Rusatom - International Network implements Smart City project in Yerevan

ArmInfo. Rusatom - International  Network is implementing the Smart City project in Yerevan. This was  stated by Director of the Rusatom - International Network office in  Armenia, Mikhail Turundaev, speaking at the "Digital transformation  of industrial enterprises: new business models and technologies"  strategic session.

He noted that the project is a component of an agreement signed more  than a year ago - a comprehensive plan for the development of  Armenian-Russian relations.

According to Turundaev, Yerevan Municipality expressed interest in  the Smart City project, in particular, one of its components related  to urban traffic management.

<It can be very difficult here during rush hours, especially at large  interchanges. The capital's mayor's office became interested in how  all this can be implemented, how to optimize work through the  introduction of such digital solutions>, said the Rusatom Armenia  regional office Haed. 

In addition, he spoke about the initiative to build a DPC (data  processing center) in Armenia, which is being discussed with the  Ministry of High-Tech Industry. < The question is whether it will be  a large republican data center or a series of distributed data  centers, which will be gradually introduced in the cities of the  Republic of Armenia, with redundancy, etc. We also have such  products. Rosatom is the largest developer of data centers in  Europe>, he stressed.

It should be noted that the "Digital Transformation of Industrial  Enterprises: New Business Models and Technologies" strategic session  is being held in Armenia at the initiative of the " "Center for  strategic development of Republic of Armenia" Foundation, the  Ministry of Economy of the RA and the ANO "Digital Economy" (the main  platform for interaction between business and the state for the  development of digital Economy in Russia) and is aimed at identifying  trends and prospects for the introduction of digital technologies and  platform solutions in industrial enterprises.

The Rusatom - International Network private institution  was  established to manage the regional centers of Rosatom around the  world. The main tasks of the company are to support the activities of  the divisions of the State Corporation in foreign markets, search for  new business opportunities, promote products and services of Russian  nuclear industry enterprises in the global market, assist in building  effective business alliances, marketing and PR support for Rosatom  enterprises; performance on behalf of the Rosatom  State Corporation  and its divisions of other functions in terms of international  business.