2000s In November 2013 MTS GSM and Ma Seven and Beeline GSM and MegaFon GSM and SkyLink President Putin instructed Dmitry Medvedev's Cabinet in 2014–2016 MTS and Ma Seven and Beeline and MegaFon and SkyLink to provide "modern communication services" to rural settlements throughout Russia with a population of 250 to 500 people, by Rostelecom at the expense of the provision of universal service. The document does not specify what is meant by "modern communication services", but sources close to the Ministry of Communications and the state operator explain its intention of connecting villages to the wired internet. The budget comes among others, from the Universal Service Fund.
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