MTT LoRaWAN

For October, 2018 the MTT company actively builds LoRaWAN-network in six large Russian cities: in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kazan, Yekaterinburg, Nizhny Novgorod and in Samara. As of October 1 fragments of network are already started in the Central Administrative District of Moscow and in Samara, and until the end of 2018 the company plans start of these networks in commercial operation.

MTT gave preference to LoRaWAN technology in this project because of flexibility and ease of start of network in city conditions and also thanks to a broad spectrum of the equipment and final IoT-devices. The company is focused on creation of advanced and reliable network infrastructure and ecosystem of Internet of Things for partners from housing, fuel and energy, agro-industrial and retail market.

2018

Testing of the products IoT in Moscow and MO

The federal provider of intelligent solutions for business of MTT announced on October 1, 2018 the beginning of testing of the products IoT (Internet of Things, Internet of Things) in the territory of Moscow and the Moscow Region (MR).

The tested software on data processing from "smart" sensors allows to provide to potential business users finished the solution based on LoRaWAN deployed by MTT of network segment (long-range wide area network, technology of wireless data transmission on a long distance). The project is focused on business needs and public sector in the field of process automation and management of the enterprises, and designed to show already at a pilot stage to clients and potential customers of MTT of a possibility of use of IoT technology, explained in MTT.

For MTT creation of an IoT-ecosystem for innovation focused entrepreneurs in Russia is strategically significant task — the deputy CEO of MTT Andrey Azhigirov noted.

Partnership with Russian Towers on development of LoRaWAN network in Moscow and MO

Federal provider of intelligent solutions for business of MTT and the player of the market of independent infrastructure operators Russian Towers group on August 15, 2018 signed the partner cooperation agreement in the field of development of LoRaWAN network in the territory of Moscow and the Moscow Region (MR).

Within the agreement MTT is going to use infrastructure facilities of Russian Towers company for placement of the base stations of LoRaWAN in Moscow and the Moscow region. Construction of capacious and scalable network for Internet of Things — one of priority activities of MTT. Earlier this summer the company announced plans to provide a covering with the LoRaWAN network of 5 Russian million-plus cities in 2018.

It is expected that the choice of such infrastructure partner as Russian Towers, will allow to develop MTT LoRaWAN network in the Moscow region in the shortest possible time and to begin to render services at its capacities in 2018.

As of August, MTT created a covering of network in the Central Administrative District of Moscow, and specialists of the company started testing of services with a number of business clients.

Formation of a qualitative and trusted reference network is the most important stage in implementation of IoT-strategy of MTT. We already see that the LoRa technology selected by us completely answers the delivered business challenges, and partnership with Russian Towers considerably reduces terms of deployment of network — the deputy CEO of MTT Andrey Azhigirov said. — As of August 15, the fragment of network is already ready to connection of the different objects distributed across the territory of the city to collecting of measurements and indications of any sensors and counters.

According to MTT, the unrolled fragment of LoRaWAN network in the Central Administrative District of Moscow can bring benefit to the companies working in different the industries: these are business centers and shopping centers, manufacturing and industrial enterprises, housing sector and power engineering specialists (for example: effective lighting of streets and buildings) and also other companies occupied in the field of provision of services of city infrastructure.