Rostelecom cancels purchase of tablets for 2020 census
MOSCOW, Dec 27 (PRIME) -- Russian state-controlled telecom operator Rostelecom has cancelled the purchase of tablets for the 2020 census because of revision of requirements to the supplier, according to the documents released on the state purchase website on Friday.
“Rostelecom notifies of annulation of the purchase procedure…for the delivery of unified hardware and software complex, comprising tablets with installed specialized software to collect information about the population, with a Russian mobile operation system, information about which is in the register of Russian programs for computers and databases,” the documents read.
Following the changes, Rostelecom will buy tablets from one supplier.
The company planned to buy about 360,000 tablets and chose two firms in November with a recommended deal for 11.5 billion rubles.
(61.7676 rubles – U.S. $1)
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