MTS and Nokia Siemens Networks have completed the first phase of network upgrades in Moscow

The mobile operator MTS, Nokia Siemens Networks reported completion of the first phase of upgrading cellular networks in Moscow. The project is Nokia Siemens Networks has replaced 54 of the controller and the order of 1 700 base stations in Moscow. Full transition to Nokia Siemens Networks equipment in Moscow MTS plans by the end of this year.

In a joint project between MTS and Nokia Siemens Networks has been the replacement of base stations in the central part of Moscow, the North-East, East, South, South-East and South-Western administrative district. Commissioning of new equipment will allow MTS to improve the quality and reliability of voice services and data, as well as reduce costs for technical support of the mobile network.

As stated in companies carrying out modernization in a short time helped define clear criteria for network quality in the design phase, the use of world experience in Nokia Siemens Networks to build networks and laboratory testing of equipment. Until the end of 2011, MTS plans to complete network upgrades within the Ring Road, and in the fourth quarter of 2012 work on the replacement of equipment will be conducted throughout the Moscow region.