MTS and Rosokhrana Telecom signed the agreement on rendering telematic services

MTS will deliver Rosokhrana Telecom companies of 700 SIM cards connected on a special rate for data transmission Telematics. SIM cards of MTS will be used in the systems of private security for transfer of the service information about a status of the protected object.

Safety of data transmission is ensured by the service of APN allowing to organize the protected connection between the remote equipment that is especially important in the organization of protection of premises.

Rosokhrana Telecom LLC is the leading service provider of the organization of communication channels for private security in St. Petersburg and operates with the protected data network connecting the security equipment of the subscriber to district receivers of police.

"Our client always has a choice, what communication channel to use for data transmission from the protection equipment on the panel of district department of private security of police. It can be both a normal copper telephone cable, and fiber optic, and the most modern - wireless connection. The service in data transmission in the wireless protected network is provided to MTS with the high level of reliability. It is confirmed by results of the researches of signal strength and density of a covering conducted by us. We are sure that our subscribers using service of protection of apartments with data transmission on GSM channels will receive a good and qualitative product. In the next few days the service will be available to all residents wishing to connect the protection equipment on the wireless communication line", - Plotnikov Evgeny, the commercial director of Rosokhrana Telecom LLC comments.

"Reliability of network of the cellular operator is especially important factor for the business connected with protection of premises. Therefore providing with telematic services Rosokhrana Telecom - extremely important and responsible project for MTS company. Mobile technologies, except ensuring high speed and reliability of data transmission, also just allow quickly and to connect additional objects to a security system that, certainly, is one more advantage of mobile telematics to our clients. For this reason consumption of MTS M2M-services by security companies constantly grows: only for the last half a year the number of the SIM cards of MTS used in the security systems increased in St. Petersburg more than by 30%", - Zolochevsky Ivan, the director of the branch of MTS "Northwest" noted.

Traditionally security systems in St. Petersburg worked with use of copper telephone lines of communication, but recently the number of apartments and private houses where the new modern security equipment using in link quality of communication wireless connection on GSM technology is installed actively grows. According to the experts, an optimal method of data transmission between remote devices – through wireless networks. In addition to obvious economy on laying of cables wireless data transmission provides fast passing of a signal: in a mobile network the average duration of a session of data transmission is about 5 seconds, and on the public wired network – about 20 seconds. Besides, the security equipment can be transferred to other place in case of moving of the client, and the communication channel is organized within one day.

According to the research "GFK-Russia", at the end of 2010 MTS takes the leading position in the market of M2M-services in Russia from shares of 44% on number of SIM cards. Countrywide the number of the SIM cards of MTS involved in telematic services in 2010 in comparison with 2009 grew by 105% and reached 530 thousand. The popularity of M2M services constantly increases: by estimates of the company, further the subscriber base of M2M services will grow on average for 45-55% annually and by the end of 2015 will grow by 7.5 times to 2.5 million devices. In 2011 MTS expects growth of a subscriber base of M2M-services by 60%.