Kommersant: VK, Yandex, Sber and Rostelecom plan to develop a domestic operating system for mobile phones

VK , Yandex, Sber and Rostelecom are going to develop a new operating system for mobile phones based on Android . This was reported by Kommersant with reference to sources in the government and in the electronics market.

According to the interlocutor, the Ministry of Digital Development plans to involve an association of developers in the development. According to him, VK , Yandex, Sberbank and Rostelecom are planning to create a company that will develop a new OS based on the open source Android , as well as a platform of mobile services compatible with it, which will replace Google Mobile Services (GMS).

“There is no formal consortium yet, but major players are ready to unite to develop a platform. It is needed by everyone who wants their applications to have adequate functionality,” said a source in the electronics market.

According to a government source, the new OS will be aimed at the consumer segment, in contrast to the Aurora operating systems from Rostelecom. It, the source notes, will be used by the government and corporate sectors “to work with sensitive data.”

Since the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, Apple and Google have joined restrictions against many large Russian technology companies and banks. After this, their applications disappeared from the App Store and Play Market . This affected Sberbank , VKontakte , 2GIS and many others.