Tacom launches 3G
Tajikistan mobile operator Tacom has launched commercial 3G services over a network supplied by Huawei Technologies, the Chinese vendor said in a statement. In May 2006 Tacom contracted Huawei to supply GSM and W-CDMA mobile equipment for the expansion of its GSM network and the launch of 3G services. Details of the network have not yet been revealed, but Tacom’s Russian parent Vimpelcom had earlier stated that Huawei would initially supply ‘about 80′ GSM base stations, ‘several’ W-CDMA base stations and a switchboard.
According to TeleGeography’s GlobalComms database, Tacom holds licences to provide GSM-900/1800, CDMA-450 and AMPS services across Tajikistan, as well as the country’s third UMTS concession, which it received in September 2005. Vimpelcom plans to invest USD100 million in Tacom in 2006, with much of the money to be spent on expanding its networks and rebranding the service under the Beeline banner which it employs in Russia, Kazakhstan and Ukraine.
Source- telegeography Wireless Mobile Telecom
Mobile subscriber figures posted for September
RBC, 11.10.2006, Moscow 15:51:52.VimpelCom’s subscriber base (Beeline trade mark) grew by 0.85 percent to 52.381m people in September 2006 compared with August 2006, ACM-Consulting’s monthly analytical report says. In Russia, the number of subscribers climbed 0.32 percent to 47.651m, including 9.918m (up 0.74 percent) in Moscow and the Moscow region. In Kazakhstan the subscriber base expanded to 3.23m (2.9 percent), and to 938,674 people (up 19.48 percent) in Ukraine.
MTS boasted a 1.48 percent rise in its base in September, with the number reaching 70.479m people, including 11.005m in Moscow and the Moscow region. In Ukraine, the provider’s subscriber base reached 16.359m (up 2.6 percent), in Uzbekistan 1.093m people (up 9.3 percent), and in Turkmenistan 114,260 people (up 5.4 percent).
MegaFon saw a 2.2 percent rise, with its subscriber total reaching 28.187m in September, with 4.756 in Moscow and the Moscow region. Analysts estimated its base in Tajikistan at 117,000 people, up 10.3 percent from August. Tele2 increased its number of subscribers to 5.53m people, and Uralsvyazinform had 4.25m people, 0.49 percent above the August rate.
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