MTS Russia, the country's largest mobile operator has selected Intracom Telecom's new E-Band, an ultra high capacity mmWave radio to support its 4G LTE expansion. The project will see Intracom Telecom providing its UltraLink™-FX80 solution to support MTS' wireless backhauling needs for LTE and LTE-A deployment. The USD 25 million worth deal with Intracom's subsidiary in Russia, Intracom Svyaz includes network management software and support services.
According to Intracom Telecom, the solution will enable the delivery of next generation mobile services that will offer 4G+ service speeds reaching and even exceeding 1 Gbps, providing fast Internet surfing and file downloads and uploads, streaming of high definition video and rich multimedia e-services on the ever increasing variety of user mobile devices.
Intracom Telecom said that the UltraLink™-FX80 offers the highest spectral efficiency, providing up to 3 Gbit/s full-duplex Ethernet throughputs in a 500 MHz channel for delivering mobile network backhaul services at the lowest cost per Gigabit.
Andrei Ushatskiy, Vice President, Chief Technology and Information Officer, MTS
We have selected Intracom Telecom's Ethernet radio UltraLink™-FX80 because it fully meets our key backhauling needs in dense urban areas - the compact all-outdoor multi-Gigabit Ethernet PtP radio platform operates in non-licensing spectrum and demonstrates high capacity for heavy loaded 3G/4G sites.
Athanasios Antoulinakis, General Director of Intracom Svyaz
The advanced technical and operational features of our new E-Band ultra high capacity system UltraLink™-FX80 cover all the current and future requirements of MTS transport network offering the highest capacities per link that are available in the market today.
