R&D

Novosibirsk authorities to attract $1 billion to fund innovation in Akademgorodok

January 4, 2012

The authorities of the Novosibirsk region in Siberia announced their intention to create a world-class innovation center in Akademgorodok, a major academic and scientific hub. The regional government will invest 10 billion rubles, or approximately $330 million, in the project by 2017, and expects the total investment from various sources to reach as much as …

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‘Russian Windows’ prototype receives government approval

December 30, 2011

The Russian Ministry of Communications and Mass Media approved on Tuesday the prototype of a Linux based operating system scheduled to become Russia’s national OS. The government plans to equip school and public administration computers across the country with the new OS, thereby saving considerable amounts in software licenses, Russian business daily Vedomosti reported.

IBM and SAP to create R&D centers in Skolkovo

December 9, 2011

IBM and SAP inked cooperation agreements almost simultaneously this week with the Skolkovo Foundation, the state sponsored organization in charge of developing a state-of-the-art innovation hub near Moscow. Both companies intend to create research and development facilities at Skolkovo. IBM’s researchers will work on smart technologies for use in oilfields, mobile NFC technologies, and road …

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Innovative Russian search engine locates live media content, targets US market

November 8, 2011

Searching for live audio and video streams online could become much easier thanks to Balakam.com, an innovative search engine launched yesterday in beta version by a team from Nizhny Novgorod, Russia’s fourth largest city. Balakam has developed and patented particular search algorithms and an advanced crawling technology to retrieve and index live media streams throughout …

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Sitronics increases its presence on the Indian market

October 21, 2011

Leading Russian microelectronic device maker Sitronics signed a commercial agreement earlier this week with Tech Mahindra, a major provider of solutions and services to the telecom industry. Tech Mahindra will promote the OSS/BSS-solutions of Sitronics India on the local market and may participate in the Russian company’s R&D programs, Sitronics announced. Sitronics has also set up a …

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First Russian low power Glonass+GPS chipsets to appear in early 2012

October 12, 2011

Geostar Navigation, a Moscow-based producer of navigation receivers for telematic services, will start mass production of a new GLONASS+GPS chipset as early as next spring. The announcement, reported by news agency RIA Novosti, was made at a press conference on Monday by NIS GLONASS General Manager Alexander Gurko. The low power chipset, named GeoC-3, will …

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Mail.ru doubles investments in its own search engine

September 22, 2011

Russia’s Mail.ru Group, which leads the Russian-speaking Internet in terms of traffic, plans to double the number of developers working on its own Internet search mechanism, Russian business daily RBС reported on Tuesday, based on information provided by Mail.ru Group. Mail.ru plans to increase its share of the Russian Internet search market in the future, …

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Nokia Siemens Networks to set up Smart Lab in Skolkovo

July 5, 2011

The Skolkovo Foundation confirmed last Friday a broad cooperation agreement with Nokia Siemens Networks, a leading global enabler of telecommunication services. Among other items, the deal included provisions for a Smart Lab on the premises of the innovation hub under construction near Moscow.

Russian official claims “Russia has no innovation market”

June 28, 2011

“Innovation driven development is problematic in Russia, as the country has no innovation market,” news agency ITAR-TASS reported President of the Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industries Sergei Katyrin as saying. Katyrin made the statement on Sunday at a session of the Russian Economic Forum held in Strasbourg, France.

From laser advertising to forest fire detection to powered exoskeletons, BIT contests elicit innovation across Russia

June 27, 2011

BIT, the most important national innovation contest in Russia, will hold its finale this Friday on the premises of Moscow business incubator Digital October. BIT — short for Business of Innovative Technologies — is an entrepreneurship competition organized each year to help innovative projects emerge from across the country. BIT selects “not only innovative ideas, but …

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