Deputy Governor of the Novosibirsk Region Sergey Semka noted that the effective interaction of power and business is one of the fundamental factors in the development of the economy.

“Measures to support entrepreneurial activity in the Novosibirsk region are carried out in the main areas: subsidizing, reimbursing the costs of equipment, reimbursing part of the rate, leasing payments, participation in exhibitions, fairs and forums. All these types of support will be continued next year. In addition, we applied for additional financing of this sphere in the amount of 20 million rubles, ”said Sergey Semka.

He also noted that for 2018 it is planned to provide for about 160 million rubles from the regional budget and 80 million rubles from the federal one for supporting entrepreneurship in the region.

The entrepreneurial forum ended with the presentation of the National Prize "Business User", in which representatives of Rostelecom acted as experts. The nominees presented their business ideas in the case-conference format in 9 nominations: “Best Creative Project”, “Best Agricultural Project”, “Best Export Project”, etc. The best practices of supporting entrepreneurship and improving the investment climate among municipalities, as well as the best purchasing system of the municipal level.