3G has become closer to the “big three”
As the competition for issuing licenses for the third generation of cellular communications in Russia (3G) approaches, more and more confidence is that all three lots will go to the “big three” of cellular operators (VimpelCom-Beeline, MTS, Megafon) . Not only were the competition conditions written specifically for them (the competition takes into account the experience of the operator and his presence in the regions), as well as at the preliminary selection of applications, the series of applicants were seriously "cleaned up".
The short list, published today by the Federal Communications Agency , is missing from the technological point of view the challenger - Astelcom. The company offered to solve the problem of a small 3G network service area that is relevant for Russia by using stratospace planes instead of ground base stations, but before the consideration of the application, the matter will not even come: Astelcom was hacked to a formal sign - lack of a license (and this despite the fact that the company has been testing 3G for several years now).
Two structures did not pass the selection, the resources of which allowed them to at least to some extent match the “big three”: the “Network telecommunication company” (a joint project of the Volga regional operator SMARTS and the Swedish Tele2) and Corbina Telecom, which recently belonged to major telecom operator Golden telecom. The Network Company also did not have a license, and Corbina showed a debt to the state budget (although its head, Alexander Malis, says that he showed the commission a certificate from the tax inspectorate about the absence of claims to the company). In this regard, it is curious how the applications from the big three were completed in full, because MTS and VimpelCom are having tax disputes.
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As a result, in addition to the “big three”, only three companies passed the selection: Tele2 (besides “Network Company”, it submitted another application - through its subsidiary “Chelyabinsk Cellular Communication”), Korea Telecom (through its Vladivostok “New telephone company ") and the unknown Aurora-Telecom. It is unlikely that in the current political conditions the all-Russian license is decided to be given to foreigners. Theoretically, it can be assumed that the mysterious Avrova will become a telecommunications counterpart of Baikalfinansgrupp (the original name of which was quite consonant with Baltfinansgrupp), but this assumption is already from the realm of fantasy.
The short list, published today by the Federal Communications Agency , is missing from the technological point of view the challenger - Astelcom. The company offered to solve the problem of a small 3G network service area that is relevant for Russia by using stratospace planes instead of ground base stations, but before the consideration of the application, the matter will not even come: Astelcom was hacked to a formal sign - lack of a license (and this despite the fact that the company has been testing 3G for several years now).
Two structures did not pass the selection, the resources of which allowed them to at least to some extent match the “big three”: the “Network telecommunication company” (a joint project of the Volga regional operator SMARTS and the Swedish Tele2) and Corbina Telecom, which recently belonged to major telecom operator Golden telecom. The Network Company also did not have a license, and Corbina showed a debt to the state budget (although its head, Alexander Malis, says that he showed the commission a certificate from the tax inspectorate about the absence of claims to the company). In this regard, it is curious how the applications from the big three were completed in full, because MTS and VimpelCom are having tax disputes.
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As a result, in addition to the “big three”, only three companies passed the selection: Tele2 (besides “Network Company”, it submitted another application - through its subsidiary “Chelyabinsk Cellular Communication”), Korea Telecom (through its Vladivostok “New telephone company ") and the unknown Aurora-Telecom. It is unlikely that in the current political conditions the all-Russian license is decided to be given to foreigners. Theoretically, it can be assumed that the mysterious Avrova will become a telecommunications counterpart of Baikalfinansgrupp (the original name of which was quite consonant with Baltfinansgrupp), but this assumption is already from the realm of fantasy.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/6387/
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