OREANDA-NEWS. Within the framework of the priority national program "Education" RTCOMM and UTK will provide Internet access to 2,290 schools of Southern federal district by the end of 2006. In September and October of 2006 "Southern Telecommunications Company" PJSC connected 1,220 schools to the Internet, which constituted 107 % of the planned work.

In 2006-2007 "UTK" PJSC plans to connect 5,414 schools of the Southern federal district to the Internet.

The national operator RTCOMM has become the contractor of the state project "Provision of the Internet access to educational institutions of the Russian Federation" as a result of the open bidding.

The largest operator of the fixed-line communication in the South of Russia "Southern Telecommunications Company" PJSC acts as the organizer of the “last mile” in the Southern federal district.

The Federal Education Agency acts as a government Customer.