4G NETWORK FROM `` MEGAFON quickly spreading RUSSIA
#39;Megaphone#39; has serious intentions come out on top in the segment of fourth-generation networks among participants#39; big three mobile `,` received `first-mover advantage due to an agreement with the` `Skartel, as reported in a presentation to the operator of the bond issue that has fallen into the hands of the journalists of the resource #39;Gazette#39;.
Until the end of the year #39;Megaphone#39; plans to link the new generation of 40 cities. They were tasked to cover the bond LTE 27,9 million by the end of the third quarter, and then increase the amount gained access to 4G networks to 37.3 million by the end of 2012 to implement this task is assumed by expanding the network and the use of existing infrastructure.
The representative of the `` Megaphone Dmitry Smirkino did not answer the question about the authenticity of the presentation, confirming only that the operator is going this year to cover the fourth-generation networks, 30% of the country, including a few dozen cities. Smirkino does not deny that the implementation of this plan will help to deal with the `` Skartel.
According to the other members of the Big Three `` `` Skartel not in a hurry to carry out an order of the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) to provide access to their networks to other operators. `` Rostelecom even went to court, accusing Skartel `` that he did not connect it to your network based on prior agreement entered into in April.
According to the deputy head of the Transport and Communications FAS Dmitry Rutenberg, is currently being tested Skartel `` for the present regulations.
Gazprombank analyst Anna Kurbatova recalled `` megaphone was a pioneer in the promotion of networks 3G, so he was able to push `` VimpelCom with a second place in the table of ranks first operators in terms of subscribers, and then in terms of revenue. `4G - this is a premium service that allows the operator to higher average revenue per user. If `` MegaFon be able to implement their plans in the Russian market will soon appear LTE-tube, then he may be able to press the MTS from the first place in terms of revenue `- says Kurbatova.
