In early June 2019, an agreement on the development of 5G in the Russian Federation was signed in the Kremlin in a conspiratorial atmosphere.
The signed agreement was exchanged between the President of MTS PJSC Alexei Kornya and the current Chairman of the Management Board of Huawei Guo Ping. The signing ceremony was held in the presence of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping. The agreement provides for the implementation of 5G and IoT technologies and solutions on the existing MTS infrastructure, the development of the operator's commercial LTE network to the 5G-ready level, the launch of test zones and pilot 5G networks for various use cases.
On June 5 and July 25, 2019, meetings of the SCRF were held, at which frequency bands were expanded and territories were determined for the deployment of 5G pilot zones. According to the decision of the SCRF dated July 25, 2019, the results of scientific, research, experimental, experimental and design work must be submitted to the SCRF no later than September 2020.
And now, on August 29, 2019, MTS issued 2 press releases on the launch of 5G pilot zones in Moscow and Kronstadt (St. Petersburg). According to the company, the 5G zone in Kronstadt covers the entire populated part of the island, and a commercial 5G smartphone showed a peak speed of 1,2 Gbps! In Moscow, a 5G test zone has been deployed at VDNH near the Smart City pavilion of the Moscow Department of Information Technologies. In 2020, the 5G pilot zone will operate in most of the territory of VDNKh. It is planned that MTS will open a 5G laboratory for startups on the territory of this test zone.
Other operators are also trying to keep up. According to Beeline, the operator is actively upgrading the network in Moscow, and today 91% of the network in Moscow is 5G-ready. According to MegaFon, laboratory tests of 5G in the 26,7 GHz band have shown the possibility of providing mobile Internet connection speeds above 5 Gbps!
At the moment (September 2019), frequency bands 5-4800 MHz and 4990-25,25 GHz have been allocated for 29,5G pilot zones in the Russian Federation.
Earlier it was repeatedly reported that the most promising range for the deployment of 5G networks is the 3,4-3,8 GHz frequency range, but in the Russian Federation it is occupied by other services (including the military). Probably, the struggle for this range is still ahead. In the meantime, according to the decision of July 25, 2019, the SCRF had to:
β¦eleven. Refuse to public joint-stock company MegaFon (OGRN 11) to allocate the radio frequency band 1027809169585-3400 MHz for the deployment of pilot zones of fifth generation communication networks for the purpose of conducting scientific, research, experimental, experimental and design work on the territory of Moscow and St. Petersburg on the basis of a negative conclusions about the possibility of allocating a radio frequency band.
12. Refuse to public joint-stock company MegaFon (OGRN 1027809169585) in the allocation of radio frequency bands 3481,125-3498,875 MHz and 3581,125-3600 MHz for experimental work on the deployment of the fifth generation network (5G / IMT-2020) in the territory Moscow, St. Petersburg and the cities of Vyborg, Vsevolozhsk, Kingisepp of the Leningrad Region on the basis of a negative conclusion on the possibility of allocating radio frequency bands.
13. Deny public joint-stock company Rostelecom (OGRN 1027700198767) the allocation of radio frequency bands 3400-3440 MHz, 3440-3450 MHz, 3500-3545 MHz and 3545-3550 MHz for the deployment of a fixed fragment of the fifth generation pilot network (IMT-2020) on the territory of Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kazan, the Republic of Tatarstan, Moscow and Leningrad regions on the basis of a negative conclusion on the possibility of allocating radio frequency bands.
14. Refuse to public joint-stock company Rostelecom (OGRN 1027700198767) to allocate the radio frequency band 3400-3800 MHz for the deployment of pilot zones of fifth generation communication networks in order to conduct scientific, research, experimental, experimental and design work on the territory of Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kazan, the Republic of Tatarstan, Moscow and Leningrad regions on the basis of a negative conclusion on the possibility of allocating a radio frequency band.
15. Refuse to public joint-stock company "Vympel-Communications" (OGRN 1027700166636) in the allocation of the radio frequency band 3400-3800 MHz for the deployment of pilot zones of fifth generation communication networks in order to conduct scientific, research, experimental, experimental and design work on the territory of Moscow and the Moscow Region on the basis of a negative conclusion about the possibility of allocating a radio frequency band.
16. Refuse to public joint-stock company Vympel-Communications (OGRN 1027700166636) to allocate the radio frequency band 3400-3800 MHz for the deployment of pilot zones of fifth generation communication networks in order to conduct scientific, research, experimental, experimental and design work on the territory of Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kazan, the Republic of Tatarstan, Moscow and Leningrad regions on the basis of a negative conclusion on the possibility of allocating a radio frequency band.
17. Refuse to public joint-stock company "Mobile TeleSystems" (OGRN 1027700149124) in the allocation of the radio frequency band 3400-3800 MHz for the deployment of pilot zones of fifth generation communication networks in order to conduct scientific, research, experimental, experimental and design work on the territory of Moscow, St. Petersburg , Kazan, the Republic of Tatarstan, Moscow and Leningrad regions on the basis of a negative conclusion on the possibility of allocating a radio frequency band.
Selected territories and frequency ranges suitable for experiments with 5G in the Russian Federation:
Source: habr.com