MegaFon starts deploying LTE-network in Russia

MegaFon said that he was the first operator "big three" has provided its customers access to mobile services of the fourth generation (4G) in the standard LTE. As we have mentioned in the news, for he had to agree with "Scartel" (brand Yota). The first 4G network MegaFon has already opened in Novosibirsk, in the nearest future - the deployment of new networks in Moscow, Sochi, Krasnodar and other cities of Russia. According to the company's new network supports data transfer rates of up to 50 megabits per second. operator also noted that the main technological advantage of 4G network MegaFon - its compatibility with existing networks, 3G and 2G (GSM), deployed on virtually the entire territory of Russia. In practice this means that the owners of devices with support for 4G in the event of a coverage area of the new network will automatically "adopted" MegaFon 3G/2G networks and mobile Internet access will continue. For the first users of the new network in Novosibirsk, MegaFon has prepared a special offer in the This will start selling generic modem "MegaFon E392", which operates a network of 4G networks and previous generations. Its price is 2990 rubles, while subscribers will be able to free access to data before June 30, 2012, inclusive. In the first half of 2012 MegaFon plans to deploy a 4G network in Moscow, Krasnodar and Sochi, and the end of the year - in St. Petersburg, Samara, Vladivostok, Ufa, Kostroma and other cities of Russia.