Post has been editedM | A | G - 19.01.20, 23:36

Today, a service company "Skartel" announced the launch of mobile WiMAX networks in Moscow and St.Petersburg in test operation. This event draws a line under all that was until now. Depending on the plan, "Skartel", the company will be able to take a significant share of subscribers of "Sky Link", and maybe make some wince provaydrov fixed broadband. Well, about the incredibly expensive prices per MB offered by GSM mobile operators, will be forgotten like a bad dream - unlimited offers very soon appear in all of them.



We have already heard a lot about WiMAX launches in Russia. That's just almost all of this differs from the one made by Scartel, as the desktop paper layout differs from the missile cruiser on the roadstead. For the first time since the launch of cellular networks in Russia, there are many hundreds of base stations installed in Moscow and St. Petersburg - there will be 1000 of them by the end of 2008, which means there will be a complete coverage.

In contrast to various other projects, the Yota network will offer exactly the mobile WiMAX version, access to the Internet will be possible both in the train and in the car, at least at the speeds allowed on our roads, Yota works.

And finally, subscribers are promised "only unlimited" tariffs with almost fantastic today speeds of up to 10 Mbit / s per user device - a phone or a modem.

What remains unclear is only one - the company has not yet released their rates, even though they are designed. Depending on what they will be, will be a question of competition only to those who provide wireless access - operators of GSM / GPRS / EDGE cellular communication, but at least, and 3G / HSPA, with WiFi operators, which, however, and so We did not build the network with continuous coverage in the Russian capitals, or even operators of fixed Internet access. If we believe the data of "Vedomosti" newspaper, subscribers initially be offered a subscription fee of 1,400 rubles a month - at such a rate fixed Internet providers will not worry about anything else for a long time.

If you try to express the essence of the news in one phrase - skipping the 3G stage (we all know the reasons for this), we get something that can almost be called a 4G connection. This, truly magical news, we want to share with readers.

And now - details - texts, videos and other materials.

Provided in the continuous coating process stages Garden ring in Moscow, and Petrograd Vasileostrovsky areas St.Petersburg, fragmentary coverage in other areas - for that taken by the base stations 150 in the Moscow Samsung and 80 in St. Petersburg. Until the end of 2008 to 1000 stations will be established in both capitals. The total number of purchased under a contract with Samsung base stations - 1600, respectively 600 base stations will be installed in Russian cities with a population of over half a million people. So far, 800 base stations imported into Russia, the completion of delivery is expected in late October.

Each station is connected to the company's own fiber-optic network with a speed of at least 200 Mbps. The company's transport network supports peak speeds up to 180 Gb / s.

A stable connection is maintained when moving within the coverage area of ​​the vehicle at a speed of up to 120 km / h, and indoors with windows - up to 15 meters from the window (handover time - 40-60 ms). The coverage of one sector of the base station is from 800 to 1500 meters.

Integrated QoS (service quality assurance system) - prioritization of channel width and speed depending on the nature of use (for example, video streaming, voice, file downloads).

The investments were attracted from the Telconet Capital Limited Partnership fund (the shareholders were not disclosed), $ 300 million was invested, more than $ 200 million was spent.

In September and October 2008, a large-scale network testing by 2000 users will be conducted.

Network equipment supplier (ASN-GW base stations and access controllers) - Samsung Electronics Co.Ltd.

Details, video, interview



Yota site

Interestingly, it’s just a bit like PR: that’s what we are awesome%) Skylink also promised, but even within the Garden one, it’s not childish.

The campaign will be like a Wi-Fi from golden telecom ... It will be covered from the lack of prospects.
If at least the waffle is somehow used by phones, then devices with Wimax in the phone are not yet available on the market.
Yes, and why the heck envelop this network in the center of Moscow ??? Do they think that a lot of offices will crash on such an Internet?
Would build in a residential area a thread, where there are no home networks. And such areas in Moscow dofiga. There even adsl not. And people in the old fashioned modem koryachatsya.

In my opinion, Wi-Max networks have excellent prospects! I look forward to it. I need mobility, it is necessary that from anywhere in the city with a laptop I can quickly get online.
Unlike Wi-fi transmitters, Wi-Max have a much larger radius of action, which means it won't be hard to cover the whole city! Well, the appearance of devices with Wi-Max modules is a matter of time!

In Germany for two years already there is wimax
Unfortunately, the connection is not always stable and there is no mobility yet.

The devices, moreover for Yota, are already there:http://nedge2k.com/blog/exclusive-htcs-first-wimax-device/Yes, and a lot of things have already begun to produce. Ready here to describe your feelings.
In fact: they were selected by filling out a form on the site. First, the girl called and said that I had entered the team of "Champions" and in a week I will be given a kit for free testing equipment. A week later, a letter arrived at the email that the company had problems with customs clearance of equipment and asked to wait. I am waiting ...

Post has been editedAdvocaat - 11.10.08, 19:37

Well, here's the next news.
Good day!
Thank you for your interest in the Yota network!
November 1, 2008 in St. Petersburg will begin selling USB-modems designed to work in the first Russian Mobile WiMAX network Yota. A full list of stores where devices are sold will be available on our website from October 31, on the "Where to Buy" page (htp: //www.yota.ru/ru/wheretobuy).
The Samsung SWC-U200 USB modem provides a connection with a speed of up to 10 Mbps in the network coverage area * and has the Yota Access firmware built in to connect.
Photos and specifications of the device - on the page "Devices" (http://www.yota.ru/ru/devices/).
The recommended retail price of the Samsung SWC-U200 modem is 4,500 rubles.
The first buyers will get from Yota the opportunity to free unlimited Internet access until December 31 of this year **.
We will inform you additionally about the date of sales of USB modems in Moscow, as well as about the appearance in the retail networks of other devices intended for work in the Yota network.

The full version still contains the phrase that the details of the action can be found in the site ... but there is nothing new on it :(

Price as rumored in 4500, which is expensive for mass use. Be thousands of 1.5-2, I would buy myself as an alternative. And so, we will wait still.
And by the way, you need to keep in mind that the network is now on Vaska and Petrogadka in St. Petersburg. So there is still need to check if there is a network in your area, since the new BSs are being commissioned. On the academician, star, and the forest has no network: (
By the way, according to the tariffs - there will only be anlim for 1400 r, which is also not cheap.

Post has been editedmrAntoni0 - 30.10.08, 14:48

If now the fiber in almost every district for 650 rubles per month is 8 Mbps, then what is the meaning of this Internet house? For work on the road enough and 3G. Take mail, forum to see sites for work and not porn is 3G for the eyes. Despite the fact that Megafon covered 3G almost the entire area

There is no 3G in Moscow, no .... and the fig knows it will be ok, and weimax is and works, I personally have an office at m. The airport at the peaks was 9mbits / s, so soon the truss will be quite chic 8-)

Post has been editedPsyLover - 30.10.08, 16:03

Gentlemen, you forget that not everyone lives within Moscow (St. Petersburg) I live outside the city, there is NO Internet, the output is skylink. In a month it turns out ok 2000 rubles at a nasty speed. For me, this Yota is an excellent solution, because
it seems to me that 3g Moscow in the near future will not see

Well, iota plans to build a network only in large cities. So you also have to wait here and wait until they reach and whether they reach areas with low population density.

Apparently it meant the Moscow region ...
There, a dedicated line will be built at best for expensively at worst they will not be laid at all.
Only while I'm happy to talk about the coverage of ets ... even in the city is not very big

Well, firstly I was lucky, I live along the Leningrad highway and Yota is going to do the coating to Peter.
And then they swear that Moscow will cover the whole by December, then I think commercial exploitation will begin.
In general, IMHO a good start. I hope the skull will die or revise the tariffs! } -)

3G Northwest coveragehttp://www.megafonnw.ru/info/rus/3g/3g_map.html

The latest official news about the start of sales of modems in St. Petersburg:

http://www.yota.ru/ru/info/news/details/?ID=592

Modem received. I ride with him in Moscow. The connection is not quite stable, but in some places there is. Strange, but even in the very center of the signal is often not. From the fun: on top of the modem is constantly lit bright blue cap. Said - "for beauty." Sometimes I use it as a keyboard backlight. In general, the connection is certainly convenient. But there is no real 3G in Moscow and it never will be - frequencies are reserved for a special connection. Information from high level friends from the Ministry of Communications. No options, I will use Yota
Yes, the driver is only for Windows. For my second Mac there is not and never will ...

First, the coating is still being tested, and it does not cover the whole of Moscow.

Drivers for poppy and linux will be by the end of the year, and during my presentation, the guy on the poppy ran some kind of them, something in the spirit of an emulator of wine applications.

I am touched by people with the statements "Yes, what is it for, now there is optical fiber in any area ...." If you understand WHAT is optical fiber, then set yourself a goal to study the question. This is also what pensioners said at one time ... all these mobile phones are ... the phone is at home. Of course, for some, the Internet is a purely personal matter, and they hardly represent their favorite porn sites on a computer screen in a crowded place, but you still should not be stupid. This is a breakthrough, another question is how well it will be implemented.