Russia''s largest mobile operator Mobile TeleSystems (MTS) has signed an agreement with U.S.'' telecom equipment producer
Motorola to upgrade its mobile network in the Moscow Licensed Area (MLA), the two companies said in a joint press release Thursday.
The upgrade will allow MTS to improve its voice and data quality, and help to reduce operating and capital expenses by introducing new features, improving network usage capacity and optimizing network architecture and topology, the two companies said.
The project includes base station upgrades in the MLA, which includes Moscow and the Moscow Region, and the deployment of
EDGE on all segments of the network, which will allow MTS to double the number of potential data service subscribers and increase the speed of data transfer, the two companies said.
The price of the contract was not disclosed.
MTS is the largest mobile operator in Russia and Central and Eastern Europe and is licensed to provide services over an area with a total population of 233.1 million people. The company''s subscriber base in the MLA amounted to 11.053 million users as of October 31, according to Advanced Communications & Media (AC&M).
(source:Prime-Tass)
