MTS StartUp Hub residents will be able to test their solutions at one of city venues, which include tech parks, universities, schools, museums, scientific and medical centers, and other facilities ready to implement new technologies. The project is being implemented under the agreement of MTS PJSC and Moscow Agency of Innovations under the capital’s Entrepreneurship and Innovation Development Department.
The Agency will look for projects for MTS business verticals. Priority areas include the Internet of things (municipal utilities, energy, smart city, agriculture), fintech, media. retail, e-commerce, as well as products using 5G.
The offered test venues include RUDN, Center for Speech Pathology and Neurorehabilitation, Integrated Rehabilitation and Education Center, Sechenov University, Technograd Innovative Educational Complex, Mosgormash Tech Park, State Central Museum of Contemporary History of Russia, Moscow City Rescue Service on Waters, several Moscow schools and city hospitals.
“Partnerships are one of key elements of building an efficient open innovation system; therefore, MTS cooperates with a wide range of Russian and foreign companies and public organizations in respect of work with startups. Moscow today is undoubtedly among global leaders by digitalization level, and we are ready to support further movement towards innovation development in the capital,”says Dmitry Kurin, MTS StartUp Hub Director.
