3G Coverage in New Road Tunnel

The Slovenian operator, Mobitel has provided coverage running the length of the newly opened Trojane tunnel, which comprises part of the Trojane - Blagovica motorway in Solvenia. The completion of construction works on the Trojane tunnel, which is Slovenia's longest double-tube tunnel, also represents the completion of demanding construction in this section of the Slovenian motorway cross, while Mobitel provided an uninterrupted GSM signal and the option of using mobile services on the route of the new motorway, including the Trojane and Podmilj tunnels.

This brought closure to a technically extremely demanding project after intensive preparation took place. At the same time all requirements for the activation of UMTS stations were met, and they will be activated immediately after the completion of the entire chain of Mobitel's UMTS stations on route of the Ljubljana - Maribor motorway. Mobitel also completed the coverage of tunnels in the Primorska motorway leg. This means that Mobitel's users are now provided with uninterrupted use of mobile telecommunication services in the entire motorway cross between Maribor and Koper, including all tunnels, even longer ones, such as Dekani, Kastelec, Podmilj, Trojane, Jasovnik, Pletovarje and Golo rebro.

Mobitel's GSM signal covers 99.1% of the population, while UMTS signal covers 66.1%."

Posted to the site on 22nd August 2005