MTS has implemented a parametric model of base station management in most regions of Russia

2024

Implementation of parametric model of base station management

PJSC, a MTS digital ecosystem, has introduced Russia a parametric model of base station management in most regions - thanks to more careful adjustment of the interaction of subscriber devices with networks of different generations, MTS has expanded the network coverage by an average of 5.5% throughout LTE , to the country including in cities and remote sparsely populated areas. The successful completion of the project by the end of August 2024 will allow the company to accelerate the abandonment of outdated 3G technology (UMTS) and reduce the use of 2G networks. MTS announced this on August 19, 2024.

Specialists of MTS technical unit, based on analysis of big data on network load, carried out complex work on fine-tuning of numerous parameters of the radio system using the new iRAT strategy (inter-Radio Access Technology), which improved software methods for managing base stations during the interaction of subscriber devices between LTE, UMTS and GSM networks, as well as between bands within the LTE network.

After optimizing the operation of the radio network, LTE coverage of populated areas on a country-wide basis increased by an average of 5.5%. In addition, LTE signal penetration improved in dense urban buildings - in basements, entrances, elevator halls and on the first floors of buildings, and in vast open spaces - in forest park zones and remote small settlements - the coverage radius of base stations increased.

When mobile communication networks have already been built, and the requirements for quality and coverage among subscribers are constantly growing, operators are faced with the task of maximizing the potential of existing equipment and software. Mass reframing - the transfer of 2G and 3G networks to LTE, further penetration of devices among subscribers also requires a revision of the parametric model of radio network control, - commented Alexey Maslyankin, director of the MTS radio access network department.

The experience and deep expertise of our engineers made it possible, based on statistics, to fine-tune more than a thousand parameters of base stations and apply new parametric know-how for the most efficient operation of the radio access network on a federal scale. As a result, in the regions where the new iRAT strategy has been introduced, we record a 5.5% increase in coverage, an increase in the share of LTE traffic in large cities to 98-99%, while reducing the load in 3G networks by an average of 25-30%. Such results will allow us in the near future to painlessly disconnect 3G networks and minimize the capacity of 2G networks, - said Alexey Maslyankin.

Features and Benefits of the New Parametric Model

• revising subscriber transition thresholds between 4G/3G/2G networks to maximize subscriber retention in the LTE layer and accelerate subscriber return to LTE from 2G/3G networks;
• optimizing the traffic balancing model between LTE bands to improve data rate and connection reliability;
• reconfiguring the algorithms of the SON (Self Optimizing Network) system for a new model for automatic optimization of network topology and maximizing LTE coverage;
• unification of the parametric model for equipment of various vendors and optimization of radio access network management in all regions of the Russian Federation after audit and verification of more than 1000 parameters.

Disabling the outdated UMTS standard or transferring frequencies allocated earlier for previous generations of communication to the current LTE standard (reframing) gives an increase in mobile Internet speed from 10% to 30%. MTS has transferred the 2G 1800 MHz band to LTE in almost all regions of the Russian Federation, and by the end of 2024 it will refarm most UMTS 2100 MHz locations in 60 regions of the country.

At the end of 2023, MTS completed the transfer of all UMTS 2100 MHz base stations to the LTE standard within the Central Ring Road (TsKAD) of the Moscow Region.

In 2024, MTS began a phased shutdown of third-generation networks in the Russian Federation and the transfer of released frequencies to LTE. In June, the company completely stopped using UMTS networks in Uglich, Yaroslavl Region, and from October 2024 plans to gradually abandon this technology in St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region during 2025.

Completion of the network on the highway M-12

PJSC, a MTS digital ecosystem, has fully completed the construction and adjustment of its own telecom infrastructure on the M-12 federal highway Moscow , Kazan ensuring uninterrupted mobile coverage of the 810-kilometer expressway. The operator announced this on July 22, 2024.

MTS began an active phase of construction of base stations along the route in September 2023, before the official opening of automobile traffic on the M-12 in December 2023. Within nine months, the company gradually launched communication infrastructure on certain sections of the road passing through five regions: Russia,, Moscow, Vladimirskaya Nizhny Novgorod region republics and. Chuvashia Tatarstan

In July 2024, MTS connected the remaining several base stations from the common 177 base stations LTE of the 1800 standard, which provide drivers and passengers with seamless voice communication and high-speed mobile internet communication both along the highway itself and in the territories of multifunctional service areas where gas stations, parking lots, recreation areas, cafes and shops are located.

The communication infrastructure along the M-12 route was built by the Big Four operators and infrastructure operators with the participation of the state, which provided space for the installation of antenna-mast structures and ensured the connection of electricity to communication facilities. Telecom operators placed their own equipment on the towers and supports of infrastructure operators.

Reliable communication and high-speed mobile Internet throughout the highway is not only communication, navigation, digital services and entertainment on the way, but first of all the safety of all participants in the movement, and in the future, as the networks expand, the basis for the introduction of Connected Car technologies and smart cars, - said Inessa Galaktionova, First Vice President for Telecommunications Business of MTS.

Galaktionova added that earlier, when organizing communications on the routes of the M-11, Central Ring Road and M-4, we gained valuable experience in interacting with all construction participants, primarily when solving issues such as installing towers and connecting to power grids. Thanks to this, we managed to significantly speed up the timing of the creation of telecom infrastructure on the M-12. I am sure that in the future we will be able to work even more productively when extending the M-12 route and when building roads in important directions in the regions of the North, Siberia and the Far East.

As of July 2024, MTS, together with the state and other telecom operators, is working on plans to deploy a mobile communication network on new sections of the route M-12 Durtyuli - Achit and further to Yekaterinburg.

Launch of LTE on the Smolensk-Pechersk highway

MTS On February 2, 2024, the digital ecosystem announced the development of a mobile network communications along Kutuzov Street at the exit from Smolensk towards Pechersk. Thanks to the technical work carried out, the average speed in mobile internet a large tradeindustrial area increased to 100 Mbps.

As a result of the installation of telecom equipment, MTS accelerated mobile Internet in the area of ​ ​ the Leroy Merlin construction hypermarket, the Metro shopping center, five large automobile centers and related infrastructure with a total traffic capacity of up to 20 thousand people per day.

SNT 1st Gorpishchetorg, Berezka, Automaker, Avtomobilist, Severny-3, the villages of Pasovo and Korokhotkino, where more than a thousand people live, also received stable LTE coverage. Thanks to the work carried out, even during the hours of maximum load on the network, Smolins and city guests can use digital services, quickly download heavy content, and use video communication.

This site is promising for industrial, commercial logistic and development, so we provided it with a new LTE coverage with a capacity reserve. Large trading floors, auto centers and logistics terminals with warehouses at the exit from the city towards the M1 route - MoscowMinsk can now introduce smart technologies into the work and maintenance of equipment and customers, intelligent video surveillance and other digital solutions. Stable high-speed Internet will ensure the uninterrupted operation of all digital services, - said the director of MTS Smolensk in Alexey Kozin.

Earlier, MTS carried out a complete modernization of the network in Smolensk, updating sites throughout the city. Earlier, additional telecom equipment was installed in Safonov and Desnogorsk, in Smolensk and Yartsevsky districts. More than 300 thousand people live in the area of ​ ​ improved coverage.

2023

3G network disconnection in the 2100 MHz band inside the Central Ring Road

By the end of 2023, MTS PJSC completed the transfer (refarming) of all 3G base stations in the 2100 MHz band (UMTS 2100) to the LTE standard within the Central Ring Road (TsKAD) of the Moscow Region. The provider announced this on January 18, 2024. Thanks to the implementation of this project, the speed of mobile Internet and network capacity in the vast territories of Moscow and the region increased by an average of 30%. In the rest of the region, the company will completely shut down the UMTS 2100 network from 2025.

In 2023, MTS accelerated work on the UMTS 2100 refarming in the Moscow region, which began in 2020. In the capital, including New Moscow, as well as in the region within the Central Ring Road, the share of LTE 2100 base stations fully transferred from UMTS amounted to 99% at the end of 2023, compared with 78% a year earlier. In total, more than 930 sites were transferred to the LTE 2100 standard in the capital region last year, and the share of 4G base stations that previously operated in 3G increased by the end of 2023 to 84% from 75%.

During 2023, MTS transferred to the LTE standard almost all UMTS 2100 base stations in southeastern Moscow, in Zelenograd, Elektrostal, Pavlovsky Posad, Kolomna, Domodedovo, Stupino, Noginsk, Istra and most sections of the Central Ring Road. The completion of refarming at a number of sites provided carpet coverage for LTE 2100 in Moscow and all populated areas of the region within the Central Ring Road.

We have completed an important and responsible project to refarm UMTS 2100 frequencies inside the Central Ring Road. Now almost all 3G base stations of this range in vast territories have been transferred to the LTE standard, which gave millions of our subscribers an increase in Internet speed and network capacity almost not a third. MTS will continue to refarm the 2100 MHz band in order to completely transfer the remaining locations throughout the Moscow region to 4G from 2025, - said the technical director of the Moscow region MTSVladislav Medvedev.

At the same time, MTS customers with old 3G devices that do not support LTE will not be left without communication. They will continue to use voice and data services in another range - UMTS 900 MHz, the coverage of which exceeds UMTS 2100. Over the past two years, we have significantly expanded the coverage of UMTS 900, which made refarming absolutely invisible to subscribers, Medvedev added.

Among the subscriber base of MTS, the penetration of 4G devices in the Moscow region at the end of 2023 reached 76%, and the share of 3G devices without LTE support was less than 2%.

UMTS 2100 refarming gives a number of advantages: in addition to increasing the data transfer rate and network capacity, coverage on the ground and signal penetration inside buildings are improved - the LTE base station at 2100 MHz has a longer range than in LTE 2600 MHz. The increase in LTE coverage also expands subscribers' access to high-quality VoLTE voice technology.

Since 2018, MTS has deployed LTE 2100 networks in 49 regions of Russia, and in 2024 plans to begin work on refarming UMTS 2100 in at least 11 more regions.

Modernization of the network on the territory of the historical complex "Ostrov-grad Sviyazhsk"

MTS, a digital ecosystem, launched high-speed mobile Internet on the territory of the historical complex "Ostrov-Grad Sviyazhsk" in the village of the same name in the Zelenodolsky district. The operator installed LTE equipment, and also optimized the operation of the existing network in nearby settlements, which made it possible to increase the speed of mobile Internet for residents and tourists by 30 percent. The company announced this on December 12, 2023.

Museum-reserve "Ostrov-grad Sviyazhsk" - a historical, architectural, artistic and natural monument of the XVI-XX centuries. It is located sixty kilometers from Kazan, tens of thousands of tourists come here by road or waterway. There is a legend that Sviyazhsk is a prototype of the fabulous island of Buyan, described by Pushkin in The Tale of Tsar Saltan, although historians have not found direct evidence of this. The ancient streets and squares of the county town preserved the buildings of the 19th - early 20th centuries: a complex of buildings of the county government ("Prison Castle"), the building of the historical fire department, the women's gymnasium, houses and mansions of residents of Sviyazhsk of pre-revolutionary times. Here is also one of the three Tatarstan sites from the UNESCO World Heritage List - the Mother of God-Assumption Monastery. The island offers picturesque panoramic views of the Volga, Sviyaga and Pike, which tourists like to share on social networks.

Tatarstan is preparing to receive guests on New Year's holidays. In Sviyazhsk, as one of the most visited tourist sites in the republic, mass festivities and entertainment are planned for every taste. For our part, we have prepared a digital infrastructure. You can't do without high-quality communication and fast Internet travel, so with the help of Big Data technology we assess the workload of specific locations, busy routes and strengthen communication in them. Stable communication, the ability to use the phone as a navigator and communicate with loved ones online, the entertainment services of our ecosystem - "Strings," KION and others - make the trips of Tatarstan residents and guests of the republic safer and more comfortable, - commented Marat Shakirov, director of MTS in Tatarstan.

MTS also installed additional telecom equipment in the vicinity of Sviyazhsk. So, for example, the village of Bolshoi Khodyashevo, as well as access roads to the island-city, is provided with high-speed Internet. Travelers can combine in one trip a visit to the historical Sviyazhsk, located next to the IT city of Innopolis and a popular ski resort, the territories of which also entered the communication improvement zone.

Modernization of the network on Bagration Avenue

The MTS ecosystem has improved the quality of communication on Bagration Avenue, the recently opened northern backup of Kutuzovsky Avenue. The average speed of mobile Internet on the new highway is about 40 Mbps, the peak speed is over 140 Mbps, which will allow all road users to comfortably and smoothly use the necessary Internet services. MTS announced this on September 12, 2023.

To provide high-quality high-speed mobile Internet on this metropolitan highway, which by the decision of Muscovites was called "Bagration Avenue," MTS expanded and modernized the mobile communication network by reframing frequencies in the 2100 MHz range. The 10-kilometer route and adjacent residential and commercial facilities serve almost 200 base stations of the standard. LTE

Modernization of the network on the route of the fourth line of the Moscow central diameter

On September 11, 2023, the MTS ecosystem announced an increase in the quality of communication on the route of the fourth line of the Moscow central diameter (MCD-4). The average speed of mobile Internet on the new route was 30 Mbps, the peak exceeded 130 Mbps.

To launch traffic along the Kaluga-Nizhny Novgorod diameter, which stretches 86 kilometers from Aprelevka in the west to Zheleznodorozhny in the east of the Moscow region, MTS modernized the mobile network and launched additional base stations. The upgraded MTS mobile communication network serves traffic along the highway itself, transfer stations, as well as settlements adjacent to the diameter.

Over the past year and a half, MTS has built more than 150 LTE base stations along the created highway and transferred part of the equipment from 3G to 4G. This made it possible to increase the network capacity by 21% and provide an average mobile Internet speed along the route of 30 Mbps, which is enough to use the necessary Internet services.

It is important for the modern consumer that the Internet is always and everywhere, with sufficient speed and without breaks. We provide communication to each new section of the region's transport infrastructure, including stations, platforms, crossings and tunnels, so that users can freely use various Internet services, regardless of whether they travel along the Koltsevaya or Bolshaya Koltsevaya, along the ground or underground metro line, in the center of the capital or in the region, "said Vladislav Medvedev, technical director of the MTS Moscow region.

For the widespread provision of residents of the region Internet , MTS also develops a fixed-line network. By the launch of the MTsD-4, the number of households connected to a high-speed to the Internet company in settlements adjacent to the stations increased by 5% to 600 thousand.

The presented route connected more than 20 districts of the capital and several cities of the Moscow region. The fourth diameter will improve transport accessibility for 700 thousand residents of the Moscow region, reducing the travel time between the terminal stations Aprelevka and Zheleznodorozhny to 135 minutes.

Network modernization in Kazan, Nizhnekamsk and Naberezhnye Chelny

The MTS digital ecosystem on August 28, 2023 announced that it had completed work to improve communications in large cities of Tatarstan. As a result of the work carried out, the speed of mobile Internet in them increased by an average of 30%, and the capacity of networks - by 28%. In addition to residential areas, the modernization of the network also affected public spaces in Kazan, Naberezhnye Chelny and Nizhnekamsk.

MTS carried out technical work and strengthened the network in places of mass gatherings of people, including in the territory of actively developing public spaces. Parks and squares, embankments and beaches, streets and squares in dozens of settlements of the republic have become a constant place of attraction for citizens.

{{quote 'Parks and squares of Tatarstan collect more and more local residents and tourists every year. With Big Data analytics, we capture the growing digital needs of users and identify locations where network strengthening is required. In addition to strengthening the network, we additionally install mobile base stations in these places, if necessary. Thanks to this, even with increased loads on the network, our subscribers can remain in touch, - commented Marat Shakirov, director of MTS in Tatarstan. }}

Completion of UMTS 2100 MHz refarming in the metropolitan area and increase of 4G base station share to 75%

The company MTS"" announced on July 20, 2023 that they will complete Central Ring Road (TsKAD) Moscow the modernization of the network mobile communication and the transfer (refarming) of the remaining 3G base stations (UMTS 2100) to the standard by the end of 2023 within the region. LTE Thanks to the implementation of this large-scale project, the speed mobile Internet in vast Moscow areas and the region will increase by another 30%, and the capacity of networks - by 28%.

MTS began modernizing infrastructures communications the capital region in 2020. The company installed base stations and completes the network reconfiguration, using all available bands for the LTE network (FDD 800, 1800, 2100, 2600 MHz and TDD 2600 MHz), including frequencies of the outdated UMTS 2100 standard. Aggregation and frequency reframing made it possible to expand the network capacity and increase the average mobile speed Internet for MTS subscribers in Moscow and up to areas 70 Mbps.

In 2023, MTS accelerated work on completing the UMTS 2100 MHz refarm in the capital region - in January-June 2023, more than 570 sites were transferred to the LTE standard, and the share of 4G base stations that previously operated in 3G increased to 75% from 60%. In the capital itself, including New Moscow, the share of LTE base stations transferred from UMTS 2100 was 92% by the end of June, compared with 78% at the beginning of 2023.

In the first half of 2023, MTS transferred to the 4G standard almost all UMTS 2100 base stations in southeastern Moscow, in Zelenograd, Elektrostal, Pavlovsky Posad, Kolomna, Stupino and in certain sections of the Central Ring Road, and the completion of refarming at additional sites provided LTE 2100 carpeting in the center of Moscow within the Third Transport Ring (TransTeleCom) and in the east of the capital. Due to the modernization of individual locations, the existing LTE 2100 coverage on sections of chord highways in Moscow has been expanded.

We set ourselves an ambitious goal to complete by the end of 2023 the main work on the modernization of our infrastructure in order to cover the entire populated area of ​ ​ the Moscow agglomeration in residential, recreational, business and industrial zones with high-speed 4G mobile Internet, as well as to provide seamless coverage and uninterrupted communication on all highways and hubs. To do this, we use all available frequency bands, and UMTS 2100 frequency reframing is the most efficient and fastest way for us to increase network bandwidth. Moscow has the highest penetration of 4G mobile gadgets in the country - at 72% - with the lowest share of 3G devices without LTE support, which today is about 2% of the MTS subscriber base. Such a small figure suggests that at the end of 2023 we will be able to comfortably and imperceptibly for subscribers to disconnect the remaining UMTS 2100 networks within the Central Ring Road, noted the technical director of the Moscow region of MTS Vladislav Medvedev.

In the Moscow region, MTS transfers almost the entire 15 MHz band allocated for UMTS 2100 to LTE 2100, and puts 3G devices into the UMTS 900 MHz band.

UMTS 2100 refarming gives a number of qualities: in addition to increasing the transmission speed data and network capacity, coverage on the ground and signal penetration into buildings are improved - the LTE base station at 2100 MHz has a longer range than in LTE 2600 MHz. The increase in LTE coverage also expands subscribers' access technologies to high-quality voices VoLTE transmission.

Since 2018, MTS has deployed LTE 2100 networks in 35 regions of Russia, and by the end of 2023 plans to carry out the main work on UMTS 2100 reframing in at least 15 more regions. Upon completion of the refarming in Moscow and the region, MTS plans to disconnect UMTS 2100 networks in other regions of Russia after 2025, as subscribers abandon 3G mobile devices.

Below are the main territories of the Moscow region with the 2100 MHz refarm held in the 1st half of 2023.

Refarming most 3G BSs with almost full LTE 2100 coverage:

• Southeast of Moscow: Kuzminki, Pechatniki, Lyublino, Maryino, Brateevo districts, along Volgogradsky pr-kt, st. Lyublinskaya, Besedinskoye district.
• Zelenograd. Plots of Leningradsky sh. and the October railway from Khimki to Zelenograd.
• Elektrostal, Pavlovsky Posad, Dzerzhinsky, Kolomna, Stupino.
• On the main length of the launch complexes of the Central Ring Road No. 3 and No. 4 between the Yaroslavl and Novoryazansky sh.
• Launch complex No. 5 of the Central Ring Road in the area of ​ ​ Zvenigorod.

Refarming the remaining 3G BSs with almost full LTE 2100 coverage:

• Inside the Garden Ring (Arbat, Zamoskvorechye, Tverskaya districts); within the TransTeleCom (near the Belorussky and Leningradsky railway stations, as well as inside the Kazan and Yaroslavsky railway stations; districts of Tagansky, Khamovniki); along the Leningradsky pr-kta to the Northwest Chord (SZH).
• East of Moscow: districts Golyanovo, Izmailovo, Perovo; district Ivanovskoye near sh. Enthusiasts and the city of Reutov along the Moscow Ring Road; Veshnyaki district at the beginning of the Northeast Chord (SVH).
• North of Moscow: section of the Leningradsky sh. between the Moscow Ring Road and the SZH; section of Dmitrovsky sh. between MKAD and SVH; SVH section from Dmitrovsky sh. to Shchelkovsky sh.
• West and south of Moscow: along the main length of the Southern Rokada (JR) at the intersection with the main radial highways - from ul. Krylatskaya and to Kashirsky sh.
• g. Domodedovo

Point refarming to provide further LTE 2100 coverage:

• g., Noginsk Elektrougli, g., Istra
• Airports Sheremetyevo,, Zhukovsky Domodedovo,. Vnukovo

Modernization of the network in Togliatti

On June 2, 2023, MTS announced that it had strengthened the 4G network in Togliatti - in the Avtozavodsky and Central districts, as well as in summer cottages and popular recreation areas in the Stavropol region, where residents of the region spend summer days.

MTS installed additional telecom equipment in densely populated areas of Togliatti, after which the quality there increased voice communications and the speed increased by almost a third. In mobile internet particular, in the Avtozavodsky district - along the streets of Guy and Avtostroiteley, where residential areas are concentrated, on Primorsky Boulevard - in the area of ​ ​ the Torpedo stadium and the complex traderestaurant. In the Central District, improvements were noticed on Samara Street, near Gorodnaya Street, in hospitals residential areas along Mira Street, as well as on Victory Street - in the area of ​ ​ Arts Square.

For the summer season, MTS has additionally strengthened the network in the suburbs of Togliatti and in the Stavropol region, where Togliatti residents and residents of the region spend their holidays and weekends. The speed of mobile Internet has grown in garden associations, on the Kopylovo peninsula, in the Fedorovka microdistrict on the banks of the Volga, in the vicinity of which there are many summer cottages, in the villages of Podstepka and Vyselka. Residents and guests of the region will be able to spend hot days in nature with great comfort, using all the usual digital services.

In summer, the second most populous city in the Samara region grows with thousands more tourists who come to Togliatti for the sake of an open-air technical museum, a car exposition and the unique nature of the Volga region. The surroundings of Avtograd are a favorite holiday destination for many residents of the region and tourists. Additional telecom equipment will provide stable communication and access to mobile services of the MTS ecosystem even during a period of increased load on the network. And our online guide "Virtual Walk in Togliatti" will help you get to know the sights closer, - said Alexander Melamed, director of MTS in the Samara region.

Modernization of the network in the village of Lysye Gory

MTS, digital ecosystem, May 29, 2023 announced the replacement of telecom equipment in the village of Lysye Gory. After the work, the speed of mobile Internet increased by a third in the northern part of the village, where residential areas are concentrated, educational and medical institutions are located.

Bald Mountains is also a significant point on tourist routes in the Saratov region. The mountain of the same name on the outskirts of the village is recognized as a natural monument. In the summer, kayaking tours take place along the Medveditsa River, which flows through the Bald Mountains. In the village itself, dating back to the 18th century, several interesting attractions have survived: an abandoned temple, one of the oldest in the region, a mill, a water tower, a railway bridge across the Medveditsa in 1895 and Soviet mosaics.

Additional telecom equipment installed by MTS will help to ensure stable communication, high data transfer rate and access to mobile services even during a period of increased load on the network. Residents and tourists can comfortably use voice communication, share photos and videos, broadcast live on social networks, listen to music, watch movies and use the necessary mobile services.

Bald Mountains is a large village located on the federal highway, a place known from tourists of the Saratov region. Strengthening the network will allow residents and guests to comfortably use mobile communications, high-speed Internet and all the capabilities of the MTS ecosystem for work, study, travel and exchange of impressions, - commented Oleg Gorbachev, director of MTS in the Saratov region.

The modernization of the network in the Lysogorsky district is part of the large MTS program for the development of the network in the Saratov region. Earlier, MTS installed new telecom equipment in the settlements of Saratov, Engelsky, Voskresensky and Fedorovsky districts.

Modernization of the network along the Don M4 highway

On May 29, 2023, MTS announced the coverage by uninterrupted communication of the Don M4 federal highway, leading from Moscow to Novorossiysk through Voronezh, Rostov-on-Don and Krasnodar. Measurements show the leadership of MTS in the speed of mobile Internet and the stability of voice communication along the entire highway with a length of more than 1540 km.

On the eve of the tourist season, MTS completed comprehensive work to expand and enhance LTE mobile networks along the highway in seven regions of the central and southern part of the country: in Moscow, Tula, Lipetsk, Voronezh, Rostov regions, as well as in the Krasnodar Territory.

As a result, 525 MTS base stations provide a highway M4 uninterrupted coverage, which increased by more than 30%, including in settlements along the highway, where more than 230 thousand people live. Now their residents and travelers along the way can comfortably go out, Internet use, watch messengers videos, download applications at speeds up to 150 Mbps. Access to high-speed mobile will to the Internet also allow introducing digital monitoring services, transport replenishing the balance of the T-pass transponder for movement along paid sections of the highway.

By the beginning of the holiday season, we completed the next stage of network modernization on one of the key federal highways - the Don M4. More and more motorists are choosing this road to travel to the mountain resorts of the North Caucasus or the Black Sea coast, which is why the load on the network is growing. Therefore, we are comprehensively and systematically developing telecom infrastructure in order to ensure high quality services for both motorists and passengers, as well as for residents of settlements along the highway, - said the vice president for technology at MTS Victor Belov.

MTS analysis Big Data showed that in 2022 passenger traffic on the Don M4 highway increased by 20% compared to the same period in 2021. In certain territories, such as, and Voronezh Rostovskaya region Krasnodar the region, where air traffic is temporarily stopped - by more than 30%. At the same time, the volume of transmitted Internet traffic along the entire length of the highway increased by an average of 27%. Every second MTS subscriber waits the journey time by listening to music and watching videos. About 65% of Internet traffic comes from entertainment. content

The project to provide the Don M4 route with a stable connection is one of the points of the agreement between MTS and Avtodor Group of Companies. Under the terms of the memorandum, Avtodor Group of Companies installed antenna-mast structures and organized entrances to them, ensuring the connection of electricity to communication facilities along the entire length of the road, and MTS placed communication equipment on the telecom infrastructure built.

Modernization of the network in the recreation areas of Orenburg region

On May 19, 2023, MTS announced the expansion of the LTE network in summer cottages and popular recreation areas for residents of the Orenburg region, where after the work, the speed of mobile Internet increased by a third.

By the beginning of the vacation season, MTS expanded the LTE network in summer cottages and suburbs of Orenburg - in particular, along Zemlyansky Street in the village of Rostoshi, next to which ST "Rus" is located. 4G MTS coverage appeared in SNT "Dubki-2" and the surrounding garden associations. After the installation of a base station in Dubki, communication also improved in children's health camps located in a forest in the vicinity of SNT.

The company also updated telecom equipment in the Orenburg region - in the village of Prigorodny and the village of Nezhinka, in the vicinity of which there are large summer cottages, including SNT Mayak, Lotus, Sea buckthorn, Aviator and others.

With Big Data, we can predict the load in specific locations and strengthen the network where necessary. We have installed new equipment and provided 4G communication to the suburbs and summer cottages of Orenburg, where many Orenburg residents traditionally spend the summer. Summer residents and on vacation will be able to comfortably use communication, high-speed mobile Internet and all the capabilities of the MTS ecosystem, to which they are accustomed in the city, - said the director of MTS in the Orenburg region Alexei Bashtovoy.

Modernization of the network in suburban locations of the Saratov region

On April 27, 2023, the MTS digital ecosystem announced the modernization of the LTE network in large summer cottages and recreation areas for residents of the Saratov region. Work on strengthening the network was carried out in the suburbs of Saratov and Engels, in the village of Chardym, Voskresensky district, due to which the speed of mobile Internet in these locations increased by a third.

By the beginning of the summer season, the company strengthened the network in popular places of recreation in Saratov - in the Dachny microdistrict, along the 6th Sokolovogorodsky passage, where SNT "Friends of Nature" is located, in SNT Universal in the Kumysnaya Polyana area and on Bolshaya Zatonskaya, next to the city beach. In addition, MTS has updated telecom equipment in the village of Pristannoye on the banks of the Volga and the village of Novoguselsky, in the vicinity of which summer cottages are concentrated.

An increase in mobile speed Internet and an improvement in quality voice communications was also noticed in the Engelsky district - in the Yasnye Zori SNT, the village of Zeleny, the villages of Malaya Topolevka and Krasny Yar. MTS also strengthened LTE coverage in the village of Chardym, a well-known summer holiday destination in the Saratov region. There are dachas of Saratov residents, tourist bases and health camps. And the islands on the Volga before Chardym are popular with lovers of fishing and recreation in nature.

In the summer, the surroundings of Saratov and Engels, especially summer cottages along the Volga, are a favorite vacation spot for Saratov residents. Many spend all summer out of town working remotely. With Big Data, we predict the load on the network. This gives us the opportunity to strengthen the network in places of concentration of users so that residents of the region can comfortably use communication, high-speed mobile Internet and all the capabilities of the MTS ecosystem that they are used to in the city, "said Oleg Gorbachev, director of MTS in the Saratov region.

Modernization of mobile Internet in Orenburg

MTS on March 21, 2023 announced the strengthening of 4G coverage in Orenburg. Due to the transfer of frequencies allocated for the previous generation of 3G to the LTE standard, the speed of mobile Internet in the capital of Orenburg region increased by more than a third.

Thanks to the work carried out, the speed of the mobile Internet has noticeably increased in the densely populated residential neighborhoods of Orenburg, in popular city locations and on the city highways. Also, the increase in speed is noticeable in office buildings, shopping and entertainment centers and social facilities, where earlier, due to the peculiarities of the architecture, the signal could not be stable enough.

After the frequency redistribution in the 4G network, MTS subscribers can comfortably use the mobile Internet during the maximum load on the network, quickly download updates, programs and online games, communicate via video link and use the online services of the MTS ecosystem.

The increase in the speed of mobile Internet and the increase in the LTE coverage area in Orenburg also expands subscribers' access to VoLTE technology, which allows them to make and receive voice calls via 4G. The connection takes 1.5-2 seconds and makes it possible to talk on a smartphone without interrupting the Internet session.

More than 70 percent of our subscribers use 4G devices, so a large capacity reserve for previous generations of networks is no longer needed. Frequency redistribution made it possible to quickly and effectively strengthen 4G networks in large areas, including in key locations where Internet traffic is growing especially actively. Orenburg residents will notice an increase in the speed of mobile Internet both in large residential areas and in popular places of recreation, including the Orenburg Arbat - Sovetskaya Street, embankment, bridge across the Urals, - said Alexey Bashtovoy, director of MTS in the Orenburg Region.

Refarming in Orenburg is part of the large MTS program to expand the 4G coverage area in. Orenburg region During 2023, refarming will take place in other inhabited points of the region, in the near future - time in Sorochinsk and Abdulino.

Strengthening the LTE network in the central and southern regions of Engels

On March 17, 2023, MTS announced that it had strengthened the LTE network in the central and southern regions of Engels, the Saratov Region, where residential areas and important urban infrastructure are located. Due to the installation of additional telecom equipment, the speed of mobile Internet increased by a third.

Acceleration took place in the area of ​ ​ Svoboda, Kommunisticheskaya and Pushkin streets, where, in addition to residential areas, there are large educational institutions - a branch of the Yuri Gagarin State Technical University and the Technological Institute, the Engels Children's Clinical Hospital and the local employment center. Here is also located the square named after Lev Kassil, beloved by citizens and tourists, and the first city cinema "Rodina," built in 1938 and in March 2023, which is an architectural monument.

In addition, the operator strengthened the network in the area of ​ ​ Mendeleev, Cosmonauts and Lomonosov streets, where the Khimik stadium and the Academy FC arena are located, and nearby is the Engels City Clinical Hospital. Improved communication also affected new buildings along Vokzalnaya Street and the neighboring private sector within the boundaries of Mayakovsky, Sovetskaya and Zavodskaya Streets.

Thanks to the work carried out, residents of Engels at home, at school, at work and on walks can comfortably use high-quality voice communication and all the usual digital services: from video calls in instant messengers, mobile games and watching videos in good quality to applications of mobile banks, ordering food and calling a taxi.

Engels is the second largest city in the Saratov region, and in recent years we have seen a constant increase in mobile traffic. Strengthening the network will allow residents and guests of Engels to always stay in touch, use high-speed mobile Internet and services of our ecosystem. Moreover, residents of apartment buildings where there is a fixed MTS network will be able to combine mobile communications with home Internet and TV and save on communications, conveniently paying for services under a single personal account, "said Oleg Gorbachev, director of MTS in the Saratov region.

Modernization of the LTE network in the Krasnoyarsk district of the Samara region

The MTS digital ecosystem on March 9, 2023 announced the expansion of LTE coverage in the Krasnoyarsk district of the Samara region. In the village of Molgachi, the 4G network appeared for the first time, and in a number of villages and garden associations of the region, the speed of mobile Internet increased by a third.

After the installation of additional 4G base stations, high-speed Internet first appeared in the village of Molgachi and SNTK "Green Grove," where there was no stable coverage of the network of mobile operators. Now residents of the district, summer residents and tourists will be able to stay in touch, comfortably use the mobile Internet, communicate via video link and use the necessary digital services.

Work on strengthening the MTS network also took place in the largest settlements of the Krasnoyarsk region - in the villages of Mirny and Novosemeikino. An increase in the speed of mobile Internet and an improvement in the quality of voice communication was also noticed in the popular villages of Krasny Yar and Novy Buyan. The first is known for the remains of the Krasnoyarsk fortress and the museum of stone sculptures, the building of an old alcohol plant has been preserved in Novy Buyan, and equestrian walks from the local eco-farm take place in the vicinity.

{{quote 'Krasnoyarsk is one of the largest districts of the Samara region in terms of population and territory. There are agricultural industries, summer cottages, there are many historical locations that are attractive to tourists. Therefore, we are actively strengthening the network where traffic is growing most intensively, and expanding 4G coverage so that residents of small settlements can use all modern technologies for work, distance learning and leisure, including MTS ecosystem services, "commented Alexander Melamed, MTS Director in the Samara Region. }}

Modernization in the Krasnoyarsk region is part of a large MTS program to expand the 4G coverage area in the Samara region.

Modernization of the network at the bus stations of Kazan

On March 1, 2023, MTS announced that it had completed work to improve the quality of communication on the territory of large bus stations in the capital of Tatarstan. The operator replaced the equipment and optimized the existing network, which made it possible to increase the speed of mobile Internet for passengers and greeters by 30 percent.

East and South bus stations serve routes in the same directions, Tatarstan residents, residents of neighboring regions and tourists who choose buses for travel arrive here. Now, upon arrival or waiting for their flight, passengers and greeters will be able to use the usual digital services at high speeds to communicate with their relatives, pay for purchases and Internet surfing.

Guests of Tatarstan arriving in the republic by rail also received access to the MTS high-speed Internet. Telecom equipment was replaced on a section of about 40 km from the Zeleny Dol station to Kazan, thanks to which tourists arriving by train can use high-speed mobile Internet for the entire length of the journey. This allows you to quickly call a taxi at the entrance to the terminal station, book accommodation online, study the guide or agree with the guide on an excursion even before arriving in the city.

Kazan traditionally attracts the attention of tourists and remains a popular destination for short trips and vacations. According to our MTS Travel service, even on the only day off on March 8, tourists from other regions of Russia plan to come to Tatarstan and stay in the republic for several days. We cannot do without high-quality communication and fast Internet in such travels, therefore, with the help of Big Data technology, we assess the workload of specific locations, busy routes and strengthen communication in them. Stable communication, the ability to use the phone as a navigator and communicate with loved ones online, the entertainment services of our ecosystem make the trips of Tatarstan residents and guests of the republic safer and more comfortable, - commented Marat Shakirov, director of MTS in Tatarstan.

Acceleration of mobile Internet by 30% in 33 regions of Russia after conversion to LTE standard of 3G base stations

MTS On March 2, 2023, the company announced an increase Russia in transmission speed in 33 regions data in mobile networks to an average of 30%, and their capacity by 28% as a result of the transfer (reframing) of 2100 MHz frequencies allocated for the previous generation of 3G (UMTS) to the modern standard (mobile communication 4G LTE). By the end of 2023, MTS plans to refarm 3G frequencies in 14 more regions, including, and Moscow after 2025, intends to gradually disconnect UMTS 2100 MHz networks as subscribers abandon outdated 3G. phones

Refarming in the 2100 MHz band also allows you to improve coverage on the ground and signal penetration inside buildings - the LTE base station at 2100 MHz has a longer range than in LTE 2600 MHz. The increase in LTE coverage also expands subscribers' access to high-quality VoLTE voice technology.

In addition to the UMTS 2100 MHz refarming, as of March 2, 2023, MTS carried out in 83 regions of Russia the main work on the transfer of the 1800 MHz band to LTE, which was allocated for the second generation mobile communication standard.

"With year-on-year consumption Internet traffic rising and the frequency spectrum lacking, refarming is the most efficient and cost-effective way to modernise mobile networks. Within the framework of technological neutrality, MTS began to master the frequencies of outdated standards for construction modern LTE-Advanced networks. Since 2015, we have reused GSM the 1800 range in almost all regions of Russia, and since 2018 we have been actively engaged in reframing UMTS 2100 frequencies, "said the vice president for MTS technology. Victor Belov

According to him, at the beginning of March 2023, only 6% of MTS subscribers use 3G devices without LTE support, and the company expects that this share will continue to decline in the coming years. After 2025, as the use of 3G phones ceases, MTS plans to gradually turn off the remaining UMTS networks, which, according to the company's estimates, will give an increase in speed in LTE networks by another 12%.

During 2023, MTS plans to complete the refarming of the main locations in Moscow and carry out the main work on refarming the 2100 MHz band in at least 13 more regions: in, Arkhangelskaya,, Belgorod,, Volgograd,, Voronezh,, Kaliningrad,,, and Kemerovo Murmansk. Novgorod Orenburg Ryazan Sverdlovsk Tambovskaya Tver regions

MTS accelerated the speed of mobile Internet by a third next to the seventh city hospital in Kazan

MTS on February 9, 2023 announced the completion of work to improve the quality of communication in the 39th quarter of Kazan. This area contains several buildings of Clinical Hospital No. 7 and a park area. Here, the operator installed equipment and optimized the operation of the existing network, which made it possible to increase the speed of mobile Internet by 30%. Read more here.

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Network modernization in New Moscow

On January 24, 2023, MTS PJSC announced the completion of the next stage of modernization of the communication network in New Moscow. The work carried out in 2022 - the installation of base stations and the reconfiguration of the network - made it possible to increase by a third to 70 Mbps the average speed of mobile Internet for more than half a million residents of the Novomoskovsky and Troitsky administrative districts.

In 2022, MTS modernized the network in 17 large housing complexes, 15 cottage and summer cottages and 10 industrial and business zones located in New Moscow at a distance of up to 40 km from the Moscow Ring Road. This part of New Moscow is a center for housing and commercial construction - in 2022 alone, about three million square meters of residential real estate or more than a third of the total Moscow volume was commissioned here.

To provide subscribers with high-quality communication services in an actively developing territory, MTS built additional base stations and reconfigured the network, using new frequency bands. As a result, the coverage and network capacity expanded and the average mobile Internet speed increased to 70 Mbps. This speed allows you to download an e-book or mobile application in a few seconds, a film weighing about 1.5 GB - in two minutes.

Residents of the Salaryevo Park, Novye Vatutinki, Green Line, Sports Quarter, Marino Grad, Eco-Bunino and Yuzhnoye Bunino, White Nights, Tatyanin Park, Rumyantsevo Park, First Moscow and others will be able to assess the quality of communication. The connection was also modernized in the cottage villages "European Valley 2" and "Klyony" and summer cottages in the villages of Belousovo, Akinshino, Belyaevo and others.

In addition to residential areas, communication has improved to trade in the Food City agricultural production cluster, near business and entertainment areas of attraction of population New Moscow, such as a business center, Neopolis shopping centers "Salaris," "Novomoskovsky," "Fairy Tale," "Novovatutinsky," Family Room, logistics parks, including the Russian Tea Company and OZON, as well as at the main transport hubs of the territory - the Salaryevo bus station and the Rassudovo railway station, the annual passenger traffic of which exceeds a million people.

We constantly monitor the quality of communication and analyze subscriber traffic and urban planning using big data, predicting the demand for communication services in specific places. New Moscow is one of the most dynamically developing territories of Moscow, and we are doing everything possible to provide it with both coverage and sufficient network capacity in a timely manner. Thanks to the work carried out, our subscribers in New Moscow can use digital services as freely as in other, long-developed areas of the capital, "said Dmitry Polyakov, director of strategy and development of the Moscow MTS region.

Expansion of Internet coverage in winter recreation areas of Kazan

MTS has strengthened the quality of communication and expanded the coverage of high-speed Internet in winter recreation areas of Kazan. As a result, the speed of the Internet on the most visited skating rinks and ski slopes of the city increased by one and a half times. The company announced this on December 15, 2022.

Improved coverage and new speeds became available on the ski slopes and ice arenas of each area. Kazan So the mobile Internet 4G was accelerated on the territory of the Kremlin embankment, Gorky and Black Lake parks in the center, the Kaleidoscope children's park, the Gorkinsky-Ometyevsky forest and the Field Hockey Center in the Volga region, Victory Park and the Ak Bars Arena stadium in Novo-Savinovsky district, the Tasma stadium in the Moscow region, as well as ice arenas in the Kirovsky district.

Skiers were not ignored either - MTS pumped LTE speeds on the main ski slopes in the Birch Grove of the village of Derbyshki and in the ski and biathlon complex in Mirny. In addition, additional equipment was installed in the Sviyazhskie Hills ski complex near the IT city of Innopolis, where fans of extreme sports from all over the country rest every winter.

Traditionally, during these months and during the holidays, we record an increase in traffic in "winter" locations. Vacationers take family photos and videos here for, social networks communicate messengers with athletes lagging behind on the track, listen to music and podcasts while skiing, use bank applications to pay for equipment rental. With the help of an analysis data of our impersonal, we Big Data determine the most popular places of recreation for residents and point-by-point prepare the network for the winter season so that Tatarstan residents comfortably use the usual mobile services, regardless of the degree of network congestion, "said MTS Director in Marat Tatarstan Shakirov.

Expansion of 2G coverage area to 99.9%, 4G standard to 95%

On November 29, 2022, MTS announced the completion of the next stage of network modernization on six main federal highways in the Moscow region, as a result of which the coverage area was increased and a continuous connection was provided along the entire route along the highways.

The company optimized the signal direction, reconfigured the network parameters and increased the capacity of transport channels on the six most popular departure highways from Moscow within the region: M-1 Belarus to Brest, M-5 Ural to Chelyabinsk, M-9 Baltia in the direction of Latvia, M-10 Russia to St. Petersburg through Tver and Novgorod, A-130 through Maloyaroslavets to Bobruisk and the Neva high-speed M-11 to St. Petersburg.

The carried-out works allowed to expand a cover zone of all used radio frequency ranges. The coating of the 2G standard, providing, voice communication was 99.9%, the standard 4G for Internet the -combination was 95%.

The average mobile internet speed on all six highways is about 46 Mbps. The highest average speed of 55 Mbps was recorded when driving along the Belarus M-1 highway. In second place in terms of average speed is the road M-11 Neva to St. Petersburg with 53.4 Mbps. On the other four tracks, speeds range from 38 to 49 Mbps. Such speeds are enough to solve all the tasks necessary on the way - quickly downloading online maps and heavy files, watching high-quality video without interrupting Internet sessions.

Ensuring continuous coverage on highways, some of which take place away from settlements, is not only the comfort of passengers and drivers, but a vital task that ensures safety on the way, "said Vladislav Medvedev, technical director of the MTS Moscow region. - We constantly work to improve the quality of communication on the tracks and do our best to ensure that our subscribers on the road are always in touch and have access to the Internet.

Preparing the network for the loads of the holiday season

On April 21, 2022, MTS PJSC announced that it had fully prepared the network for the loads of the 2022 holiday season, investing more than 1.7 billion rubles in the modernization, increase in capacity, speed and coverage of networks in Russian resorts.

For 12 months by April 2022, MTS carried out comprehensive work to expand and enhance networks in the resorts of the Krasnodar Territory, Republic, Dagestan Caucasian mineral waters and the Republic, Altai having conducted an analysis big data on the distribution of tourist flows in 2021, identifying popular destinations when buying tickets and booking hotels, as well as another, on the information basis of which MTS identified the most popular places of recreation of the upcoming holiday season and spring holidays.

We are actively developing the network in the resort regions of Russia to ensure high quality communication services for all vacationers. A feature of such territories is the uneven distribution of maximum loads on the network: for seaside resorts - this is spring-early autumn, for ski resorts - winter. Therefore, while carrying out work to improve the network, we needed not only to provide the maximum margin of its bandwidth, but also to effectively distribute investments. Our own developments in big data analysis made it possible to successfully cope with these tasks: we chose the most popular destinations among tourists and consistently improved the network in these places, "said Inessa Galaktionova, First Vice President for Telecommunications Business of MTS.

Krasnodar In the region on the Black Sea coast from Sochi to, Anapa including Gelendzhik and, Novorossiysk as well as on the Azov coast in the areas of Yeisk, the villages of Dolzhanskaya, Golubitskaya near Peresypi and Kuchugur, MTS improved the quality of coverage of networks along the LTE entire length of the coast. Due to the modernization of 80% of the operating equipment and more than constructions 630 base stations in the region, the network capacity increased to 50%. At 553 base stations, reframing was carried out for the LTE 2100 range. These measures made it possible to increase the speed of mobile Internet in the resorts of the Krasnodar Territory by an average of 60%.

In the Republic of Dagestan, on the Caspian coast from Makhachkala to Derbent, MTS built over 230 base stations, carried out work to double the expansion of the LTE 2600 band, which made it possible to increase the network capacity by 40% in the resort area and ensure an average increase in Internet speed by 20%.

All resort cities and large recreational complexes of the Caucasian mineral waters in the Stavropol Territory are provided with a stable connection. In these territories, MTS built more than 180 base stations, increased network capacity by 50% and ensured an average speed increase of 40%. Until summer, the company will carry out work to expand the frequency band for the LTE 1800 network.

In the Altai Republic, on the banks of Katuni from Gorno-Altaysk to Chemal, MTS carried out a comprehensive modernization of the resort cluster network, built dozens of additional base stations, which ensured an increase in capacity by 30%, and the average speed of mobile Internet by 15%.