5G in MTS

The main articles are:

• 5G (fifth generation mobile)
• Development of 5G networks in Russia
• Mobile TeleSystems (MTS)
• Information technologies in MTS
• MTS financial indicators

2023: Russian repeater created to improve coverage in 5G networks

In mid-May 2023, it became known about the creation of a Russian millimeter-wave repeater (n257) for networks. 5G It's about developing a company. She was MatrixWave (Matrix Vave) told in. MTS Read more. here

2022: MTS joins Rostelecom, MegaFon and VimpelCom 5G JV

On July 4, 2022, MTS entered the joint venture of MegaFon, Rostelecom and VimpelCom for the development of 5G networks, as evidenced by data from the SPARK-Interfax system. We are talking about New Digital Solutions LLC. MTS confirmed joining the enterprise, but refrained from commenting. Read more [[ New Digital Solutions
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2021

MTS and Huawei dispersed the 5G base station to a record 5.6 Gbps in Russia

On September 15, 2021, MTS PJSC, a Russian company providing digital, media and telecommunications services, and Huawei, a global provider of ICT solutions, announced that the total data transfer rate in the 5G pilot network in Moscow was 5.6 Gbps from the base station to several smartphones operating in the coverage area of ​ ​ one cell. The tested solution based on Massive MIMO multi-antenna technology significantly increases network bandwidth, and therefore average data transfer rates for a large number of users. Read more here.

MTS launched the first 5G network available to users in St. Petersburg

At the end of May 2021 MTS , it launched the first in St. Petersburg 5G the network available to users. Subscribers of the operator will be able to connect to unlimited and free 5G-to the Internet at speeds up to 1.5 Gbps in 16 popular places St. Petersburg and Kronstadt, the press service of the company reports.

A 4.9 GHz 5G pilot network is available to users in the following locations:

• Expoforum;
• Palace Square;
• Gazprom Arena, stadium square;
• Yacht Bridge;
• Technopark "Lenpoligrafmash";
• Botanical Garden;
• Ul. Italian, Arts Square;
• Ul. Malaya Monetnaya, MTS office;
• Kronstadt, square at the Museum of the History of Kronstadt;
• Kronstadt, Summer Garden;
• Kronstadt, st. Uprising;
• Kronstadt, st. Posadskaya;
• Kronstadt, pr. Lenin;
• Kronstadt, Kronstadt bakery.

The number of 5G zones and coverage will increase over time. In the pilot network, MTS of the fifth generation can work, smartphones supporting band n79 in the 4.4-5.0 GHz band. The use of data traffic in the pilot network is not charged, is not limited in volume and speed, including when used smartphone as an access point Wi-Fi and working in file-sharing networks.

To connect a new generation of MTS subscriber to the network, you need to connect the "Access to 5G" option. This can be done in your personal account, in the My MTS application or using the USSD command: * 111 * 5555#.

Earlier in 2021, MTS opened a 5G center in St. Petersburg - an international platform for the development and piloting of technological products in new generation networks. Residents will be able to test their solutions in the 5G network and receive the support of MTS experts and center partners. The best projects will qualify for cash grants and further cooperation with MTS or other large Russian and international companies.^[1]

MTS turned on 5G-ready communication at all stations of the St. Petersburg metro

MTS turned on 5G-ready communication at all stations, as well as in more than 40% of the St. Petersburg metro, which the company notified on April 29, 2021.

In order for the equipment to 4G turn from 5G at the right time, it will be necessary to deploy 5G coverage by only reconfiguring software and using dynamic frequency spectrum redistribution technology between 4G and 5G standards.

According to the press service of the telecommunications operator, the 5G-ready network is deployed in the lobbies, on escalators and platforms of subway stations. It is planned that MTS communication in most tunnels of the St. Petersburg metro will appear during 2021.

In April 2021, the Lakhtinsko-Pravoberezhnaya ("orange") line was provided with voice communication and mobile Internet at speeds up to 250 Mbps. In December 2021, the 5G-ready MTS network appeared in the distillation of the "blue" metro line of St. Petersburg.

We are already seeing a steady increase in traffic throughout the [blue] branch. The newest system under construction allows us to quickly respond to the growing needs of subscribers and, if necessary, expand the network locally, - the MTS press service quotes a comment by Pavel Korotin, director of the company in St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region.

According to him, before the start of the project, the company studied the experience of international telecom operators and tested similar systems in the subways of Moscow, Hong Kong, Dubai, Rome and railway tunnels in the Alps. MTS took into account the advantages and disadvantages of the existing systems. For example, when designing the system, the company's engineers developed completely new cable mounts and supports for installing equipment, taking into account all the requirements of the subway, Pavel Korotin wrote on his Facebook page.^[2][3]

MTS launched the first 5G network in the Russian Federation for mass use

MTS launched the first in Russia 5G the network for mass use. The company announced this on March 5, 2021.

The first large-scale 5G user pilot network in the 4.9 GHz range in Russia was launched in Moscow in the following places:

• Nikolsky Passage, Vetoshny Lane;
• Lubyanskaya Square, st. Bolshaya Lubyanka, Central Children's Store;
• st. Nikolskaya, hotel "St. Regis Moscow Nikolskaya";
• Ul. Bolshaya Dmitrovka, Theater passage, st. Kuznetsk bridge, TSUM, Petrovsky passage;
• Moskvoretskaya embankment, Bolshoi Moskvoretsky bridge, Zaryadye Park, Raushskaya embankment;
• Novopushkinsky Square, Tverskaya Boulevard, Moscow Art Theater;
• TsPKiO named after M. Gorky, art park "Muzeon," Crimean bridge, Frunzenskaya and Prechistenskaya embankments;
• Presnenskaya and Krasnopresnenskaya embankments near the Moscow City Moscow Center, T. Shevchenko embankment and Kutuzovsky Prospekt near the Bagration bridge;
• University Square near the building of Moscow State University,
• Observation deck on Sparrow Hills, Trinity Church, Skypark attractions;
• Khodynsky Boulevard, Khodynskoe Pole Park;
• Entertainment center "Dream Island";
• The main alley and skating rink of VDNKh;
• Innovation center "Skolkovo" in the area of ​ ​ st. Malevich.

MTS subscribers using smartphones compatible with 5G networks can connect to unlimited Internet at speeds up to 1.5 Gbps.

The company said that over time, the number of coverage areas will grow. The 5G network will be able to run smartphones that support the band n79 standard in the 4.4-5.0 GHz band.

The MTS press service clarified that the selection of pilot project participants using smartphones with n79 range support will be carried out automatically on the basis of an impersonal analysis of data on their movement, proximity to pilot locations, service consumption profile and Internet traffic. Such subscribers will receive SMS with an invitation to connect to the pilot network through the activation of the "Access to 5G" option. MTS^[4]

MTS, Skoltech and Skolkovo Foundation have deployed a 5G pilot zone for the International Medical Cluster

MTS, Skoltech Skolkovo Foundation and launched on the equipment Huawei for MMK a fragment of the latest generation pilot network in the 4.9 GHz band, which will cover the outdoor signal construction on the site where the construction medical of the cluster building complex is completed. This was announced on March 1, 2021 by MTS. More. here

Rosatom and MTS have tested a dedicated 5G-ready network at the Kochubeevskaya Wind Farm

Greenatom JSC, IT integrator of Rosatom, and MTS PJSC, a Russian company for the provision of digital, media and telecommunications services, as part of a pilot project, deployed several digital services based on a dedicated LTE network, on the territory of the Kochubeevskaya wind farm of NovaWind JSC, which unites Rosatom's wind energy assets. In the future, such a network can be quickly scaled to the 5G standard. This was announced by "Greenatom" on February 11, 2021. Read more here.

2020

MTS supported the project to launch a 5G Demo Center in Moscow

The Department of Information Technologies of the city of Moscow (DIT of Moscow) on October 26, 2020 announced the launch of a 5G Demo Center, which will search, test and support urban services based on fifth-generation network technologies.

MTS acted as a partner in obtaining the necessary permits for the deployment of a 5G pilot segment on the territory of the Demo Center, and Ericsson became the first supplier of telecommunications equipment. Read more here.

MTS and GTRK "Vladivostok" conducted a live broadcast on the 5G network

PJSC MTS"" demonstrated in Vladivostok streaming on the air of the federal TV channel GTRK "Vladivostok" through the communications fifth generation network, using the equipment of the telecommunication solution provider. Huawei The broadcast was conducted from the territory where Far Eastern Federal University MTS opened the pilot zone. 5G This became known on October 2, 2020. More. here

MTS and Nokia have deployed a dedicated 5G-ready network at UEC-Perm Motors

On September 18, 2020, it became known that MTS and Nokia had deployed a dedicated LTE network at the UEC-Perm Motors production facility. In the future, the network may be quickly scaled to the 5G standard. Read more here.

Huawei will spend 7.5 billion rubles on the purchase of Huawei 5G equipment

On September 11, 2020, MTS announced the acquisition of equipment from Huawei to launch fifth generation (5G) networks in Moscow. The companies did not disclose the financial component of the contract, but Kommersant knows about it - according to a source familiar with the details of the project, the Russian operator will spend about 7.5 billion rubles on the purchase . Read more here.

Sibur and MTS agreed on the development of a zone of a dedicated 5G industrial network in the Perm Territory

On August 31, 2020, SIBUR announced that, together with MTS PJSC, a dedicated Private 5G industrial network was deployed on the territory of the Sibur-Khimprom plant. Read more here.

The first 5G pilot network launched in Tomsk

On August 20, 2020, MTS launched the first pilot 5G communication network in Tomsk on the basis of Tomsk State University of Control and Radio Electronics Systems (TUSUR) and the developer of telecommunication equipment of NPF Mikran.

"The MTS 5G network in Tomsk is deployed using Ericsson Radio System 5G-ready equipment in the 27 GHz band and provides two pilot zones with an indoor signal: the TUSUR business incubator and the production sites of the Mikran plant.

At the launch ceremony of the MTS pilot network in Tomsk, the capabilities of 5G technology smartphone Samsung using the Galaxy S20 + were demonstrated: video calls, downloading applications and files with a peak speed of 2 Gbps.

MTS received the first 5G license in Russia

On July 28, 2020, it became known that Roskomnadzor began issuing licenses for 5G networks. The first operator to receive it was MTS.

From the company's message it follows that Roskomnadzor, on the basis of a decision of the State Commission on Radio Frequencies, issued a license to MTS for the provision of mobile communications services of the 5G/IMT-2020 standard in the range of 24.25-24.65 GHz in 83 regions of the country. The license will be valid until July 16, 2020.

MTS said that corporate clients and large production enterprises will be the first users of the 5G network. The operator also prepares solutions for industrial enterprises, as well as develops and tests scenarios for using 5G technology in a dedicated range for industrial and business cases. Namely:

• in industry - machine vision, predictive analytics and digital twins for equipment management;
• in agriculture, forestry and oil and gas - inspection of infrastructure facilities using drones;
• in medicine - remote surgical operations and monitoring of the condition of patients;
• in retail - digital trading halls and full-format biometric payment systems;
• in logistics - automation of warehouse operations and unmanned control of forklifts.

The 5G standard will allow corporate clients to actively use technologies of artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things, augmented and virtual reality for remote control of equipment, the development of unmanned vehicles, interactive training programs and the creation of the latest quality control systems at work, - said MTS President Aleksei Kornya, whose words are quoted in the message.

He added that MTS will have a lot of work to do to turn 5G into mass technology, but by the end of July 2020 it is clear that such networks will be in demand in almost all industries and will become one of the most important drivers of the development of the Russian economy in the coming years.^[5]

Connecting test 5G base stations in Moscow to a high-speed transport network

On February 13, 2020, MTS PJSC announced the connection of test 5G base stations to the XGS-PON transport network, created on the basis of a fiber-optic network built by MGTS in Moscow.

MTS 5G base stations located in the permanent pilot zone of VDNKh were connected to XGS-PON equipment, which the company specially installed on its transport network. The equipment of several leading international vendors was used. Base stations, regardless of the equipment manufacturer, are operating normally, and in 2020 the 5G pilot zone will operate in most of the VDNKh territory. The connection demonstrated high reliability of converged networks, which will allow MTS to quickly and without significant additional investments deploy fifth generation mobile networks based on the existing fixed transport network.

Data traffic in the company's mobile networks in Moscow by 2025 will grow 4.5 times, and in the 5G network almost 7 times due to traffic from tens of millions of simultaneously connected client, infrastructure, telecommunications and IoT devices, MTS analysts predict. The main load on the network will be provided by traffic from urban life support systems (intercoms, traffic lights, video surveillance cameras, climatic and power facilities). When connecting 5G base stations to XGS-PON fiber optic networks, the network bandwidth increases several times, providing data transmission at speeds up to 10 Gbps and higher, depending on the number of interfaces operating in the network.

The company is ready to connect any number of 5G base stations throughout Moscow to the data transmission backbone network as soon as the issue with the frequency range is resolved. In Moscow, more than 45,000 km of the GPON network was built by the MTS - MGTS subsidiary, to which more than 75% of buildings throughout Moscow are connected. Thanks to the connection of base stations to the GPON MGTS transport network, cellular operators in Moscow will be able to reduce the time for the construction of the fifth generation network by 40%, costs - by 50%.

MTS launched a 5G network in the 28 GHz and 4.9 GHz bands at VDNKh in two zones:

• in the area of ​ ​ the Smart City pavilion of the Moscow Department of Information Technologies. This pilot zone is primarily designed to test Smart City solutions, including those aimed at improving security, developing a transport system and city service management systems and developing augmented and virtual reality products for the city;
• on the territory of the 5G laboratory for startups developing products based on the fifth generation network in a number of areas, including in the field of cloud rendering, remote playback of games, streaming of modern format (Ultra HD, VR/AR, 360˚), IoT and modern formats for computing and storage of data.

2019

Making a holographic call between Moscow and Kronstadt

On December 12, 2019, the company Huawei announced TAdviser that PJSC "" MTS conducted Moscow Kronstadt a direct two-way video broadcast in fifth-generation pilot networks using a hologram - a three-dimensional image projected by a laser.

Participants in the video broadcast International Trade Center To Moscow in and on the stage of the Baltic Fleet Drama Theater in Kronstadt observed a holographic 3D image of each other live, discussing the prospects for the development of digital technologies and 5G networks. The teleconference was attended by Deputy Minister of Economic Development, RUSSIAN FEDERATION Oksana Tarasenko famous Russian video blogger Valentin Petukhov (Wylsacom) and editor-in-chief of the radio station Ilya Business FM Kopelevich.

We have the opportunity to see with our own eyes the future of digital technologies, which, as they develop 5G , will not only radically change the user experience and our daily life, but also in themselves will give rise to fundamentally different business models, technologies and services. With high transmission speeds data and minimal delays in 5G networks, we will be able to create immersive dialogue platforms for learning and entertainment by mixing digital and physical reality. If 4G has made things like streaming, streaming video and familiar, applications smartphones then 5G will make available and, virtual augmented reality tactile, quantum Internet artificial intelligence computing, smart things and, robots noted MTS President Aleksei Kornya

Together with MTS, we demonstrated a holographic call over the 5G network. Previously, this could only be seen in the cinema. MTS not only showed us the advantages of the fifth generation standard, but also opened the door to the exciting world of 5G. For this case, Huawei has created infrastructures and provided IT solutions. As of December 2019, we are a leader in 5G, with more than 50 operators already launching commercial 5G networks worldwide, 35 of them built by Huawei. More than 400,000 5G AAUs are also supplied by us. With the advent of 5G, all industries - the media industry, medicine, agriculture, industry, sports - will reach a different level, and Huawei is ready to support Russia on the path of its digital development, said Aiden Wu, CEO of Huawei in Eurasia

MTS, together with popular bloggers of the social network TikTok, launched the first holographic challenge# 5Gologram. Bloggers will shoot a series of videos with their own holograms and invite their subscribers to create video videos with them about how modern technologies will change the everyday world.

Element and MTS will deal with equipment for 5G based on Skoltech

The companies, and "Item" MTS (Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology Skoltech) signed a tripartite agreement on cooperation on the development and production Russia of equipment for networks 5G in open international standards. Open RAN This was reported on December 10 of the year in the "Element." More. here

Opening a center for the development and testing of 5G digital solutions at VDNKh

On October 10, 2019, the company MTS PJSC announced that, with support Governments of Moscow , it had opened on the territory of the innovative educational complex "" Technograd to the ENEA site for the development and testing of digital solutions and devices operating on the network. 5G The 5G Center brings together a zone to explore next-generation network use cases and case development equipment.

According to the company, any company developing solutions based on the fifth generation network can apply for work in the MTS 5G Center. The selection of participants is carried out by the MTS StartUp Hub expert team. At the first stage, there will be nine startups selected from about 100 applications received to test solutions in the 5G Center, including two foreign companies:

• Tsuru is a drone control system using 5G technology. The next generation network is used to transmit data from drones to a ground control station (telemetry) and to synchronize drones with each other;
• VoltBro is a robotic telepresence system based on a domestic virtual reality helmet, mobile platform and 5G data transmission;
• BID Technologies - automatic quality control system for serial industrial products using artificial intelligence technology;
• Visorcam is a first-person sports broadcast service (athlete or judge) using cameras built into sports equipment;
• Ariellium is a cloud platform for the development, generation and delivery of AR content, reducing the time it takes to implement AR solutions into customers' business;
• LoudPlay - a platform for streaming games and applications from the cloud to any device;
• RobotsCity (Netherlands) is a universal cloud platform for managing robots;
• Null Real is a platform for accurately locating users indoors in augmented reality;
• Doubleme (UK) is a holographic communication system working with AR.

Participants of the 5G Center will receive mentoring and technical support from MTS, as well as access to the Cloud MTS cloud infrastructure. MTS StartUp Hub will oversee the work of the Center, attracting experts and business customers from various MTS divisions, including from technical and IT blocks, the Center for Artificial Intelligence, the Big Data Center and others, as needed.

In February 2020, it is planned to organize Demo Day, according to the results of which MTS is ready to allocate cash grants of up to 4.5 million rubles to successful teams for the further development of the presented cases. Subsequently, it is possible to develop cooperation between the participants of the 5G Center and MTS: launch of pilot projects with MTS divisions and their scaling through a contract with the company, strategic partnership with MTS, obtaining investments from a corporate venture fund or acquiring a MTS startup.

The technological partners of the innovation site were Nokia, which installed the comprehensive 5G solution Nokia AirScale in the MTS 5G Center, as well as Sony, Samsung and Qualcomm, which provided 5G smartphones for testing.

The next generation network will become a driver for the technological development of Russia. It opens a wide field for creating and implementing innovations that will be organically woven into many areas of everyday life in the foreseeable future. The speed of technology development with each next generation of communication is increasing, so it is important that by the time the 5G network is launched, the main scenarios for using the next generation network to improve the quality of life of people are tested. told Alexey Kornya, President of MTS

To fully unlock the huge potential of 5G, open interaction of all participants in the industry ecosystem is necessary in anticipation of the mass introduction of this technology. We are pleased with the opening of the MTS 5G Center, which will be an excellent platform for early testing of various 5G scenarios. This project is an excellent example of an industry partnership aimed at developing the 5G ecosystem in Russia. narrated by Demetrio Russo, Nokia VP Eastern Europe

Fifth generation communication will allow you to create products and services for which high data transfer rates are needed. This will provide previously inaccessible experience in using devices and help the development of various industries. narrated by Kim Boom Jin, vice president and head of Samsung Mobile in Russia

We expect 5G to dramatically change not only the telecommunications industry, but also many other industries, such as: the entertainment industry,,, medicine automobile industry manufacturing and many others. Sergey Korobov, Director of Business Development, Qualcomm Europe

Preparation of fixed networks in Moscow for 5G

On October 9, 2019, MGTS announced that according to MTS analysts, data traffic in the company's mobile networks in Moscow will grow 4.5 times by 2025, while only in the 5G network - almost 7 times. The growth of traffic in connection with the expected launch of 5G networks, for which all mobile operators are actively preparing, creating pilot zones in Moscow, and the introduction of Internet of things technology for the implementation of the Smart City project, will cause a multiple increase in the load on the transport network.

To ensure the growing volumes and speeds of data transfer in accordance with the requirements of the 5G standard and to ensure the continuous transmission of data from tens of millions of simultaneously connected client, infrastructure, telecommunications and IoT devices, MGTS, a subsidiary of MTS, is starting to expand the bandwidth of its transport network to 2.2 Tbit/s. To guarantee continuous data transmission and high-quality Internet connection for millions of customers and connected devices, by the spring of 2020, the existing operator-level network routers on the MGTS network will be replaced by high-performance routers of the latest generation, which will increase the total throughput of the transport network more than twice. As a result, a powerful urban telecommunications infrastructure will be created, which will allow the implementation of high-tech projects of any complexity in the capital region.

As of October 2019, the MGTS network in Moscow provides and monitors the operation of almost four million devices connected to the Internet, allowing not only client traffic, but also traffic from urban life support systems (intercoms, traffic lights, video surveillance cameras, climatic and power facilities), as well as from mobile operators. According to analysts, the number of IoT devices in Russia alone will grow 2.6 times to 149 million by 2025 in three years, of which up to a third will be in the capital.

Expanding the bandwidth of the network, we are preparing for the "city of the future," in which mobile and fixed networks are 100% compatible, and information is collected, stored and processed from almost all movable and immovable objects: lighting poles, unmanned public transport, drones, metering devices, telemetry sensors and others. The additional reserve of bandwidth that we are creating will help solve the urgent problems of sustainable development of the Moscow region: increasing the level of security, optimizing transport flows, environmental control, communications with city structures, increasing mobility and others. comments Alexander Trokhin, MGTS Engineering and Information Technology Director

MTS and DIT of Moscow tested smart transport solutions on 5G network in Moscow

On September 18, 2019, Huawei announced that, together with MTS PJSC and system integrator NVision Group, with the support of the Moscow Information Technology Department, they tested smart city technologies in the 5G pilot zone at VDNKh. Read more Here.

Agreement with Huawei to develop 5G technologies

On June 5, 2019, Huawei announced the signing of an agreement with MTS PJSC on the development of 5G technologies and pilot launches of fifth-generation communication networks in Russia in 2019-2020. Read more here.

2017

The authorities did not give MTS frequencies for 5G testing

The Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications published in January 2018 the protocol of the meeting of the State Commission on Radio Frequencies (GKRCH), held on December 28, 2017. One of the main points of the meeting was the issue of allocating frequencies for testing fifth-generation cellular networks (5G) The authorities^[6]

According to the initial draft of the commission's decision, it was planned to make a general decision on the allocation of frequencies in the 3.4-3.8 GHz and 24.25-29.5 GHz bands to a number of operators in certain territories. Including Mobile Telesystems (MTS), it was planned to allocate frequencies in the range of 27.5-28.35 GHz.

VimpelCom (Beeline trademark) planned to allocate frequencies in the range of 25.25-29.35 GHz, while refusing to allocate frequencies in the range of 3.4-3.8 GHz. The companies Progress, Orion, Interproekt and Stolitsa, part of the Freshtel group owned by Rostelecom, were planned to allocate frequencies in the 3.4-3.44 and 3.545-3.55 GHz bands, while refusing to allocate frequencies in the 3.4-3.545 and 3.55-3.6 GHz bands.

However, at a meeting of the commission, the state corporation Roscosmos and the Federal Security Service (FSO) opposed the allocation of these frequencies for 5G testing. It turned out that the requested frequencies are used by satellite communications, with which future 5G networks may have interference.

As a result, the commission did not make a general decision on the allocation of frequencies for testing 5G networks. Nevertheless, as follows from the minutes of the meeting, the commission, some of the frequencies requested for testing 5G networks were nevertheless allocated, but already within the framework of private decisions.

Rostelecom's subsidiaries have collected the entire 3.4-3.8 GHz frequency band

Thus, each of the four mentioned subsidiaries of Rostelecom received frequencies in the 3.4-3.44 GHz and 3.545-3.55 GHz bands in the following territories: Moscow, Moscow Region (Skolkovo and Crocus City shopping center in Krasnogorsk), St. Petersburg, the Republic of Tatarstan (Kazan and Innopolis), Belgorod, Ivanovo region (Ivanovo and Shuya) and Logskaya region (Kaliningrad and Kaliningrad).

Additionally, Orion received similar frequencies in Ufa and Sterlitamak in Bashkortostan. In addition, as part of other applications, each of these companies received frequencies in the same territories in the bands 3.4-3.545 GHz and 3.55-3.8 GHz.

Thus, in the aggregate, Rostelecom's subsidiaries received for testing a completely frequency band in the 3.4-3.8 GHz range in certain territories, although it was originally planned to allocate only a part of this range to them. Note that now Freshtel already has frequencies in this range, but for another technology - WiMAX.

MTS and VimpelCom have submitted applications for the development of 5G networks

On September 20, 2017, it became known about the frequency applications submitted by MTS and VimpelCom for the development of fifth generation (5G) networks. Operators are going to test the technology in the experimental zones of the capital and regions.

The fact that MTS and VimpelCom sent State Commission on Radio Frequencies (RCRF) to applications for the allocation of frequency bands to create experimental 5G communication networks, wrote Kommersant with reference to its own sources. VimpelCom confirmed this information to the publication.

According to VimpelCom spokeswoman Anna Aibasheva, pilot testing of 5G communications does not require the use of commercial equipment, including subscriber equipment, and test prototypes of 5G terminals are already available by September 2017.

VimpelCom intends to create 5G pilot zones in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Voronezh, Leningrad, Moscow and Samara regions, in Tatarstan, Krasnodar and Stavropol Territories. MTS, in turn, plans to start 5G coverage from Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kazan, Rostov-on-Don and Sochi.

In addition, MTS plans to test 5G with Ericsson, Nokia and Samsung as part of the 2018 FIFA World Cup. The operator will launch the network into commercial operation approximately in 2020-2022.

Earlier,  MegaFon received frequencies for 5G testing. The publication emphasized that the Big Three operators have already asked for more than 3 GHz for testing , which significantly exceeds the frequency range for the previous generation of communication.

When introducing 5G, it is necessary to inventory and optimize the frequency plans of the old technology, and you should also think about changing the process of financing the redistribution of frequencies, says Kommersant's interlocutor at MegaFon

Tele2 has not yet applied for frequencies for 5G networks. The reason is due to the fact that in this case the payment for the spectrum used increases and the average revenue per subscriber decreases, the company said.^[7]

MTS and Nokia have prepared a technological platform for 5G in Moscow

In August 2017, MTS MGTS Nokia announced the completion of tests for the compatibility of new generation fixed and mobile networks. During testing, the capabilities of 10GPON technology as a transport infrastructure for mobile networks of the standard in the 5G Moscow region were demonstrated.

Equipment compatibility tests of the 10GPON and 5G families were conducted at the MGTS Testing Center and included connecting prototypes of Nokia 5G base stations to sections of the 10GPON MGTS network, as well as measuring the speed and time of data transmission delay between the mobile terminal and the base station connected to the 10GPON network.

As a result of testing, network compatibility was confirmed and the maximum possible data transfer rate for these technologies on one interface was 9.5 Gbps. The delay time did not exceed one millisecond, which is a prerequisite for the functioning of 5G networks.

Tests have demonstrated that connecting the station via an optical channel will allow cellular operators to deploy new generation networks faster and more economically to launch innovative services and services and at the same time guarantee their high quality.

The first test zones of the 10GPON will appear in 2017-2018. on the busiest sections of the MGTS network. The total investment in modernization may amount to about 10 billion rubles. The funds will be allocated from the current MTS Group budget for development.

MTS and Ericsson conducted the first 5G tests in motion

MTS and Ericsson announced in April 2017 successful tests of mobile 5G technology, during which for the first time in Russia, a record data transfer rate of up to 25 Gbps was achieved on a moving prototype of a smartphone. Previously, all data transfer tests in this technology were carried out only between stationary devices. The ^[8]

MTS and Ericsson tested at the Otkritie Arena stadium in Moscow, where a base station operating in the 14.5-15.3 GHz range transmitted a signal to a moving prototype smartphone at speeds up to 25 Gbps. For comparison, this data transfer rate allows you to download an hour-long movie in HD quality in less than three seconds.

As part of the tests, MTS and Ericsson tested other capabilities of 5G technology for various use cases: online streaming of video in format, as well 4K as the operation of services virtual reality and remote control of the robot over the mobile network, requiring ultra-low delays and high data transfer rates.

Four technologies were used in the tests. Multi-User and Massive MIMO with an array of transmit-receive antennas and the ability to simultaneously serve multiple subscribers in the same cell sector on the same frequency band significantly increase the data transfer rate and frequency resource efficiency. Beam Tracking provides a stable connection for user devices and the best bandwidth when moving them. Dynamic TDD increases the data rate and utilization efficiency of wireless network resources by dynamically reallocating traffic throughput on downlink and uplink.

MTS and MGTS presented a strategy for the development of 5G in the Moscow region

In February 2017, MTS and MGTS presented a new technological development strategy in the Moscow region for 2017-2020, in which the companies jointly prepare mobile infrastructure for the launch of 5G.

MTS and MGTS will strengthen joint work on the development of mobile and fixed Internet access. By the end of the year, MTS intends to bring the number of base stations connected using GPON technology to 40-45% from 25% to date. This solution will allow you to maximize the use of mobile infrastructure resources, improve the quality and stability of services for subscribers.

MGTS, in turn, in 2017 will begin mass implementation of XG-PON (10GPON) technology on its network. This will allow MGTS to become a digital platform for mobile operators when switching to 5G. The first test zones of the 10GPON will appear in 2017-2018 on the busiest sections of the network. The transition to 10GPON technology is scheduled to be completed by 2020.

The companies will continue to work together to test the 5G standard. MTS will conduct testing of pilot zones of the "fifth generation" standard this year, which will be launched during the world football championship in 2018. In April this year, MGTS will test the compatibility of 10 GPONs and 5G technologies from ^[9]. MTS and Nokia have already successfully tested 5G technology, during which they managed to get a mobile data transfer rate of 4.5 Gbps, which is several times higher than the speed limits of existing mobile and fixed standards.

Compatibility tests for GPON and XG-PON technologies were started on Huawei equipment at the MGTS Compliance Testing Center back in 2015. The test result is positive: both standards (GPON and XG-PON) coexist on the same distribution network. The maximum speed achieved during testing was 8.5 Gbps towards the subscriber.

2016: MTS and Nokia launch 4.5 Gbps 5G test network

Mobile Telesystems MTS () and a telecommunications equipment supplier Nokia conducted To Moscow a test demonstration of the fifth generation cellular network in early September 2016 (). 5G The demonstration showed a video shot at the Harley Days festival St. Petersburg in 360 degrees and 8K resolution (Ultra HD 7680x4320 pixels).

The video was watched both on the big screen and in virtual reality glasses. The data transfer rate when showing the video was 4.5 Gbps. As noted in MTS, at such speeds, you can transfer a music CD-album in Hi-Fi quality in less than a second and a half, and a watch film in the Full-HD standard in 14 seconds.

Tests were carried out on Nokia AirFame and AirScale equipment. The signal was transmitted in the 4.65-4.85 GHz band over two aggregated 100 MHz wide radio channels each between transceivers simulating the operation of the base station and the mobile terminal.

2015: MTS and Ericsson begin preparing 5G testing at the 2018 FIFA World Cup

On December 21, 2015, MTS and Ericsson announced the start of joint work on the creation and implementation of fifth-generation networks in Russia. The companies will test the technology at the World Cup in 2018. More information about the project is written here.

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