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In 2021, the Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation extended the validity of operators' permits for the use of LTE frequencies. Now operators must cover all federal highways with mobile communications by September 2031. "The agreement between Rostelecom and Avtodor does not affect the obligations of telecom operators to cover federal highways with LTE networks," a representative of the press service of the Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation clarified to a ComNews correspondent.

represented by the Pilar indonesia whatsapp number database tower company, is building AMS in the interests of all telecom operators: "The planned plan for installing towers on sections of highways will allow telecom operators to improve coverage on the most important highways with the potential in the future to place additional next-generation equipment on the constructed infrastructure. AMS are installed for the equipment of all telecom operators, that is, operators can both place their base stations and use them together in the RAN Sharing mode. During the construction and reconstruction of highways, Avtodor provides locations for the installation of antenna-mast structures in the right-of-way of highways - a site, a point of technological connection, and the allocation of power. This helps to minimize the number of AMS for placing operator equipment, optimize the volume of investment and reduce construction time. At the same time, the equipment of telecom operators on AMS is placed on a commercial basis."

A representative of the press service of PJSC MegaFon reported on the progress of work to cover federal highways with communications: MegaFon is systematically working to equip federal highways with mobile communications and has already covered more than 80% of all key highways with an LTE network. At the same time, the coverage rate corresponds to the decision of the State Commission on Radio Frequencies (SCRF) dated August 2, 2021. Back in late 2020, we covered the M-11 highway with a 4G network, where we installed about 100 base stations. And in 2021-2022, we equipped an additional 744 km of the highway from Moscow to Novorossiysk (M4 "Don") with LTE. As the construction of the M-12 highway progresses, we are also providing stable communications and high-speed Internet on the completed sections."

Konstantin Ankilov, CEO of the consulting agency TMT Consulting, believes that the new agreement will increase the attractiveness of Rostelecom and Tele2 services: "It is important that the cooperation will resolve the issue of land allocation for the construction of antenna mast structures and the allocation of Avtodor's available capacities, which will remove some of the key problems of installing and maintaining the operation of equipment. The other operators, of course, have previously worked on highways and will continue to do so. However, as we see, full coverage of highways in the country has not yet occurred."