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2011-12-02, 08:09 PM
irst base stations for LTE networks in Russia could be produced as early as this year’s October. They will be assembled by Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) in the facilities of the Tomsk located plant "Micran." The cost of such equipment reaches half the cost of operators’ expenditure to build networks of the fourth generation. Only the "big three" and "Rostelecom" (so-called “the Big four”) are willing to invest in LTE a few billion dollars each.
In a joint venture LLC “Center for wireless technologies” NSN got 75%, "Micran" - 25%, respective agreement was signed yesterday. "Rosnano" may become a co-owner of the company receiving 25% of its stock by year's end, clarified CEO of NSN in Russia Kristina Tikhonova. In this case, Russian and foreign partners will divide company’s stock in 50%-50% ratio.
The production line for base stations assembly, providing signals’ 2G, 3G and 4G transmisson, will be launched in October. The next year will reach the capacity of 10 thousand base stations per year, but depending on demand, this figure may be increased to 30 thousand stations.
NSN and "Micran" did not disclose the size of investment’s scale in joint venture. According to one of the market participants, they were minimal, the main contribution of partners are technology, equipment and production facilities. At the same time, the cost of telecommunications equipment makes about 50% of the costs of operators to build networks. Investment in the creation of LTE network (which is planned to be built by MTS, MegaFon, Vimpelcom and Rostelecom) in Russia is estimated at level of several billion dollars. For comparison, the Japanese operator NTT DоCоMо, which launched a commercial LTE network in late 2010, spent on the installation of one thousand base stations about $ 426 million
The first commercial LTE network in the world was launched in late 2009 by TeliaSonera in Stockholm. According to GSA association, at the moment there are 26 commercial LTE networks in 16 countries, another 174 networks in 63 countries are being prepared to be launched. According to the forecast of Juniper Research, by 2015 there will be 300 million LTE subscribers around the world instead of 500 thousand of last year. Existing LTE networks are based on E*******, Huawei, Alcatel-Lucent, Nokia Siemens Networks, ZTE and NEC equipment.
World's largest vendors began to speak on the localization of their production only when it became clear that the status of the Russian-located assembly of equipment ensures some preferences. In particular, to build networks on the domestic equipment is obligatory for winners of competitive tenders in 2010 in the frequency range of 2.3-2.4 GHz for mobile Wimax - "Rostelecom" and "Vainakh Telecom."
The deal creating a joint venture to manufacture telecommunications equipment was reached in late 2009 between Alcatel-Lucent and "Rostekhnologii” (“Russian Technologies"), but the exact period of beginning of LTE equipment production has not been disclosed. Chinese company Huawei and holding for the production of microelectronics "Angstrom" intend to start production in the fourth quarter. Swedish E******* also is considering the possibility of localization.
In early September the State Commission on Radio Frequencies (SCRF) authorized companies Scartel, Osnova Telecom, as well as MTS and MegaFon in Moscow to build the LTE networks. "Rostelecom" and "Vainakh Telecom" can develop LTE at frequencies of 2.3-2.4 GHz, but formally this decision has not been yet formalized. In the first quarter of 2012 competitive tenders are to be held for four more sets of frequencies for LTE. Will there be a requirement to build these networks on the Russian equipment in is still unclear. "Prior to the finalization of terms of tenders it is prematurely to say anything about them", - said the representative of Roscomnadzor Mikhail Vorobyov .
Kommersant’s source in one of the vendors said that even a simple assembly in Russia will be more expensive than in China. On the other hand, such equipment can be further developed to meet specific security requirements of individual customers - for example, government or law enforcement agencies, said a representative from another manufacturer.

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