LTE-network "VimpelCom" in Moscow will work to the end of the year?

Company spokesman "VimpelCom" Anna told Aybasheva edition of "Vedomosti" that Roskomnadzor operator issued permission for its fourth-generation LTE network in Moscow. At this point, the network includes only 100 base stations (used equipment Ericsson and Huawei) and provides coverage only within the Third Ring Road in Moscow. According Aybashevoy, 4G-network "VimpelCom" grows across the capital in the second half of this year and then we can connect to it customers. standard LTE network this statement is based on frequency band 2500-2690 MHz. The right to use the company won in July last year, along with other Russian operators, "MegaFon", "Rostelecom" and MTS. True, the operator will have "clearance" of these frequencies, that is, they must free the previous users, ie, the military department. It's not clear exactly how this will be done and how much investment required. Likely to fully cover the Moscow network LTE "VimpelCom" will be built around 2000 base stations. Recall now working in Moscow network Yota standard LTE, as it is based on providing services "MegaFon" as a virtual operator, plus the acts LTE-network operator MTS.