MegaFon's 3G network upgrade in the Far East

Operator MegaFon presented the results of upgrading the network of new generation of 3G in March 2011. As a result, upgrading 820 base stations now provide customers with MegaFon in the Far East and Eastern Siberia data transfer rate up to 7.2 Mbps.

Now the number of 3G base stations is 40% of the total set of communication facilities in the region. More than 1.5 million subscribers in the Far Eastern branch of MegaFon's access to innovative services company. With the active expansion of 3G networks increases the rate of growth of Internet traffic. According to forecasts of the Far East and Eastern Siberia waiting for the explosive growth of packet traffic data - in 2011 is expected to increase traffic 7 times.