"Rostelecom" introduced in Naryan-Mar transpolar first LTE base station

The operator "Rostelecom" presented the first base station standard LTE (refers to the fourth generation mobile communication) mounted above the Arctic Circle. It is located in the city of Naryan-Mar. The base station of LTE released by Ericsson, it will operate in the 2600 MHz, providing coverage in a radius of 5 km. With the implementation of other bands (700-800 MHz) range can be increased to 20 km (to cover the affected landscape and building density). The equipment is designed to operate at temperatures from-40oC to +55 oC. "Rostelecom" has chosen the Nenets Autonomous District for the construction of one of the first networks to 4G, to get the experience of its use in extreme environmental conditions. base station supports data transfer rates up to 38 Mbit / s with the option to increase in the future to over 100 Mbit / s. Average speed mobile data services for the subscriber will be 10-15 Mbit / s. Until the end of 2013, "Rostelecom" promises to complete the installation of LTE base stations in Naryan-Mar, as well as work on the organization of the transport infrastructure for the base stations, setting up the radio part, testing the parameters of quality and speed of data transmission. July 12, 2012 "Rostelecom" according to the Competition has received a federal license to provide services LTE network and its subsequent modifications (in the range 791-798,5 / 832-839,5 MHz, as well as in-band 2500-2690 MHz, 720-750 MHz and 761-791). June 1, 2013 in accordance with the terms of the license "Rostelecom" has launched the first piece of the LTE network in the city of Sochi. Prior to December 1, 2013 "Rostelecom" has to start providing LTE-services at least 5 regions of Russia. Currently, the "Rostelecom" builds LTE network in 8 regions: Krasnodar region, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Area - Yugra, Sakhalin Region, Chukchi and Nenets Autonomous District, the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, the Republic of Khakassia and North Ossetia - Alania.