What time has come to the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Area with participation of MTS

On June 7, 2016 PJSC MTS and the Government of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Area announced agreement signature on development of telecommunication infrastructure in the territory of the region.

Project Tasks

The operator declared plans - to invest about 600 million rubles in expansion and upgrade of networks of mobile and fixed connection in the territory of YaNAO during 2016-2018.

Building of administration of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Area, (2013)

The signed agreement provides cooperation on a number of the directions among which joint projects:

• on implementation of innovations,
• to development of telecommunication infrastructure
• implementations of social projects in the territory of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Area.

Within investment activities in the region, MTS will continue development of a mobile network of the second, third and fourth generations. In particular, due to increase in capacity of LTE and also expansion of covering 2G and 3G, including behind the Polar circle in the Nadym, Purovsky, Cisural and Yamal districts where earlier there was no mobile communication and the high-speed Internet.

For accumulation of capacity of a subscriber premises network, MTS is going to develop fiber-optical network in the territory of the district and to implement the project of the Big Northern Ring: Nyagan — Beloyarsk — Longyugan. In the direction of the fixed business it is necessary to upgrade MTS network in the cities of presence of the operator, including - Noyabrsk, to start telephone exchange in Novy Urengoy.

Time of high speeds and technologies, not just masterings, and use as much as possible of the innovation productions came to the Arctic. In questions of providing the population and the enterprises of the region with mobile communication and telecommunication services we considerably promoted. Though it was and is difficult. Problem of high-quality development of a communications infrastructure and liquidation of digital inequality still one of main. It is possible to solve it only in competitive environment. The MTS company increases the level of presence in the Arctic region every year, upgrades networks. Thanks to investments it was succeeded to improve communication quality and Internet services in the majority of localities of the district, including the remote field camps of large-scale oil and gas deposits, important for us. It is sure, further promotion across Yamal will provide to the company transition of service quality to the level of fourth generation, will expand geography, will serve development of all region and personal progress of residents of Yamal. Dmitry Kobylkin, governor of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Area

In three last years, within the previous Agreement, MTS carried out large-scale work on improvement of communication quality and home services in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Area. Now we have not less ambitious plans for development of network, including in the territory of the Subpolar Urals in the conditions of permafrost — on the Yamal Peninsula, in particular, in villages the Cape Stone and New port on the coast of Gulf of Ob and also Yar-Sal and others. Besides, we are going to expand geography of providing services 4G and to increase access rate in network and also the "house" fixed services — at the expense of an entry in Salekhard, Nadym, Tarko-Sal and Gubkinsky. It is sure that agreement signature with the Government of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Area will promote achievement of our common goals — to increase in availability of the innovation services to the population and active development of telecommunication infrastructure of the region in general. Sergey Simaychenkov, the director of MTS in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Area