RTCOMM organized a business breakfast in St. Petersburg on the topic “Digitalization as a new approach to court management”. The event, which was attended by the owners of river and sea vessels, representatives of the industry expert community, was held as part of the program of the international civil shipbuilding exhibition-conference “NEVA-2021” – the largest in Eastern Europe.
The business breakfast was moderated by RTCOMM General Director Sergey Ratiev*. According to him, the theme of the event was chosen specifically to discuss in detail and hear the expectations of ship owners who need reliable digital and satellite solutions to increase the efficiency of their fleet:
“There is no sector of the economy in our country that has not been affected by digital transformation in the last 3-5 years, and Russian telecommunications companies have done a lot to expand it. Meanwhile, in the maritime industry, both in Russia and in the world, digital transformation is only taking its first steps. It is based on communication channels, without which data transmission is basically impossible. On the water, this task is most difficult, since it is impossible to bring a fiber optic cable to the vessel. Therefore, satellite communications are critically important on the river and sea, and at our today’s event, we talked in detail about its application not only for communications and digital entertainment on board, but also about monitoring the condition of the vessel and cargo, the possibility of remote control, bunkering control, security issues. .
Leading Russian experts took part in the RTCOMM business breakfast as speakers. General Director of Volvo Penta Russia Vsevolod Gavrilov shared information about digital assistants and artificial intelligence in the process of managing courts. Felix Shamrai, Director of the Shipbuilding Development Department of St. Petersburg State Maritime Technical University, highlighted the development of the Russian Arctic and the prospects for the digitalization of shipping in this strategically important region for Russia. Alexander Pinsky, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of ANO “Industry Center Marinet”, spoke in detail about the current state of autonomous navigation in Russia and its role in improving the efficiency of civil navigation.
The guests of the RTCOMM business breakfast discussed the emergence of new niches for the use of satellite communications in the Maritime market, such as the Internet of Things, Big Data, artificial intelligence technologies, autonomous navigation, and took part in the voting on the topic “When autonomous navigation will become widespread in Russia.” The most popular answer was “Navigation will be handled by the captain, but relying on digital assistants.”
At the end of the event, Sergey Ratiev noted:
“Following the results of the last two years, RTCOMM is a recognized leader in the satellite communications market in Russia – in fact, we are the most active in connecting communication services and equipping all categories of customers in our country with satellite solutions – first on land, and now at sea. Integrated satellite solutions and technologies to increase the efficiency of the fleet is a new growth point for our business. In order to more accurately hear the pulse of a new market for us, we organized today’s event. Our common future lies in digital solutions. And we are able to provide them almost anywhere in the oceans for the owners and captains of the modern fleet, guaranteed to increase its efficiency.”
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RTKOMM (100% subsidiary of PJSC Rostelecom) is the largest operator of the Russian satellite communications market. According to ComNews Research , at the end of 2020, RTCOMM is the leader in terms of the number of connected subscribers among the largest Russian VSAT operators.
Having one of the most extensive satellite networks in Russia, RTCOMM provides communication services to customers in any hard-to-reach places and in remote areas where cellular and wired telecommunications are underdeveloped or completely absent.
RTCOMM systematically develops and implements modern satellite solutions in the interests of the state and all categories of customers. Traditionally strong partnerships with large businesses and telecom operators are the foundation of the company’s dynamic development.
Actively contributing to the development of the satellite communications market in Russia, RTCOMM provides access to high-speed satellite Internet under the SenSat trademark.
Another area actively developed by RTCOMM is the Marine VSAT service. Today it is in demand among all categories of customers whose activities are related to maritime transportation.
In addition, RTCOMM offers comprehensive satellite solutions to improve the efficiency of the civilian fleet: monitoring the status of nodes, bunkering quality and cargo safety, monitoring the location of the vessel, provides a reliable connection for organizing a remote office with conference calls, telephony and video surveillance services.