Saturday, September 1, 2012

Russia's MTS Signs LTE MVNO Deal with Yota Networks

 Mobile TeleSystems announced an agreement with Scartel LLC (Yota Networks) to launch an LTE MVNO on Scartel’s network in Kazan.  A commercial launch is already underway. Scartel’s LTE FDD (frequency division duplexing) network in the 2500-2530/2620-2650 MHz range. Scartel’s network consists of 118 base stations, covers 80% of Kazan’s territory and enables speeds up 100 Mbps. “Demand for data services is constantly rising in our markets....