The 3rd International Broadband Russia Forum 2013 – «Evolution of New Generation Networks in Russia» organized by COMNEWS took place on November 27-28, 2013 in Renaissance Moscow Monarch Centre Hotel. The event was endorsed by Roskomnadzor, Rossvyaz, LTE Union, FTTH Council Europe, UMTS Forum, Wi-Fi Alliance, International Telecommunications Academy, NGMN Alliance, GSA Association, Institute of the Information Society, Coordination Center for TLD RU, National Association of Household Information and Communication Networks (NADIKS), Association of Regional Telecom Operators, Wireless Ukraine, ASTRA Association of Strategic Outsourcing, Russian Association for Electronic Communications (RAEC), Moscow Office of PMI, GLONASS/GNSS - Forum.

Broadband Russia Forum 2013 also featured an exhibition with the following exponents: Ericsson, Huawei, Infinera, Aruba networks, Circuit Exchange, 2test, ImpulseTelecom, Т8, CTI,  Stonesoft, AudioCodes Ltd., ALS & ТЕК, and Smart Network Distribution. More than 300 delegates from 15 countries of the world attended the Forum over two days.

Also in the forum a reception was held to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Internet in Russia. Editor-in-Chief of COMNEWS Group Leonid Konik addressed a welcome speech to the guests of the reception: “In 1983, the first citizen of the USSR took part in the Global computer conference, and we gathered here today to celebrate this date.” The gathering was also addressed by Anatoly Klesov, the first Internet user in the USSR, honorary founder and member of the academic and consulting council of Galectin Therapeutics Inc., Oleg Smirnov, Board Chairman of Institute of Automated Systems, Vladimir Serdyuk, CEO of IKS-Group, Igor Marchenko, former Commercial director of Infocom JV, Vice President of InformInvestGroup, Vladimir Teremetsky - former Director General of Sovam Teleport,  Anatoly Voronov – former General director of Glas-Internet, former President of Glasnet Association of Computer Network Users, Dmitry Burkov – Board Chairman of the Foundation for Assistance for Internet Technologies and Infrastructure Development (FAITID), Andrey Kolesnikov – director of Coordination Center for TLD RU, Semen Musher – Executive Director of the Russian Foundation for Technological Development, and Yury Gugel – director of Informika Saint Petersburg branch. 

The main topics discussed at the conference were:

- Russia in the global context of broadband.

- Digital equality: the concept of development of the Russian broadband market until 2018.

- Wireless Pipe & Devices - Wireless networks of the future.

- Market prospects of wireless fixed broadband access in Russia.

- Network Infrastructure - the infrastructure of broadband networks.

- Over IP - applications and services.

As part of the conference round table, addressed the following questions:

- Background of fixed BWA market revival.

- Market structure fixed BWA.

- Applications for fixed BWA technologies.

- Unloading of mobile data networks as a promising application area BWA.

- Problems existing in the Russian market of fixed BWA.

- Internet access for 80% of Russian households at speeds of 100 Mbit/s by 2018 - reality or utopia?

- The crisis of development of broadband access in the regions - how to regulate the relationship between the operators and the homeowners?

- What role in the process of eliminating the "digital divide" in Russia will be assigned to mobile broadband?

- How to encourage competition for the further development of the market of mobile data?

Representatives of the «Information and Telecommunications Technologies» Dr. Valery Tikhvinskiy (Chairman of ITT RAEN) and head of WG 14 ITT RAEN - G. Bochechka took part in the work of the 3rd International Broadband Russia Forum 2013.  Meeting report of the Branch of RAEN in Russian language on the theme of «The conceptual aspects of 5G» is available upon demand.