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        World Bank         ICT at a Glance



Russian Federation
                                                                                                                        Europe &
                                                                                                Upper-middle-
                                                                     Russian Federation                                Central Asia
                                                                                                income group
                                                                                                                         Region
                                                                        2000         2006             2006                  2006
Economic and social context                                                                                                                    GNI per Capita, Atlas Method, 2000­06

Population (millions)                                                    146           143                  811                   461          Current US$

Urban population (% of total)                                             73            73                   75                    64          8,000

GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($)                            1,710         5,770                5,913                 4,815          6,000

GDP growth, 1995­2000 and 2000­06 (avg. annual %)                         1.2           6.4                  3.9                   5.8         4,000

Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older)                                 99              ..                 93                    97          2,000

Gross primary, secondary, tertiary school enrollment (%)                    ..          89                   82                    82                   0
                                                                                                                                                             2000    2001     2002    2003         2004   2005    2006

Sector structure                                                                                                                                                          Russian Federation

Separate telecommunications regulator                                    ..           No                                                                                  Europe & Central Asia Region

Status of main fixed-line telephone operator                           Mixed         Mixed
Level of competition (competition,partial comp.,monopoly)
                                                                                                                                               ICT Access Indicators, 2000­06
  International long distance service                                    P             P
  Mobile telephone service                                               C            C                                                        Number per 100 people

  Internet service                                                       ..            ..                                                      150

Government prioritization of sector (1-7, 7=highest)                     ..           4.5                    4.4                   4.4         100


Sector performance                                                                                                                                 50


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Access
                                                                                                                                                            2000    2001      2002    2003     2004       2005    2006
 Telephone mainlines (per 100 people)                                    21.9         28.0                 21.6                  24.6
 International voice traffic (minutes per person) a                       13             ..                   ..                    ..                                    Fixed + mobile subscribers
                                                                                                                                                                          Internet users
  Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 people)                           2.2         83.8                 66.0                  63.5                                     PCs
  Population covered by mobile telephony (%)                                ..           ..                 95                      ..
  Internet users (per 100 people)                                         2.0         18.0                 22.2                  19.2
  Personal computers (per 100 people)                                     6.4         12.2                 13.3                  10.2          Price of Call to the United States, 2000­05

  Households with a television set (%)                                    89           98                   93                    97           US$ per 3 minutes
                                                                                                                                                   4

Quality                                                                                                                                            3
 Telephone faults (per 100 mainlines)                                   35.2           7.1                  7.5                    9.5             2
 Broadband subscribers (per 100 people)                                 0.01          2.04                 3.57                   3.64
                                                                                                                                                   1
 International Internet bandwidth (bits per person)                       21          100                  242                    268
                                                                                                                                                   0
                                                                                                                                                            2000     2001      2002         2003      2004       2005
Affordability
                                                                                                                                                                           Russian Federation
  Price basket for residential fixed line ($ a month)                       ..            ..               11.4                   7.2
                                                                                                                                                                           Europe & Central Asia Region
  Price basket for mobile telephone service ($ a month)                     ..          5.9                10.9                  11.8
  Price basket for Internet service ($ a month)                             ..        12.7                 11.7                  11.1
  Price of call to United States ($ for 3 minutes)                       2.56         2.03                 1.06                  1.55
                                                                                                                                              Telecommunications Revenue, 2000­06

                                                                                                                                               Percentage of GDP
Institutional efficiency and sustainability
                                                                                                                                               4
  Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP)                                   2.0          2.9                   3.6                  1.7
                                                                                                                                               3
  Telephone subscribers per employee                                      83          439                   594                  314
                                                                                                                                               2
  Telecommunications investment (% of revenue)                           11.5            ..                    ..                22.0
                                                                                                                                               1

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Applications                                                                                                                                            2000       2001     2002     2003     2004        2005    2006

 Sector expenditure (% of GDP)                                            3.5          3.2                  5.2                    4.6
                                                                                                                                                                          Russian Federation
 E-government readiness index (0-1, 1=most ready)                           ..        0.51                 0.54                   0.49
                                                                                                                                                                          Europe & Central Asia Region
 Secure Internet servers (per million people, Dec. 2007)                  2.0          4.5                 21.1                   17.3


Notes: Figures in italics are for years other than those specified. .. indicates data are not available. C = competition; GDP = gross domestic product; GNI = gross national income; ICT = information
and communication technology; M = monopoly; MDG = Millennium Development Goal; P = partial competition; and PCs = personal computers.
a. Outgoing and incoming.
Sources: Economic and social context: UIS and World Bank; Sector structure: ITU, WEF; Sector performance: Global Insight/WITSA, ITU, Netcraft, UNDESA, UNPAN, and World Bank. Produced
by the Global Information and Communication Technologies Department and the Development Economics Data Group. For complete information, see Definitions and Data Sources.