MTS launches 4G network in the Krasnodar region

MTS launches 4G network in the Krasnodar Territory Today services over LTE (4G) MTS is available in 36 settlements in the region, including Krasnodar, almost all major areas and resort towns. Through the use of the principle of technological neutrality to the end of 2016, MTS plans to provide services in the LTE standard in the 160 settlements in the region.

At the moment, the new network covers Timashevsk, Belorechensk, Kalinin, Starokorsunskaya, Trudobelikovsky, Hadyzhensk. Most of the areas covered in Apsheronsk, Hot Key, Kurganinske, Mosty, Kuschevskaya, Labinsk, Korenovsk, Kropotkin, Korenovsk. Network "fourth generation" in Krasnodar, Sochi, Adler, Novorossiysk, Krasnaya Polyana and Slavic-on-Kuban started and continues to evolve. By the beginning of the summer season, the vast majority of the metropolitan area, including the resort towns of the Black Sea and the Azov coast, will be covered by LTE communication MTS.

"The launch of 4G network in the Krasnodar region continues to implement a comprehensive strategy for the development of MTS technology infrastructure in the southern regions of the country. Today in the Krasnodar region, we see the practical advantages of the principle of "technological neutrality" in the modern world. Provision of modern high-speed data services is one of the drivers development of the region as a whole, and in this case, a large-scale launch of MTS LTE network solves a number of important social issues, one of which is to ensure that all residents and businesses in the region with equal opportunities for the use of modern technology, regardless of the operator whose links they use, "- said Vice President of Engineering and Information Technology MTS Group Andrew Ushatsky.

"Krasnodar region is one of the most dynamic regions of Russia in terms of infrastructure and technological development. In the new economic conditions it is important to move on and build a modern communications infrastructure, because it is one of the basic conditions for the development of the region as a whole. Our region has the status of the resort, as well as a venue for major international events, and we should be able to provide the highest level of modern communication technologies as guests fr om all over Russia and from around the world. At the same time the launch LTE network is not only for the innovative image of the Kuban, but also solves a number of important social issues, one of which is to reduce the "digital divide" between urban and rural areas, "- said the deputy head of administration of the Krasnodar Territory Alexander Saurin.

"MTS is the most popular operator in the Krasnodar region, we serve more than half of all mobile subscribers in the region. And today, our customers have access to innovative MTS LTE network, which operates on the world's most common frequency band. Almost complete coverage of the province MTS network at 1800 MHz allows us to quickly expand throughout the region full LTE network in this range. The average weekly MTS includes a new network in two settlements of the Kuban. In this case, we deliberately put the emphasis on the development of 4G in small towns edges, wh ere residents are very limited in the choice of high-speed data services, or do not have the technical capacity to use the resources of the Internet, "- said the director of MTS in the southern regions of the Russian Federation Sergey laskavo.

MTS LTE network in the Krasnodar region put into commercial operation at a frequency of 1800 MHz on the equipment of Ericsson. To date, the network "fourth generation" MTS work in all regions of the South and the North Caucasian Federal District. In general, networks operate in LTE MTS 77 Russian regions.

In 2014, MTS and Krasnodar Krai Administration signed a strategic partnership agreement for the development of telecommunication services in the region. Planned investments MTS infrastructure expansion and implementation of innovative projects in the Krasnodar Territory in 2015-2016 will be about seven billion rubles.

How to take advantage of new services

MTS tariffs for data services are the same, regardless of which network the subscriber - 3G or 4G. In order to use the service network LTE, need appropriate device - smartphone, tablet, modem or router with support for 4G standard LTE (FDD) LTE 1800 (Band 3). You must also have the service connection "Mobile Internet".

Work in the 4G network support MTS MTS branded devices, including smartphones, tablets, modems and routers, as well as a number of gadgets world's leading vendors - Apple, Samsung, Sony, Nokia and others.

Source: press service of MTS in southern Russia