Russian operator YOTA Networks has launched the first commercial LTE network in Moscow. Huawei is powering the LTE 4G network.
Huawei supplies YOTA Networks with end-to-end SingleRAN LTE/EPC solution and built the commercial LTE network on 2.6GHz. The solution provides downlink peak rate of up to 70Mbps and 140Mbps depending on the capacity of the radio channel (10 or 20 MHz), showing excellent performance for mobile broadband networks.
"We are proud to be chosen as a partner of YOTA Networks, and further on we intend to support this operator in the launch of the most advanced services. Huawei has already realized a large number of projects of LTE commercial launch in many countries. The launch of such network in Moscow is a major step in the development of mobile broadband access market in Russia," said Sergey Varyukhin, vice president of Key Customer Operation Department of Huawei in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus.
The launch was preceded by all-round testing at April - May 2012 showed stable features and high availability of the operator's network.
According to the latest GSA's LTE Evolution Report released in April 2011, there are 64 commercial LTE networks launched globally. 31 of them are using Huawei's end-to-end SingleRAN solution. Huawei is now ranking No.1 worldwide with nearly 50 percent market share.