Russian WiMAX Operator Expands Coverage

Russian WiMAX operator, Enforta says that it is planning to expand its operating footprint by another 22 cities during June increasing the total service territory to 55 cities. The new cities include Kemerovo, Bratsk, Angarsk, Biysk, Rubtsovsk, Prokopyevsk, Tolyatti, Novokuybyshevsk, Saratov, Dimitrovgrad, Ujno-Sakhalinsk, Astrakhan, Krasnodar, Taganrog, Shakhty, Novocherkassk, Novomoskovsk, Novotroitsk, Rybinsk, Magnitogorsk, Orsk, and Kamensk Uralskiy.

"This is our most ambitious launch program since we started the Company," said Victor Ratnikov, General Director. "Enforta has now achieved the requisite scale that we can undertake major expansions programs. By month end Enforta's service footprint will include cities with an aggregate population exceeding 55M."

Enforta also announced that it is on schedule to launch another 10 cities in the fourth quarter of 2008.

IKS, Maravedis, and other telecom industry consultants indicate that Enforta has the largest market share amongst Russia's wireless broadband access operators with some 20-22% of the total market.

Enforta is owned by Baring Vostok Capital Partners, Sumitomo Corporation, Bessemer Venture Partners, and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.

Posted to the site on 6th June 2008