According to the company’s press service, the MTS ecosystem and the Etalon development group have signed a strategic partnership agreement.
The document, signed by MTS President Vyacheslav Nikolaev and Etalon Group President Gennady Shcherbina, covers the digitalization of the construction and operation processes of facilities such as Etalon itself, as well as the promotion of jointly developed technologies and products to the foreign market.
“As a company, we have been friends for a long time and two things are very obvious. Firstly, a lot of housing is now being built in Russia. Secondly, very few residences can be called digitalised. According to various estimates, this rate is less than 4%. It is therefore clear that the leading digital company and the leading developer must combine their efforts as well as their experience in creating products and information,” Nikolaev noted.
He emphasized that the parties are already working separately in this field, so they can jointly create a product that will be in demand in the market.
In addition, MTS and Etalon are already carrying out successful joint projects. Moreover, one of them is already in operation: the Silver Fountain residential complex equipped with digital building management services. There is a unified IT and telecom infrastructure, automatic access control systems, dispatch, video surveillance, collection and transmission of water and electricity meter readings.
“We have been digitalizing our homes since 2012. We did this ourselves, with the participation of our colleagues. But when we started actively expanding into the regions two years ago, we realized that we needed a fairly strong partner. It didn’t take long to search for him; We have been cooperating with MTS for a long time, albeit in small steps. “It seems to me that we have implemented a successful experiment in Silver Fountain, completed this product and are now planning its mass introduction,” said Shcherbina.
MTS and Etalon solutions are planned to be implemented in facilities under construction. Smart buildings will be equipped with modern communication, security, access control, smart home systems and mobile applications with many functions for building residents.