OREANDA-NEWS. April 25, 2011. Rostelecom has set up a unified management system for R& D and scientific research.  This news was announced by the chairman of the board of directors of Rostelecom Vladimir Bondarik, addressing the 13th International Congress “Innovative Economics and Management Quality”, which was held today in the Moscow President Hotel.

As part of the overall program of innovative development for the merged Rostelecom the company has established and begun to operate The Expert Council for Innovations, Collegial Consulting Body, which includes prominent Russian scientists and experts involved in venture investments, and also the Center for Innovative Development (Innovative Center), a business unit of the company tasked with organizing and coordinating all facets of innovative expansion.

In addition, the report analyzes the current state of the telecommunications market in the country and abroad, highlighting the main trends of industry development, plans put forward and key concepts for enhancing innovative activities of telecom companies, as well as upgrading telecom networks.  A separate focus in the report was the architecture of innovative development of the telecommunications company, as provided for in its Program of Innovative Development for the Svyazinvest Group of Companies.

The proceedings of the Congress were attended by representatives of federal executive authorities, heads of industry and social organizations, scientific organizations, major industry companies, experts from leading consulting and research companies, and also media representatives.

The Congress, which is held once a year under the project “Russia – a Quality of Growth”, is traditionally supported by the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation and the State Duma of the Russian Federation.