MTS Launches 3G in Moscow

Russia's Mobile TeleSystems (MTS) has announced the launch of the first phase of its 3G network in Moscow. The first indoor network was launched in Expocentre, one of the largest exhibition centers in Eastern Europe.

MTS has covered the whole Expocentre exhibition space with the WCDMA network, providing customers with data download speeds of up to 3.6 Mbit/s using the HSPA technology.

MTS is planning to launch additional 3G networks in 35 largest business and shopping centers in Moscow in 2009, including the Domodedovo International Airport. MTS will also launch indoor 3G networks in the offices of the largest corporations based in Moscow. 3G services will also become available in several cities in the Moscow region, including Noginsk and Orekhovo-Zuyevo.

MTS has also received permission to deploy 3G networks in the Moscow underground railway. The first test network will be launched on the Sokolnicheskaya line.

Posted to the site on 26th May 2009