The founder of the National Information Corporation, Alexander Kalinin, intends to invest about 10 billion rubles in the development and creation of Russian Android smartphones and tablets. The first 100 thousand pieces may appear in December.
JSC Sovereign Mobile Initiative was established to develop the project. Holding”, which includes “large structures”. JSC “SMI Holding” was established on February 7 with an authorized capital of 5 million rubles, the owners are not listed in the database, Kommersant writes.
For the project, both production at Russian factories and contract manufacturing at Chinese companies are considered. The retail price of the devices will be from 10 to 30 thousand rubles. By 2026, the company plans to grab 10% of the Russian market.
Experts doubt the prospects of such a project: “The most important question is how they license the use of Android with their GMS platform for use in Russia. Google will never take that step,” said one of the interlocutors of the publication.
Earlier, the Ministry of Digital Development approved 70 projects that should provide an alternative to foreign products. Thus, the government expects that by 2030, 71% of the Russian software market will be domestic.
Author:
karina pardaeva
Source: RB
I am a professional journalist and content creator with extensive experience writing for news websites. I currently work as an author at Gadget Onus, where I specialize in covering hot news topics. My written pieces have been published on some of the biggest media outlets around the world, including The Guardian and BBC News.
