Possibility of
incorporating NP GLONASS is considered
As
"Kommersant" knew, possibility of incorporating NP GLONASS which will
provide commercial services on the basis of the state information automatic system of the
notice on road accident of ERA-GLONASS is considered. The state has to become
the main owner of joint stock company, and the minority package can be offered
participants of partnership, among which operators of "the big
three", "Rostelecom" and "Yandex". But the Ministry of
Economics is afraid that as a result the state can lose control over
infrastructure of ERA-GLONASS.
Strategy of
ERA-GLONASS system was discussed recently at meeting at the Chief of the
Russian Presidential Administration Sergey Ivanov, told the source of
"Kommersant" familiar with a situation. It was talked of the
offer of Ministry of Transport on commercialization of infrastructure of ERA-GLONASS.
"The ministry suggests to create the operator ERA-GLONASS in a format of
public and private partnership by creation on the basis of NP GLONASS of joint
stock company with the subsequent expansion of number of shareholders by
carrying out an additional issue", – the interlocutor of
"Kommersant" in the government speaks. According to him, Ministry of
Transport suggests to assign also the property right over ERA-GLONASS system to
subordinated Federal State Unitary Enterprise Zashchitainfotrans.
On a plan of the
ministry, federal state unitary enterprise in the long term will sign with JSC
GLONASS contracts for operation of ERA-GLONASS system, and
also for use of its infrastructure "for generation of profit due to
development and providing commercial services". The operator
ERA-GLONASS has to provide equal access to infrastructure of system to all
interested companies on conditions which will be defined later by the
state. "According to the similar scheme it is planned to develop the
European system of the emergency reaction at accidents of eCall", – notes
a source of "Kommersant". Following the results of meeting it is
entrusted to government to develop strategy of ERA-GLONASS for
representation to the president Vladimir Putin. In the secretariat of the
Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin supervising GLONASS refused comments.
NP GLONASS
include 12 companies, including "the big three",
"Rostelecom" and "Yandex". NP GLONASS is
the operator GLONASS, and also the only contractor under the contract of
Ministry of Transport for introduction of ERA-GLONASS system.
ERA-GLONASS is
necessary for the notification of police and physicians about road accident.
For this purpose in cars ERA-GLONASS sensors with the acceleration measuring
instrument, a three-dimensional gyroscope, a sim card and the navigation module
are installed. Since 2017 ERA-GLONASS sensors will be installed on all new cars.
The president of
NP GLONASS Alexander Gurko confirmed "Kommersant" that Ministry of
Transport suggests to incorporate partnership. In his
opinion, joint stock company can carry out an additional issue in favor of the
state which "will be included into joint stock company property of
ERA-GLONASS system". The assessment of an asset was not carried out,
however the state spent 3,9 billion rubles for
infrastructure of
ERA-GLONASS. The incorporating – the only way to attract investments into the project,
is emphasized by mister Gurko. In a year on the maintenance of
infrastructure of ERA-GLONASS 500-600 million rubles are required, and on
development 3,5-4 more billion rubles are necessary, he notes.
But the Ministry
of Economics already warned Presidential Administration that in case of
incorporating partnership or creation of affiliated joint stock company there
is a risk of loss of state control over infrastructure of ERA-GLONASS. It not a
negative response, emphasize in the ministry. "Some options of development
of the project which are at a stage of interdepartmental discussion for
development of
the most optimum option" are considered, – the representative of
the ministry Elena
Lashkina reported.
In Ministry of Transport did not respond to the request of
"Kommersant".
In MTS,
"Vympelcom" and "Yandex" refused comments. But the
representative of
one of operators of "the big three" says that purchase of shares of
JSC GLONASS would be "payback of investments, interesting from the point
of view of a guarantee, in navigation technologies". In
"Rostelecom" also promise to consider this question. But the director
of legal questions and communications with legislative and executive power of
"MegaFon" Anna Serebryannikova told "Kommersant" that the
company "does
not see need for incorporating as in this case all scheme of interaction will
be changed owing to competitive positions".
Vladislav Novy, Denis Skorobogatko
Businessman
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