Rostelecom decided on priority projects, the development of which will be undertaken in the near future. This happened in the framework of the conference “Looking into the electronic future”, which was held on October 2-3 in Sochi. Among the main tasks are: bringing optics to settlements with a population of 250 people or more, creating large data centers to ensure compliance with federal legislation in the field of storage and processing of personal data, establishing a venture fund to support domestic developers of final equipment in the field of communications and software, as well as implementing infrastructure projects according to the model of public-private partnership (PPP) related to public services, housing and communal services and the safety of citizens in the regions. After the separation of the mobile business (one of the most profitable and generating the largest cash flow) into a separate structure, Rostelecom was puzzled by the search for new growth drivers. Ways