“ROSTELECOM” HELDS THE INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION FOR JOURNALISTS “TECHNOLOGIES FOR LIFE-MORE OPPORTUNITIES”

“Rostelecom” announces the start of the 4th annual International competition for journalists “Technologies For Life - More Opportunities”. From now on it acquires international status.

The competition 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. The main prize for the winner will be a trip to Huawei’s headquarters in Shenzhen, China in fall 2015. In Russia the project started on September 29, 2014.

"We are happy that journalists covering IT and their role in our lives have got the opportunity to participate in the competition. I am pleased to invite all regional journalists to take part in our competition and win!"- said Director of External Communications at PJSC “Rostelecom” Kira Kiryukhina.

The contest is held among all representatives of media that illustrate the scope of IT: print media (newspapers, magazines); radio and television; online media (including news Agencies); social media (bloggers).

The applications for participation are accepted on the official website of the contest - www.smi.rt.ru . The deadline for applications is April 10, 2015. More information about the conditions of the competition can be found on the following link: www.smi.rt.ru/about.

"As the CEO of "Rostelecom" in Armenia I am happy for this event.  IT sphere is one of the most dinamically developing spheres. Such events are aimed at developing an educated and informed society. I am sure this competition for mass media will have a positive impact on deeper and more versatile coverage of IT in Armenia"- said CEO of CJSC “GNC-ALFA”, "Rostelecom” in Armenia, Hayk Faramazyan.


Members of the contest Armenian jury are representatives from professional society:

- Eva Yusyan - Director of "Microsoft" Armenia
- Bagrat Yengibaryan - Director of "Enterprise Incubator Foundation"
- Karen Vardanyan - Executive Director of the "Union of Information Technology Enterprises of Armenia"
- Siranush Gyurjinyan - Head of Public Relations Unit of “Rostelecom” Armenia
- Aram Ananyan - CEO of "ARMENPRESS" information agency  
- Galina Davidyan - CEO of  "NOVOSTI_ARMENIA" information agency

The project is organized by "Rostelecom" in partnership with Huawei, RAEC, Mikhailov and Partners with the information support of leading Russian and Armenian media.