In recent years, digitalization has become one of the main global business trends; According to Statista analysts, the market will grow to $2.3 trillion in 2024.
The Russian economy is experiencing the same trend; for example, according to the National Research University Higher School of Economics, the digitalization index increased in 16 out of 18 industries in 2021. Digital solutions make it possible to optimize costs, reduce losses and increase efficiency; It is not surprising that the interest of domestic businesses in this issue is steadily increasing. At the same time, Russia’s digital business solutions market was heavily dependent on foreign suppliers. After their separation, import substitution processes were actively initiated in the sector and the MTS ecosystem became one of the key actors here.
An important technology included in many digital products is the Internet of Things (IoT). This is a set of private networks through which devices can exchange data without the participation of people and the same devices. Special software is being developed to connect devices to each other, configure their interactions and process the collected data – IoT platforms.
According to the Onside agency, more than 55 million devices will be connected to Internet of Things networks in Russia in 2022.
The Internet of Things has become an integral part of the digital development strategy in industry, energy, transportation, trade, logistics, healthcare, housing and communal services, and agriculture.
A study stated that the most popular IoT solutions are in the energy, housing and utilities sectors (37%), industry (16%), transportation (15%), real estate (13%) and commerce (11%). By Telecom Daily agency.
Import substitution of digital products
In 2021, more than half of the Russian IoT platform market was occupied by foreign suppliers. After the mass departure, many domestic companies had problems using foreign software, and updates and cloud services became unavailable. Russian developers and digital product and solution providers began to occupy the vacant places.
The MTS ecosystem has become one of the leaders in the field of import substitution in this field, offering its digital solutions for various sectors and tasks. So in December 2022, MTS announced the migration of the MTS IoT Hub platform to its own software for developing products using the Internet of Things. Using this platform, you can create products and solutions based on ready-made tools for all industries and markets.
Products based on the Internet of Things technology of the MTS ecosystem have already been transferred to the MTS IoT HUB. For example, the “Digital Vodokanal” solution to collect and analyze information from water meters and pressure sensors.
Opportunity Platform
MTS IoT HUB operates on the PaaS (Platform as a Service) model. Built-in microservices serve as tools for building your own IoT products and systems in any field or industry.
Using this solution, you can connect any IoT device, monitor and manage their status. It can also be used for integration with other specialized platforms. For example, MTS IoT HUB integrates with the SKAI platform designed to monitor and manage a corporate fleet.
MTS IoT HUB works with all types of smart devices, from the simplest sensors and measuring devices to engineering systems and devices.
Data monitoring and device management are performed via a web interface; Integration with third-party interfaces and applications is available via API.
The solution is compatible with all types of communication networks and protocols. The platform supports all types of data transfer methods: via fixed communication networks, LoRa networks, satellite communications, mobile networks of 2G, 3G, 4G, NB-IoT standards.
Based on MTS IoT HUB, the company has already created a number of industry solutions such as “Climate”, “Monitoring of data centers and server rooms”, “Monitoring power supply”, “Technical accounting of heat, water, gas”. , electricity consumption”.
For example, the “Climate” solution is implemented as follows: IoT devices for microclimate control connect to the Internet of Things platform and send indicators to it every minute. Thus, centralized microclimate monitoring is implemented in warehouses: product storage temperature and air humidity are monitored. If the indicators deviate from the specified parameters, the system sends notifications to the smartphones of the responsible persons, for example, via Telegram or email.
Sensors connected to “MTS IoT HUB Climate” can operate in temperature ranges from -80°C to +25°C, while the accuracy of temperature measurements does not exceed 0.1°C (with an acceptable error of 0.5°C) and humidity – 1% up to (accuracy 5 times higher than normal).
Digital for transport: from reducing accidents to saving fuel
In addition to the universal MTS IoT HUB solution, the company’s portfolio also includes digital products for import substitution solutions for specific sectors. For example, these are solutions for the transport industry, replacing the foreign Gurtam with a satellite transport tracking system.
In April this year, MTS acquired control of the company SCOUT-KR, which made it possible to strengthen the ecosystem’s position in the Internet of Things market in the segment of transport telematics, which complements the ecosystem of B2B products. SKAI offers solutions for large corporate fleets to improve traffic safety and economic efficiency, implemented on the basis of SKAI’s own SaaS platform using IoT technologies, computer vision and artificial intelligence.
The SKAI platform developed by SCOUT-KR is integrated into MTS IoT solutions for transportation monitoring, routing and planning, traffic safety and fuel consumption monitoring.
More than 30 thousand vehicles are affiliated with SKAI and benefit from the services of 70 large holding companies. The main products are designed to reduce the costs of vehicle fleets (“SKAI. Basic monitoring”, “SKAI. Economical driving”, “SKAI. Fuel control”) and increase traffic and operational safety (“SKAI. Safe).
driving”, “SKAI. Video analysis”, “SKAI. Status Center”).
In addition to reducing accident rates several times by changing the driving style to a safe one, they make it possible to reduce excess mileage and fuel consumption by about a third by optimizing routes, increasing personnel discipline and improving control over the technical condition of the vehicle. vehicle fleet.
Ultra-precise geolocation: new opportunities for agriculture
Another MTS product is for agriculture, geodesy and cadastre. This is the ultra-precise geolocation service LocationPro, which allows you to determine the location of objects in Russia with an accuracy of 2-5 centimeters. The product is also an import substitution: it replaces solutions such as Trimble, Atlas and TerraStar.
LocationPro provides the ability to remotely control unmanned agricultural equipment (tractors, combine harvesters, drones) with extreme precision and quickly respond to emergencies. The solution is already in use at the Steppe agribusiness; It was successfully tested in May last year.
Implementation of the LocationPro service in agriculture can increase profitability by 10-25% through reducing costs and more rational use of resources. For example, in the Bozkır agricultural enterprise, excessive seed consumption decreased by 10-15%, fertilizer consumption by 10-30%, plant protection products consumption by 15-60%, and fuel and lubricant consumption by 5-10%.
Similarly, when using special equipment, this service will help you save money and increase operational efficiency, track the location of vehicles with maximum accuracy, receive real-time information.
When performing geodetic and cadastral studies, MTS service provides high accuracy, speeds up the process by 3 times and reduces equipment costs.
LocationPro will provide significant benefits in river navigation. It not only provides highly accurate determination of the coordinates of a ship’s position on waterways, but also solves the problem of navigation in poor visibility. Additionally, using the service will help prevent emergencies at ports and when passing through gateways.
LocationPro provides extremely accurate remote and continuous monitoring of critical structures and structures such as bridges, dams, oil storage facilities, antenna mast structures and technological sets. At the same time, the IoT HUB platform is used to collect data from sensors and then visualize the detected deviations.