Moscow subway will get 3G in 2009

While St. Petersburg, Sochi, Yekaterinburg, Nizhny Novgorod and a number of large cities use 3G services, Moscow (where the most potentially active consumers of third-generation communication services live) remains hungry. And all because of the fact that the frequencies in which the 3G network operates, use the forces of the air defense of Moscow. But according to forecasts, in 2009 Muscovites can still count on 3G.

The first fragments of the network may appear underground in the subway. At least, MTS, Megafon and Beeline have conducted successful studies of the electromagnetic compatibility of 3G networks and radio-electronic means of the Ministry of Defense in the Moscow metro. Conclusion - the creation of 3G networks, even in the current situation, is quite possible. True, with the restriction on the permissible number of base stations.

In addition, the Moscow Metro and MTS have already signed an agreement on the provision of 3G communication services. According to MTS representatives, the company expects to launch the network into commercial operation by the end of this year.
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Electromagnetic compatibility tests on the streets of Moscow are already underway. It is quite possible that in 2010 it will reach the launch of a full-fledged 3G network in the center and on the main highways of the capital.

via infox.ru