Russia's Synterra Constructs WiMAX Network in Kursk
MOSCOW, December 14 (Prime-Tass) -- Russian telecommunication operator Synterra has completed construction of a WiMAX wireless broadband network in Kursk, the company said in a statement Thursday.
This is the company?s first WiMAX network in a Russian region, the company said. In April, Synterra launched its first WiMAX network in the Russian capital, Moscow.
The network consists of three base stations that cover about 80% of the city territory, Synterra said. It will have a service capacity of about 1,500 clients.
The company did not disclose its investments in the Kursk network.
Synterra said earlier that it planned to spend about U.S. $4.5 million in regional WiMAX development. The company holds a license for frequencies in the range of 2.5 gigahertz to 2.7 gigahertz in Moscow, the Moscow Region and 16 more regions in the Central Federal District.
WiMAX is a wireless technology that provides users with telephone, Internet and data transfer services.
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Posted to the site on 14th December 2006
