"Beeline" doubling 3G network in the Far East and Eastern Siberia

Operator Vimpelcom ("Beeline" brand) reported the results of its mobile network in the Far East and Eastern Siberia in 2011. Since the beginning of the year in the Far East the number of 3G base stations has increased by 2 times. Now the network 3G «Beeline" is available in more than 320 settlements in the region. The most rapidly expanding 3G network was carried out in Khabarovsk, Kamchatka and Primorye, Amur and Sakhalin regions. In addition, under licenses obtained in 2011, construction began on GSM networks in Primorsky Krai, the Jewish Autonomous Region and the Republic of Yakutia. In the first quarter of 2012 the network will be put into commercial operation and start offering GSM services in these regions. Currently, subscribers to the "Beeline" Russia's Primorsky Territory is available preferential national roaming in the GSM network of the "New Telephone Company" (NTC). In addition, in the first quarter of next year to begin construction of GSM networks in other licensing areas (Magadan region, Chukotka Autonomous Region, Ust-Orda Buryat and Koryak Okrug). Expansion of mobile networks is accompanied by an increase in length of the network of fiber-optic communication lines (FOCL). This year, the region has constructed more than 200 km of urban fiber-optic, and in 2012 it is planned to enter commercial operation in more than 2300 km zonal VOLS in the Far East and Eastern Siberia. In the mobile network showing the rapid growth of data services. In 2011, Internet traffic increased by 2.5 times compared to 2010. In this case the traffic of subscribers connecting to the Internet with your phone, grew by 6.3 times. Its share was 35% of the total data traffic in mobile networks "Beeline" Far Eastern region. According to the division adopted in OAO "VimpelCom" Far Eastern region includes Khabarovsk, Amur, Kamchatka, Irkutsk, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Chukotka, Chita, Buryatia, Magadan, Yakutsk and Seaside branches.