MTS Backbone Network

Backbone network will turn control of all trunk channels and IP traffic of the company into maintaining new structural division of MTS: based on own backbone networks of MTS and assets of Eurotel operator - subsidiary company. Uniform management of trunk assets of Group of MTS will allow the company to optimize network management; implement further projects on development and maintenance of network; expand geography and scale of offers for B2B companies including for more effective sales of traffic in the market.

"Development of trunk infrastructure is one of the major premises for strategy implementation of MTS 3i. Today, existence of fiber optic network is decisive aspect for providing to clients really high-speed services and services and, thus, provides competitive advantage of the company in the telecommunication market of the country. We are sure that optimization of management of our trunk assets will allow MTS not only to effectively satisfy own needs for traffic, but also to take an active position in foreign market of sales of trunk channels", - the president of MTS Shamolin Mikhail noted.

Consolidation of trunk resources of MTS and its subsidiary companies in a single network will allow the company to optimize management of more than 35 thousand kilometers of the modern fiber optic network built based on the DWDM equipment and capable to miss up to 400 gigabits per second. Until the end of 2010, due to the current construction of network, MTS is going to increase the extent of own backbone networks to 40 thousand kilometers. MTS also has a complete packet of licenses for providing channels in lease and providing telematic services to clients.

"Integration of all regional resources of MTS into a single backbone network which control of functioning will be exercised from uniform federal command center will become the main objective of a new business unit of MTS for the next year. It is sure that optimization of management of trunk assets of MTS will allow the company how effectively to service own requirements, for example, when providing additional channels 3G in certain regions, and to offer to external partners more advantageous and flexible conditions of cooperation for lease of channels and when providing to telecom operators services in Internet access", – the director of a business unit of MTS Backbone networks Mikhail Stolyarov noted.

Specialists and experts of JSC Eurotel and operating units of JSC MTS will become the staff of new division of MTS. Completion of integration processes is planned for March, 2011. The business unit will act on federal level, providing services in all regions of the Russian Federation.