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History and Perspectives of Internet Development in Russia : 

History and Perspectives of Internet Development in Russia By Andrey Kuprianov

Historical Background: 

Historical Background Breakdown of Soviet Union (USSR) in 1991 Hyperinflation (over 2,000%) Closed country, suddenly became open

Historical Background (cont.) : 

Historical Background (cont.) No computer or information technology capacity No good telecommunications No market of potential users However - strong body of programmers

Stages of Internet Development: 

Stages of Internet Development Initial, or pre-Internet (1991-1993) Central region spread (1994-1995) – Moscow and St. Petersburg Country-wide spread (1996-2005) Average lag between countries with developed Internet is 3-5 years

Initial Stage: 

Initial Stage Registration of .SU (Sep, 1990) 1st level domain Limited access to EUNet Most popular - FIDO net (BBS) Basic information Email File archive access Mostly centralized in banks, financial companies and universities

Central Region Spread: 

Central Region Spread Milestone for present Internet in Russia Registration of .RU (Apr, 1994) Permanent access to EUNet Lack of good communication lines ensured heavy reliance on satellite links (except in Moscow and St.Petersburg)

Central Region Spread (cont.): 

Central Region Spread (cont.) First internet services Attempts to create academic and training networks

Current stage: Country-wide spread: 

Current stage: Country-wide spread Moscow - Khabarovsk Trans-Siberian Radio Relay Communication Channel construction (1996) Later replaced with fiber optics (1999) Starting from year 1996, Russian Internet displays a quick burst of emerging services

Current Stage (cont.): 

Current Stage (cont.) First search engine ( www.rambler.ru ) First internet-café in Russia named 'Tetris' (St. Petersburg) First free e-mail service First online museum First real-time broadcasting of radio First online shopping, advertisement agency, an political web-sites First public sue of a Russian hacker 

Current Stage (cont.): 

Current Stage (cont.) Development stage Growth of internet users higher that the growth of services Currently, all kinds of services are available ADSL is gradually replacing dial-up access Prices start from 15$/month (www.stream.ru ) – affordable Current access through DSL and fiber-optics exceeded the dial-up access (as of 2003)

User Statistics: 

User Statistics Currently over 20 million internet users Forecasted to be around 30 million by 2010

User Statistics (cont.): 

User Statistics (cont.) Currently near 10% of the total population of Russia use Internet Indicates that Internet is becoming a mass event However, income of people is far from what’s needed: Income - 100$/month an up Computer cost – 700$ and up.

User Statistics (cont.): 

User Statistics (cont.)

User Statistics (cont.): 

User Statistics (cont.) Internet is mostly used in the offices and homes

Domain Statistics: 

Domain Statistics .RU is a preferred 1st level domain for Russian subscribers (over 97% of them) Then .SU, .COM, .NET and others Totally over 380,000 domain registrations as of Aug, 2005 ( http://stat.nic.ru )

Domain Statistics (cont.): 

Domain Statistics (cont.) Hosting services on the Internet became available only in the year 2000 Domain registrations in Moscow and St. Petersburg are declining Other regions are actively participating in the process

Domain Statistics (cont.): 

Domain Statistics (cont.)

Domain Statistics (cont.): 

Domain Statistics (cont.) Internet in Russia is relatively young and so are it users

Mobile Internet: 

Mobile Internet 70% of mobile users are located in Moscow and St. Petersburg Total mobile 'population' is slightly over 20 millions of people Costs of mobile connectivity are affordable Weird thing: some providers still charge incoming calls

Mobile Internet: 

Mobile Internet However, somewhat large percent of people are willing to use mobile Internet

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