• technology and legal framework of traffic management (freight traffic, traffic flow, car traffic, train flow, freight and commercial operations)
• information and control systems for the railway industry
• automated systems of traffic management and process control for various railway production units
• comprehensive transport safety projects
• comprehensive projects and implementation of satellite technologies
• traffic safety automatics
• telecommunication systems for integrated information technologies
• development and implementation of comprehensive GIS projects
• protection of intellectual property, creation of the mechanism of intellectual property application in rail transport
• state-of-the-art centralized information security systems

Mobile TeleSystems OJSC (MTS) is the largest mobile phone operator in Russia, CIS, Central and Eastern Europe. According to Informa Telecoms & Media's World Cellular Information Service, MTS ranks as the 8th largest operator in the world by proportionate subscriptions at the end of 2008. MTS was founded in 1993 and is 52.8% majority-owned by Sistema, the largest private sector consumer services company in Russia and the CIS.
MTS provides mobile communications in 82 regions in Russia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Armenia and Belarus, the territory with a total population of more than 230 million. MTS services over 102 million subscribers (as of December 31, 2009). In 2008 a strategic partnership agreement with Vodafone, world’s largest operator, was signed.
MTS is developing 3G network in Russia, Uzbekistan, Belarus and Armenia, and the CDMA network in Ukraine. In 2008 a
In December 2008, MTS extended its brand outside the CIS borders. MTS and Shyam Telelink Limited, JSFC Sistema's telecommunications subsidiary in India, announced the agreement to allow Shyam Telelink to use MTS brand in India. The decision to introduce the brand to India is reflective of the brand’s success in the Company’s markets of operation since its launch in May 2006.

In February 2010, MTS became the first Russian company to receive an award in the 15th Annual Global Mobile Awards hosted by the GSM Association (GSMA). MTS was awarded in the «Best Billing and Customer Care Solution» category.

MTS is constantly expanding its GPRS, WAP, MMS, LBS services and branded devices range –mobile phones and wireless Internet devices (routers and USB-modems). MTS is focused in providing unique customer experience which is based on own mono-brand dealer network of 3 350 spots (by the end of 2009). In 2009 MTS acquired mobile dealer networks “Telephone.ru”, “Eldorado” and “Teleforum”.

MTS has been listed on the New York Stock Exchange since July 2000 and trades under the ticker MBT.

MTS launched its current brand in 2006 along with general re-branding of Sistema Telecom companies, building on the reputation as the leader and highest quality operator in the region. In 2007 MTS brand rated TOP 100 world’s best brands. The strength of the brand was recognized internationally in 2008, when MTS became the first and only Russian company to enter BRANDZ™ Top 100 Most Powerful Brands, a ranking published by the Financial Times and Millward Brown, a leading global market research and consulting firm.

Russian-German A+S Consult Company is at CIS market since 2003/ The main field of action includes software delivery of transport modeling and programming PTV Vision ® and system of railway lines and highway automated designing CARD/1 and KorridorFinder. The company also projects the development work of transport models for cities and regions, simulation models of crossroads, 3D-visualisation of transport objects.

IT: software

Road traffic organization: traffic lights

199178, Saint-Petersburg, 18 line V.O., 47A
e-mail: spb@apluss.de
web-site: www.ptv-vision.ru

Russian Navigation Technologies – Russian developer & manufacturer of GPS-monitoring & transport navigation systems well known as "Autotracker".

• We develop IT-solutions in GPS monitoring & transport navigation since 2000 year.
• Our own developing centre allows us to take into account special demands & problems of our clients, add new options & services to our products.
• We have our sales representatives in 25 regions, thus we provide good technical support.
• We manufacture our products on production capacities in Russia.

More then 20 000 russian companies appreciate Autotracker.

The Modern Communications Center of Expertise Ltd was founded in the beginning of 2007.

The basic areas of Modern Communications Center of Expertise Ltd activity are:

• High-technology complex of system decisions for operational resource prolongation, restoration, repair and protection of concrete or reinforced concrete structures in in fields of transportation, power engineering, industry, housing and communal services.
• High professional services in research, planning, designing, construction and operation of infrastructural projects using adapted world experience and unique innovative technologies.Modern Communications Center of Expertise Ltd is consists of more than 50 experts on various fields of activity. 15 experts from the different countries of the world are part of the working group on the international cooperation.

Partners of the Modern Communications Center of Expertise Ltd are the leading international and Russian road and transport organizations, such as the International Congress of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, Intergovernmental Council of Road constructors, the International and Russian Transport Academies, Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, , Coordinating Transport Meeting of the CIS, International Road Federation, Research society of roads and transport of Germany (FGSV), Civil Aviation Association "Aeroport", Russian scientific and technical society of water transport, the International and Russian engineering academies and others.

• The largest transport projects of Modern Communications Center of Expertise Ltd are:
  Creation of transport-energy water system on the territories of Russian Federation, EurAsEC, Shanghai Cooperation Organization;
• The concept of bridge constructions improvement;
• Realization of projects and programs in large corporations on service life of engineering constructions prolongation;
• The project of international channel "Eurasia" construction;

Research and Design Institute of Regional Development and Transportation (RDIRDT) is an engineering and consulting company, engaged in design and research-and-development of transport and road infrastructure, as well as technical, economic, sociological and environmental research.

Over the years, RDIRDT have developed federal and regional programs for transport and road sectors, over 450 projects for improvement and development of transport infrastructure, 300 scientific and research works for federal and regional authorities. Specialists of the Institute have published over 400 scientific articles and reports, 12 monographs and manuals.

RDIRDT actively develop co-operation with their international partners from France, Finland, Sweden, Germany, Great Britain, USA, Canada, etc. This co-operation has resulted in completion of projects for development of transport corridors, road sector financing, freight flow modeling, traffic management, improvement of urban mass transit control, development of transport in the Barents Region, etc.
The permanent staff of RDIRDT totals 307 specialists in a wide variety of disciplines – transport, economics, roads, bridges, road designers, sociologists, mathematicians, program-makers, etc., which enables solutions to most complicated problems related development of the transport and road infrastructure. There are employees with doctor degrees in technical sciences, economic, and geography. A number of RDIRDT specialists have a long standing experience as senior executives at government agencies. Leading specialists of the Institute attended international training courses (in Germany, France, Great Britain, Italy, Finland, Sweden, USA) on road industry management, public transportation improvement, toll roads creation, traffic management and safety, etc.

Basic work principles of the Institute’s employees are: a thorough understanding of tasks set by clients; provision of high-quality professional services; selection of advances solutions and used of recent computer technologies; outcome-oriented motivation and responsibility for completeness and quality of the services.

At present, everything that forms the concept of “the modern scientific school” is connected with RDIRDT: highly-qualified staff; sophisticated equipment and software; integrated approach to transport and road development issues; close links to higher education institutions, and creative atmosphere which helps to bring the scientific potential of the staff to its plenitude.

ITS America - Intelligent Transportation Society of America

The Intelligent Transportation Society of America is the leading advocate for technologies that improve the safety, security and efficiency of the nation's surface transportation system. Our members include private corporations, public agencies, and academic institutions involved in the research, development and design of Intelligent Transportation Systems technologies that enhance safety, increase mobility and sustain the environment.

1100 17th Street NW, Suite 1200
Washington, DC 20036
202-484-4847
E-mail: info@itsa.org

The U.S.-Russia Business Council (USRBC) is a Washington-based trade association that provides business development, dispute resolution, government relations, and market intelligence services to its U.S. and Russian member companies.

The USRBC helps promote U.S. member interests in Russia and Russian member interests in the United States. USRBC's mission is to facilitate member engagement with senior level U.S. and Russian Government officials, to leverage relationships with major industry players and international finance organizations, and to assist members in strategic planning in the U.S.-Russian commercial space.

USRBC MEMBER SERVICES

• Briefings and roundtables that allow members to demonstrate industry leadership, nurture key relationships, and influence policy-making.
• Capitol Hill and U.S. executive branch campaigns, powerful relationships with international associations and financial institutions to voice member concerns and assist with dispute resolution.
• High-level events with political leaders from the U.S. and Russia, including President Vladimir Putin, Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzkhov, St. Petersburg Governor Valentina Matvienko, Russian Ministers of Finance, Economy, Communications, Energy, and Transportation, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Commerce Secretary Gutierrez, the Chairman of U.S. Ex-Im Bank and leaders in the U.S. Congress.
• Balanced and independent analysis of the Russian market.

The Coordinating Transport Conference of Member Countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CTC CIS) was formed in 1991 by decision of the heads of state of the Commonwealth of Independent States, and its members are the CIS countries represented by their transport ministers.

The CTC CIS has the status of observer at the European Conference of Transport Ministers (ECTM), of partner in the sectoral dialogue of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organisation (BSEC), and of a member of the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP).

The CTC CIS cooperates with a number of international organizations and associations, such as the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), Central-Asian Cooperation (CAC), EuroAsian Economic Community (EurAsEC), International Road Transport Union (IRU), Inter-State Aviation Committee (IAC), Intergovernmental Council of Highway Operators, and others.

The role of the CTC CIS in these international organizations is that of a representative of consolidated interests of the CIS countries in the area of transport.

The chief objective of the CTC CIS is working on a set of issues involved in building up a common transport space and providing for efficient functioning of the transport industries of the CIS member countries on the basis of coordinated standards.

The CTC CIS pays special attention to improvement and coordination of transport legislation in accordance with international conventions and agreements.

The Coordinating Transport Conference is presided over by the transport minister of the Russian Federation (as a standing position), and three deputy chairpersons are elected from among the CTC members for a term of three years.

At the present time, the chairman of the CTC CIS is Transport Minister of the Russian Federation Igor E. Levitin.

The standing working body of the CTC CIS is the CTC CIS Executive Committee (CTC CIS Executive).

The chairman of the CTC CIS Executive at the present time is Chingiz Sh. Izmailov.