Russian regulator to allocate bands for 5G testing

News Wireless Russian Federation 5 DEC 2017
Russian regulator to allocate bands for 5G testing

Russian federal radio frequencies commission SRFC has prepared a draft decision on the allocation of bands for operators wishing to test 5G systems, reports Comnews.ru. The regulator plans to allocate frequencies in the 25.25-29.5 GHz band to mobile operator Beeline for the testing of 5G networks in Moscow and St Petersburg, as well as in the Voronezh, St Petersburg, Moscow, Krasnodar, Stavropol and Samara regions and in the Republic of Tatarstan. The watchdog plans to reject an application from the operator for frequencies in the 3,400-3,800 MHz band. The planned rejection comes after an objection from special telecommunications operator Specsvyaz. A final decision on the issue will likely be taken on 28 December.

The regulator also plans to approve the allocation of frequencies to mobile operator MTS in the 27.5-28.35 GHz band for the launch of fragments of 5G networks in Moscow, St Petersburg, Kazan, Rostov and Sochi. 

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Wireless,  Mobile

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MTS,  Beeline

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Russian Federation

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Government telecommunications licensing, Data services, Product specifications & quality, Wireless, Internet Access, Research

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