MTS launched the production of base stations

2024: Production start-up

In April 2024, MTS President Vyacheslav Nikolaev spoke about the launch of production of branded base stations. The project is being implemented by the subsidiary of the telecommunications operator - LLC Irteya.

In this [2024] year, we will build several hundred base stations, reach 10-20 thousand from next year. We will produce 10-20 thousand per year, - said Nikolaev (quoted by Interfax).

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According to him, in 2024 MTS is going to install several hundred base stations on its networks. Nikolaev also noted that the company by April 2024 has enough equipment to create and update telecommunications infrastructure.

We build networks, nothing stops, we continue to work on import substitution, - said the head of MTS.

Managing partner of TMT Consulting Konstantin Ankilov, in a conversation with Vedomosti, suggested that Irteya would create base stations directly for MTS tasks, and the equipment entering the mass market would depend on the maturity of the products. Two years is not enough for serial introduction of devices, the expert believes. He also added that the main problem in the import substitution of communication equipment will be the compatibility of domestic equipment with existing networks.

Telegram 5G According to the author of the abloud62 Aleksei Boyko channel, base stations are likely to operate at 4.8-4.99 GHz, and LTE base stations at the usual frequencies of 2.5 GHz, 2100 MHz, 1800 MHz.

Irtea's export potential is questionable because the decision is unlikely to be price-competitive. We add to this that, like any novelty, will not have a history of successful operation, and the supplier will not have experience in warranty and post-warranty support, Boyko believes.^[1]

2023: MTS selects plant to produce 5G base stations

The MTS group's telecommunications equipment developer "" Irtea agreed on a contract production of base stations with support - and 4G- 5G networks at the facilities of the Tomsk plant Micron"." Dmitry Lakontsev, General Director of Irteya LLC, spoke about this in December 2023.

According to him, the launch of the production of telecom equipment is scheduled for 2024. During this year, it is planned to produce about 1 thousand devices, and in the future, production of up to 10 thousand units per year can be organized. In the first half of 2024, Irteya is going to begin testing equipment produced at the Mikran plant in Moscow and the Moscow region.

Irteya agreed on contract production of base stations at the facilities of the Mikran plant in Tomsk

The cost of one base station in Irtey is not disclosed. According to Kommersant, the price may be 1.5-2 million rubles. As for the localization of equipment, the director of communications "Irtei" Alexander Sivolobov noted that by the end of 2023 the domestic electronic component base is used and its share will only increase. According to the newspaper, the share of foreign components in the base stations of the Russian company by the end of 2023 already exceeds 90%.

A source Kommersant among operators confirmed that the prototype of the Irtei base station is available for study by the end of 2023 and some operators are ready to take samples for testing.

It is still difficult to talk about the cost, since the functionality of the commercial release is not fully understood, "the source said.

In his opinion, the prospects of Irteya in the market will depend on the future interpretation of the term "domestic equipment," since Russian base stations are often still assembled from foreign components. Formally, according to the current requirements of the authorities by 2028, all new stations should only be domestic, the publication says.^[2]

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