VimpelCom said the 20th anniversary of the first call on its network, and summed up

The operator VimpelCom (brand "Beeline") marks the 20th anniversary of the first call to the company network, which took place on July 12, 1992. It took place in Moscow at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation through the first set where the base station standard AMPS. From this base station and began the development of VimpelCom's network throughout Russia. According to the company, now 20 years later, subscribers, "Beeline" serves 33,200 base stations for 2G and 15,600 base stations of 3G, with the end of the year their number will increase by 7.3%, respectively, and 21%, the operator promises. In addition, during 2012 the number of RBCs in the Moscow region will increase overall by 15%. Since the beginning of the year in the Moscow region, the number of base stations connected to high-speed channels, was increased 2.5-fold, launched the first piece of the network HSPA +. By the end of 2012 for high-speed channels in Moscow will be connected 65% of 3G base stations in Moscow and 100% of 3G base stations in the Moscow region, the company said. It also plans to install on all 3G base stations in Moscow are connected via high-speed transport channels, functional HSPA +, which will provide subscribers with devices supporting this technology, speed up to 21 Mbit / s. In September, planned to complete the first phase of optimization of network Moscow, as a result of which will be significantly improved key indicators of quality of voice communication: reduced proportion of unsuccessful calls, the number of breaks the connection will be reduced by 25%. Also at the end of the first phase of the rate of mobile Internet subscribers is expected to increase on average by 15-20%. The project has set a new 2G/3G switch that can handle up to 3.5 million subscribers and 63,000 simultaneous calls. By the end of 2012 the company also plans to complete the modernization of the network in the Moscow region and provide a complete high-quality 3G-coverage in the major population centers. The main priority will be the 2013 expansion of coverage to sparsely populated areas and highways.