National Academy of Sciences of Belarus

12.09.2024

Council for Strategic Projects considers the draft Implementation Strategy and business plan for the implementation of the 5G network in the country

On September 12, 2024, a meeting of the Council for Strategic Projects under the President of the Republic of Belarus was held on the basis of the NAS of Belarus. The highest officials of the country, heads, specialists of state bodies and specialized organizations took part in its work. Representatives of regulators – the Ministry of Communications and Informatization, as well as the Operations and Analysis Centre under the President of the Republic of Belarus, the Ministry of Economy (the regulator in the field of strategies and business plans), as well as dedicated experts were invited to participate in the meeting.

Two issues were considered at the Council meeting: a draft Strategy for the introduction of mobile telecommunications technologies of the IMT-2020 (5G) standard in economic sectors, a system of requirements for the territory coverage and the quality of mobile telecommunications of the IMT-2020 (5G) standard, a draft business plan for the implementation of an investment project to create a mobile telecommunications network of the IMT-2020 (5G) standard in the country, as well as the procedure for communication operators to interact with a single infrastructure operator. Reports on these issues were made by Kanstantsin Shuĺgan, Minister of Communications and Informatization of the Republic of Belarus, Andrej Pawliuchenka, Head of the Operations and Analysis Centre under the President of the Republic of Belarus and Alieg Siadzeĺnik, Director General of Belarusian Cloud Technologies LLC.

Opening the meeting, Chairman of the Council for Strategic Projects under the President of the Republic of Belarus Uladzimir Gusakow reminded the audience that the prospects for creating 5G communications are the first instruction given by the Head of State to the Council. "The Council has considered this issue twice. Only through cooperation we can get a decent result that meets the interests of the economy and society. In this regard, I ask the members of the Council to approach as carefully and objectively as possible, guided precisely by national interests. I would like to note that this project is part of the high-tech future of Belarus, on the elements of which we have other meetings planned. This is a consideration of the Strategy and Program for the development of unmanned systems (at the instruction of the Prime Minister), issues of artificial intelligence and microelectronics," Uladzimir Gusakow said.

Following the discussion, the Council for Strategic Projects instructed the Ministry of Communications and Informatization of the Republic of Belarus and the Operations and Analysis Centre under the President of the Republic of Belarus to finalize the submitted projects, ensuring their mutual alignment by stages and deadlines of implementation, required resources, implementation in economic sectors and regions of the country, taking into account the comments and suggestions of the Council members.

The draft Strategy and business plan prepared in cooperation with the Ministry of Communications and Informatization and the OAC, when ready, will be submitted by regulators to the Presidium of the Council of Ministers as a “package principle”.

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