“ROSTELECOM” AND ZTE ANNOUNCED THE WINNERS OF “TECHNOLOGIES FOR LIFE-MORE OPPORTUNITIES” JOURNALISTS CONTEST

On June 9, 2016 “Rostelecom” and ZTE awarded the winners of “Technologies for life-more opportunities” V annual international journalist contest in Moscow. In 2016 journalists from all regions of Russian Federation, as well as from Armenia participated in the contest with up to 1082 journalist materials. The sponsor of the contest was ZTE Corporation.

“There were twice more applications for the contest this year, and we are happy to see such positive dynamics. It is of special importance for “Rostelecom” to create a quality information environment for the coverage of telecommunication market, innovations and trends. I cordially congratulate all winners and wish them constant professional growth”, - announced Kira Kiryukhina, Director of External Relations Department of “Rostelecom” PJSC.

The winners of the second phase for the main nominations are

• Print Media –Danil Kolosov, “Krasniy Sever”, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug
• Radio and Television- Valentina Alexeeva, Chuvashia
• Internet Media-Ksenia Griqkova, Myslo, Tula
• Social Media-Ilya Nedolya, Payza Pictures, Kaliningrad
• ZTE corporation special award-Sergey Derkachev, RBC-South

“It is a great honor for ZTE Corporation and its subsidiary in Russia - “ZTE-Svyazteckhnologii” to support “Rostelecom” to hold this contest, as well as to host leading Russian journalists and bloggers at the headquarters of ZTE Corporation and R&D Centers of China to introduce our latest innovative solutions”,- said Tigran Poghosyan, senior Vice President of ZTE in Russia.-“It is very essential especially now when our company, as one of the four leading providers of telecommunication devices and solutions in the world has become a long-term supplier of equipment for Rostelecom to ensure customers’ accessibility and actively cooperating with Russian media”,-mentioned he.

In 2016 17 applications from Armenia were presented in the first phase of the contest, 5 of which got the opportunity to compete with the Russian journalists for the main prize of the contest-the journey to China.

The contest “Technologies for life-more opportunities” is held to get the attention of Media and bloggers on objective and better coverage of innovative technologies and services and their applications in different spheres of society. 5 winners of the contest will visit the headquarters of ZTE Corporation in China in October, 2016.