4G in Russia received a priority
The Ministry of International Development, Communications and Mass Media of Russia has developed a draft resolution of the resolution of the Russian Federation “On amendments to the resolutions of the resolution of the Russian Federation of December 21, 2020 No. 2192”.
The authors of the return document in Resolution 2192 of 2020 change the name and some options. In particular, the title of the Rule shall be stated in the proposed wording: “Rules for the provision of subsidies from the federal budget in the form of the property fund of the Russian Federation to the State Corporation for the Promotion, Production and Export of High-Tech Industrial Products “Rostec” in the development of a system project for the production of a high-tech telecommunications product line to create communication networks based on LTE/LTE-Advanced technologies and ensuring its mass production”.
Previously, the title indicated “high-tech telecommunications products for 5G / IMT-2020 networks and requires its serial production.”
A number of items are to be replaced, for example, in prison 1 the words “production of 5G/IMT-2020 communication networks” LTE/LTE-Advanced“. In paragraph 1 of clause 3, the words “production of 5G / IMT-2020 communication networks” instruction “product lines for creating communication networks based on LTE / LTE-Advanced technologies” and the words “Mobile communication networks of the fifth generation” shall be replaced by the phrase “Modern and promising mobile networks.
The explanatory note to the draft resolution says: “The Rostec State Corporation took samples of consumption and production experience, developed and agreed with telecom operators on technical requirements for equipment, terms of reference for development work on the product line, to the consumer to create mobile communication networks “. 5G/IMT-2020 standard. “has the necessary technological backlog for the development and production of 4G / LTE equipment. On the basis of the stated draft resolution, a change in the name of the system project is envisaged.”
The Ministry of Digital Development and Rostec did not answer ComNews’ questions.
The press service of PJSC MegaFon said: “We believe that the technologies of the fourth and fifth sections are consistently developing. it is important to proceed from these terms and possible volumes of accessibility in the implementation of state management of industry communications.
The representative of the press service of Tele2 said that the production of Russian equipment for 4G networks is a priority. “We, as mobile operators, are interested in providing high quality customer service. tasks, since its production for extended networks is a priority in the current conditions. to promising ones,” a spokesman for Tele2 commented.
Dmitry Lakontsev, head of the Skoltech-based NTI Competence Center for Wireless Communication and Internet Technologies, confirmed that no one had forgotten about 5G networks. “I want to calm down. The fifth generation disappears from the document. over them, within the framework of the road map, a parallel is planned and will be maintained,” Dmitry Lakontsev said.
Sergei Efimov, General Director of the Telecommunications Association, member of the Council for the Development of the Digital Economy under the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, considers the changes to be habitual. “They are considering the patterns of the sequence of actions to create a special mobile communication system. Absolutely exceptional features of such actions that come with the emergence of patterns of creating their own equipment and software. Indeed, the race for 5G is not justified. Depending on the sanctions pressure, the consistent creation of domestic 4G equipment creates conditions for the reliability of public communication networks – After mastering the achievements of LTE / LTE-Advanced, there will be a transition to 5G.
An independent expert on the telecom market, Vadim Plessky, explained that the implementation had begun and that Rostec would launch the production of modern 5G equipment in Russia. “We expected that the Russian market was tested, and the geography of sales was expanded in modern markets. Now, since the spring of 2022, it has become clear that the plan has failed. plans to enter foreign markets,” he said.
“The change in focus from 5G/IMT-2020 product development to the LTE/LTE-Advanced product line was a double entendre. It was indicated that in the near future they will only purchase 5G equipment from Russia. From the point of view of commercialization and focus on 4G, it looks logical. Sell 4G equipment “Rostec”? Rostec equipment will be competitive compared to Nokia and Ericsson. And this, in turn, means that they will buy it only at an extremely low price. But for low prices, there is no economy of scale and production of processors and ASICs,” commented Vadim Plessky.