OREANDA-NEWS.  March 20, 2008. Through the payment outlets served by Cyberplat®, it has become possible to make payments for using hand and automobile navigators of the GLONASS global navigation system.

The priority trend of development of the Russian national global navigation satellite system, GLONASS, is forming its customer segment. In the nearest future, the GLONASS technologies will enter the mass market and will be available for the population.

Localization and route determination by means of hand and automobile navigation devices are expected to be the fundamental trend of the GLONASS usage by the population. The fastest development of commercial utilization of this system will be in this segment, as well as in the segment of ensuring the vehicle operation safety (route control, protection from theft, etc).

Naturally, commercial utilization suggests the necessity to receive payments for the rendered services. In order to organize these payments, the GLONASS system has connected to CyberPlat® — the largest in Russia electronic payment system which has the greatest number of payment outlets in the country. The network of CyberPlat® payment outlets counts over 115 000 points which are directly connected to the system. Combined with the sub-dealer outlets the system comprises 160 000 points, and that totally covers the territory of Russia, and includes the outlets placed in some CIS countries.

Such wide coverage allows the users of the navigation system GLONASS to make payments for its services in any convenient location with no lines, fast and comfortably.