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Yota went into commercial operation

Yesterday, the company Yota at a joint press conference with Intel Corporation in the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum announced the start of full commercial operation of its network of Mobile WiMAX. The deployment of this advanced telecommunications technology 4 th generation in Russia has taken 2 years - Yota company was founded in May 2007. Then there are 2 staff members, now - 850 people. The company has a federal license for the provision of mobile services technology Mobile WiMAX (at a frequency of 2,5-2,7 GHz) and have already opened 5 offices: in St. Petersburg, Moscow, Ufa, Russia, Sochi and Krasnodar.

Since June 1, the commercial exploitation of the network Yota for individuals started in Moscow and St. Petersburg, where the actual services Yota enjoyed over 80 thousand subscribers. For corporate clients commercial operation started on 1 April. The rate of connection is more than 1300 people per day, and this figure is growing each month. Thus, in April the increase in the rate of connection, compared to the previous month was 47.4%, and in May - 61.7%.

As the statistics of the subscribers Yota, the average bandwidth consumed per user is 10.3 GB per month. This is 20% higher than that of subscribers of fixed broadband access (cable networks or ADSL) in Moscow and St. Petersburg, and 100 times (!) More than those who use the services GPRS/EDGE/3G throughout Russia. Record consumption of fixed one subscriber, who in April downloaded 1.82 Tbytes.

Half Yota subscribers use mobile Internet, more than 22 days a month. Subscribers not only are more likely to use the Internet, but also becoming more mobile: 70% Yota customers use the Internet more than two locations each day.

Currently, all tariffs Yota unlimited (both in volume of traffic and speed - the network operates on the prioritization of quality of service, QoS) and bezroumingovye. Rates Yota Max (the maximum is not on money but on the opportunity) for owners of 4G-phone HTC MAX 4G is 500 rubles. per month. Rates Yota Mini for other types of devices - 900 rub. per month. If we take into account the average bandwidth 10.3 GB per month, falling in the Yota on a single user, it turns out that one megabyte at the tariff Yota Mini is 8.5 cents.

Until the end of 2009 Yota plans provide full coverage in St. Petersburg, Moscow and the immediate vicinity of the two capitals - the territory, where 23 million people. Planned launch of Mobile WiMAX networks in Ufa, Russia, Sochi and Krasnodar - that's 3 million population. With regard to the access device, the end of the year 500 thousand laptops on the platform of Intel, sold in Russia, will be built module Mobile WiMAX.

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