Rostelecom and MegaFon sign 4G service agreement with Scartel (Russia)
Mobile operator MegaFon along with State-owned telecommunications company Rostelecom, have reportedly signed an agreement with Scartel to offer 4G services in Russia. According to reports, the agreement with Scartel, which operates under the brand ‘Yota’, will enable the two operators to act as mobile virtual network operators (MVNO) for offering 4G services.
As per sources, as part of the agreement, Yota would use Rostelecom and MegaFon’s infrastructure, in exchange for its 4G network. Further, industry analysts have reportedly said that as Scartel is the only company in Russia which has built a 4G network, the two operators will gain significant lead in providing users with 4G services as compared to TeleSystems and VimpleCom.
Russian mobile operators to launch 3G service in Moscow
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: OAO Mobile TeleSystems, OAO VimpelCom and OAO MegaFon- three major mobile operators of Russia received permission to launch third-generation networks in Moscow. The announcement was made more than a year after they launched similar services in cities elsewhere in the country.
All the three companies won the license to operate 3G networks across Russia in 2007 itself but could not launch the service as the Ministry of Defence was using the frequencies that they required in that city.
The companies have already installed 3G equipment at some of their base stations in anticipation of the ministry’s decision. They will now offer their Moscow subscribers special tariffs to take advantage of the 3G network’s higher speeds.
Russia’s antitrust service acts vs. 3 biggest mobile operators
MOSCOW, August 17 (RIA Novosti) – Mobile TeleSystems [RTS: MTSS], VimpelCom [NYSE: VIP] and MegaFon [RTS: MEGF] are facing action from
Russia’s Anti-Monopoly Service. The service said Thursday it was moving against the country’s three biggest mobile operators in the wake of a check into new tariffs used by them for mutual settlements, below the rates set for other mobile operators. It said the “big three” were using a rate of 0.95 rubles ($0.0351) per connection, whereas other operators had to pay 1.1 rubles ($0.037) for the same service, or 16% more, which put them at a disadvantage. It said regional operators and operators entering the mobile services market were in an unequal position compared with the established federal operators, which breached anti-monopoly laws.
The case will be heard on September 28.
Source- http://en.rian.ru
