MTS accelerate 3G in Moscow

The mobile operator MTS said transfer 62% of 3G base stations in the capital for technology high-speed packet data transmission from base station to a mobile phone (HSPA +, Evolved High-Speed ​​Packet Access), which currently allows up to speed Internet access up to 42 Mbit / s a.

As the operator, high-speed Internet access, it also provides a connection through the base stations using IP-based technologies using fiber-optic networks and broadband microwave channels. Currently about 75% of the base stations in the metropolitan area of ​​MTS is connected by IP, translate the rest of the telecommunications equipment to the IP-technology will be completed in late 2012.

MTS states that unfolded 100% 3G coverage in Moscow and provides almost complete coverage of the third-generation networks populated territory of Moscow region. In addition to the already deployed networks in the range of 2100 MHz, the operator is active construction of 3G in the 900 MHz band. Currently two-thirds of the southern suburbs covered by the standard for 3G UMTS-900, whose development began in January 2012. Mobile 3G in the 900 MHz band is available in the Domodedovo, Yegoryevsk, Lenin, Lukhovitsky, Mozhaisk, Naro-Fominsk, Odintsovo, Orekhovo-Zuyevo, Podolsky, Ruza, Stupino, Serpukhov, Chekhov and Shatura districts of Moscow region.