{"id":5738,"date":"2025-10-03T13:22:43","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T13:22:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/itu-d\/sites\/digital-impact-unlocked\/?p=5738"},"modified":"2025-10-17T11:10:04","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T11:10:04","slug":"telecom-centre-advances-digital-development-in-cis-countries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/itu-d\/sites\/digital-impact-unlocked\/telecom-centre-advances-digital-development-in-cis-countries\/","title":{"rendered":"Telecom centre advances digital development in CIS countries"},"content":{"rendered":"    <section class=\"ituBanner bg smallheight\">\n        <div class=\"bgContainer\">\n            <img src=https:\/\/www.itu.int\/itu-d\/sites\/digital-impact-unlocked\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2025\/10\/IRDTC-banner-01.jpg alt=\"Background decorative image\" \/>\n            <div class=\"ituContainer grid\">\n                <div class=\"content\" data-span=\"8\">\n                    <div class=\"main\">\n                        <h2 class=\"h1 white\">Telecom centre advances digital development in CIS countries<\/h2>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"addInfo\"><\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p>The International Research, Development and Testing Centre for new equipment, technologies, and services (IRDTC) is driving digital progress across the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) with new activities supporting the sustainable growth of telecommunications networks.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p>Recent efforts include wireless equipment testing, a regional forum on future networks, a study tour for the project team, and the piloting of a technology that improves voice call quality and connection times.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p>These activities form part of the second phase of a project implemented by ITU\u2019s Telecommunication Development Bureau in cooperation with PJSC Rostelecom, a digital services provider in Russia, and the Bonch-Bruevich Saint Petersburg State University of Telecommunications (SPbSUT).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" 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technologies, and services (IRDTC) is located at Bonch-Bruevich Saint Petersburg State University of Telecommunications.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/itu-d\/sites\/digital-impact-unlocked\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2025\/10\/IRDTC-01-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5927\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/itu-d\/sites\/digital-impact-unlocked\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2025\/10\/IRDTC-01-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.itu.int\/itu-d\/sites\/digital-impact-unlocked\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2025\/10\/IRDTC-01-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.itu.int\/itu-d\/sites\/digital-impact-unlocked\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2025\/10\/IRDTC-01-768x432.jpg 768w, 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new equipment and services, supporting standardization, and building regional capacity through policy development, technical documentation, workshops, and training programmes. Work involves students, teachers, scientists, representatives of industry, and professional associations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p>The beneficiary countries are Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, the Russian Federation, and Uzbekistan.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p><strong>This is an ITU Development <em><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/BDT4Impact\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">#DigitalImpactUnlocked<\/a><\/em><\/strong> <strong>story<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About the project<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n    <section>\n        <div class=\"ituContainer grid\">\n                                                <div class=\"ituCard highlight-alt\" data-span=\"8\">\n\t\t<p>The International Research, Development and Testing Centre for new equipment, technologies, and services (IRDTC) was opened in October 2020 at the Bonch-Bruevich Saint Petersburg State University of Telecommunications as a result of a joint project of PJSC Rostelecom, St. Petersburg State University of Telecommunications (SPbSUT), and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU).<br><br>At the IRDTC laboratory, research is carried out in the most advanced specializations of telecommunications and IT, including promising technologies for communication networks (Network 2030), Internet of Things (IoT), Smart Sustainable Cities (SSC), Distributed Ledger Technologies (DLT), 5G OpenRAN communication networks, and the industrial IoT. 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