Rostelecom deploys 3G + network in the Moscow region

Operator Rostelecom launched the construction of the third generation mobile network (3G) in the Moscow region. The first base station network installed at the site in Podolsk Interdistrict center technical operation of telecommunications. To date, Rostelecom has completed preparatory work for construction a 3G (UMTS-standard 2100) in Moscow and the Moscow region - identified key sites for base stations, conducted final equipment rooms switching centers. supplier of equipment and process solutions for the Moscow 3G-network Rostelecom is the company Ericsson. In the first phase of network deployment plan to install more than 2000 base stations in the future the number of base stations will be increased. Enter the cellular network to the test is planned for the first half of 2013, the commercial exploitation of Rostelecom's 3G network in the Moscow region will be launched in the fourth quarter of 2013. All built network of technology support HSPA + (3G +), capable of transmitting data up to 21 Mbit / s (in the long term - 42 Mbit / s).