NEWS

Geospatial information on Geoportal of the Republic of Tatarstan was updated in accordance with satellite data of 2013. Information about the whole territory of the Republic of Tatarstan with space resolution 5m, including 36 regional administrative centres, two city districts, federal highway M7 and regional highway “Kazan-Orenburg” was completely updated.

290 transport vehicles of administrative department under RT Cabinet of Ministers are connected to GLONASS+112. The project on monitoring of official transport has been realized since 2010.

First Deputy Minister of Information and Communication Yury Bagrov held an extended meeting with information and communication enterprises at Kazan IT park. New deputy ministers, Timur Zaripov and Azat Mubarakshin, were introduced to heads of enterprises.

Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of Information and Communication congratulates workers of communication industry on professional holiday.

On May 6, Minister of Information and Communication Roman Shaikhutdinov congratulated veterans of the ministry on professional holiday and coming Victory Day at Kazan communication technical school. Excursion around the Museum of communications and training laboratory was organized for veterans.

129,293 calls were received at emergency number 112 in April. Most calls were about road accidents and disturbance of public peace. By and large, 36, 000 cards of accidents were registered last month.

Functioning of System 112 is to be organized on the basis of two geographically dispersed call centres in the Republic of Tatarstan. In our republic the system has been functioning on the basis of state information system “GLONASS+112 since July 2009.

Tatarstan Ministry of Information and Communication, Charity Foundation “AK BARS SOZIDANIE” and Kazan football amateur league are organizing a football match to support children with special needs.

On May 6, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov, Russian Minister of Communication and Mass Media Nikolay Nikiforov, Tatarstan Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov, heads of ministries, agencies and representatives of contractor companies inspected construction of buildings and engineering infrastructure of new satellite town Innopolis.

Tatarstan Ministry of Information and Communication sent the request to ERTICO International Committee in Brussels on proposing Kazan as a candidate for hosting European congress on intellectual transport systems in 2016.