Mobile operating system (OS) development companies are discussing with representatives of the Ministry of Digital Development the introduction of requirements for the compatibility of mobile applications from the register of domestic ones. Rostelecom, which owns the "Aurora" mobile OS, is called the main interested party in the initiative.
At the same time, the criteria for the "domestic origin" of the mobile OS themselves are under development. Experts believe that mobile OS based on Android will not be recognized as such.
What are the expectations in the mobile OS market
The founder of the venture fund "Strigo Capital", Dmitry Komissarov, said that in April additional requirements will be issued to the government decree on the criteria for including software in the register of the Ministry of Digital Development, which affect the issue of OS compatibility. According to him, the discussion of compatibility with mobile OS is still ongoing.
The Ministry may determine 2-3 OS with which it is necessary to ensure compatibility
Which mobile OS are included in the register of the Ministry of Digital Development:
- OS "Aurora",
- Astra Mobile
- Kaspersky OS
- Kvadra OS
- «Ред ОС М»
The chairman of the board of directors of "Basalt SPO", Alexey Smirnov, said that if the requirements are still introduced, then applications developed exclusively for Android will probably disappear from the register of the Ministry of Digital Development. And there are many such applications. At the same time, he expressed a common concern for developers that adapting applications to the "Aurora" OS will not pay off.
Last year, the Russian operating systems market exceeded 11 billion rubles. The "big three" included "Astra Group", "Basalt SPO", "Red Soft".
Earlier, the Russian tablet Kvadra_T with the domestic Kvadra OS went on sale.