Russian nationwide operator Rostelecom has deployed LTE base stations throughout a number of areas to eradicate digital inequality. These new towers are put in throughout areas as a part of the UCN 2.0 program, aiming to carry voice communication and cellular web to areas that have been beforehand not coated. The aim is to make cellular communication companies out there in over 24,000 small settlements throughout the nation by 2030.
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LTE Towers Throughout Areas
In keeping with the operator, 9 LTE base stations have been put in within the Kostroma area beneath this program. This concerned constructing 150 kilometers of fiber optic communication infrastructure, thereby extending communication companies to 29 small settlements within the Kostroma area.
Within the Village of Plotina, Loukh district, which was not beforehand a part of the operator’s protection space, Rostelecom put in and deployed a mobile base station, offering connectivity by way of LTE (4G) know-how.
Rostelecom reported that in 2023, it efficiently accomplished the annual work plan, putting in 19 base stations within the Tula area, along with the 9 towers in-built 2022. Within the Smolensk area, the corporate constructed and commissioned 34 base stations, enabling connectivity by way of 4G LTE.
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Fiber Optic Networks and Connectivity
Rostelecom prolonged high-speed cellular Web and mobile communication to the village of Far Pravdinsky within the Kaliningrad area. This marked the 14th settlement coated beneath the Elimination of Digital Inequality (UCN 2.0) program for the 12 months, with a complete of 16 base stations put in within the Kaliningrad area – two in 2022 and 14 in 2023.
Equally, the 4G/LTE mobile community is now out there in 16 villages of Mordovia, the place Rostelecom has laid 62 kilometers of optic cable to attach 16 base stations in 2023. Following the launch of those base stations, residents of small settlements can entry the companies of the cellular operator Tele2.
Lately, Rostelecom expanded the protection of its 4G LTE community within the Magadan area by putting in a brand new base station within the village of Yamsk, Olsky district.
In every of those areas, after the set up and launch of the bottom stations, Rostelecom executives go to the settlements to problem SIM playing cards and contracts.
UCN 2.0 Program
In April 2021, the Ministry of Digital Growth of Russia and Rostelecom signed an settlement increasing the phrases of common communication companies. Beneath the UCN 2.0 program, Rostelecom has initiated the deployment of LTE towers to eradicate digital inequality in villages and cities with populations starting from 100 to 500 folks.
The focused plan for the development of base stations is yearly fashioned on the general public companies portal by voting of Russian residents. The Tele2 operator, a subsidiary of Rostelecom, can be actively concerned within the challenge.
