With the help of the MVNE (mobile virtual network enabler) platform, companies can launch their virtual telecom operators. A virtual communications operator (MVNO, mobile virtual network operator) provides communications services under its own brand, but uses the infrastructure of another operator, which eliminates capital investments in the construction of its own network.

The platform represents a set of telecom systems, including billing, CRM, front-interfaces.

More than 15 MVNOs operate on the company's network, including projects of Rostelecom, Sberbank, Tinkoff Bank, Center2M, MS-SpetsTelecom, TTK.

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With the help of the MVNE (mobile virtual network enabler) platform, companies can launch their virtual telecom operators. A virtual communications operator (MVNO, mobile virtual network operator) provides communications services under its own brand, but uses the infrastructure of another operator, which eliminates capital investments in the construction of its own network.

 
 The platform represents a set of telecom systems, including billing, CRM, front-interfaces.

 
 More than 15 MVNOs operate on the company's network, including projects of Rostelecom, Sberbank, Tinkoff Bank, Center2M, MS-SpetsTelecom, TTK.

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The Ministry of Digital Development expects 3G to stay in large cities until 2025. The transition from 3G in rural areas will start in 2027. Terminals are said to be the biggest 3G shutdown issue. These are both the network operator equipment and customer devices that support the 3G and earlier standards.

 
 MTS says it will take actions following the 3G subscribers withdrawal, and notes that operators are inclined to use the 3G frequencies for actual standards, including the next-generation ones. “We are gradually changing from 3G to LTE, but for now the complete 3G network shutdown is not an option” – MegaFon company says. There is “a large number of working devices in the network with 3G support” - the operator explains. Tele2 is also not ready to announce the shutdown of 3G networks due to difficulties with network equipment availability and the slow replacement of such 3G devices as smartphones and M2M devices, including ATMs, terminals and security systems.

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 Earlier it was <a href="https://ict.moscow/news/operatory-sviazi-do-kontsa-goda-podpishut-forvardnye-kontrakty-na-postavku-rossiiskikh-bazovykh-stantsii-lte-i-5g/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">reported </a>that operators would sign forward contracts for <a href="https://ict.moscow/news/rostelekom-i-tele2-nachali-zakliuchat-forvardnye-kontrakty-s-otechestvennymi-proizvoditeliami-oborudovaniia/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">supply </a>of Russian LTE and 5G base stations by the end of the year. The first contracts were signed by Rostelecom and Tele2.

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 <a href="https://ict.moscow/news/v-rossii-otkliuchenie-3g-v-krupnykh-gorodakh-mozhet-proizoiti-ne-ranshe-2025-goda/" target="_blank">Original in Russian</a>

Kommersant

3G Stays in Russian Cities till 2025

Rostelecom concluded a forward contract (on delivering goods of a stipulated quality and quantity upon a certain date) for the supply of equipment for fiber optic communication lines with the T8 equipment manufacturer. By the end of the year, the company and its subsidiary T2 RTK Holding under the Tele2 brand will sign a number of similar contracts totaling RUB 20-25 bn (USD 326-407 m).

 
 Rostelecom is negotiating terms with:

<ul>
 <li>Bulat - for production of routers;</li>
 <li>QTech - for production of switching devices;</li>
 <li>NTR and Bulat - for production of base stations supporting 2G and 4G in 2023 to be used for bridging the digital gap and also in corporate networks;</li>
 <li>X-Holding by Yadro - for production of base stations supporting 2G, 4G and also 5G (in the long run) in 2025.</li>
</ul>

 
 T2 RTK Holding plans to conclude a forward contract with the Protei core network supplier. According to Rostelecom, the contracts are concluded as part of work of the industry competence center for mobile networks. The products will be tested in the company laboratories and in the operator’s pilot zones.

 
 <a href="https://ict.moscow/news/rostelekom-i-tele2-nachali-zakliuchat-forvardnye-kontrakty-s-otechestvennymi-proizvoditeliami-oborudovaniia/" target="_blank">Original in Russian</a>

Rostelecom and Tele2 Conclude Forward Contracts with Russian Equipment Manufacturers

According to the Ministry of Digital Development, mobile internet traffic in Russia has decreased for the first time ever. In the second quarter of 2022, the traffic fell by 2.3% to 8.35 billion gigabytes (vs. 8.54 billion gigabytes in the first quarter). Up to that moment, the traffic figures had been growing quarter-to-quarter and year-to-year.

 
 Megafon confirmed the decrease in the mobile internet traffic. MTS did not see the typical growth of traffic from March till May. Tele2 recorded the decrease, but only by 1.6% in Q2.

 
 According to MTS, the traffic decrease is due to foreign Internet resources ban and the exit of foreign companies from Russia. the Ministry of Digital Development also believes the decrease to be related to foreign web services ban in Russia. The ministry notes that the Internet traffic inside Russia has significantly grown and almost replaced the services that left the market.

 
 <a href="https://ict.moscow/news/mintsifry-v-rossii-snizilsia-mobilnyi-internet-trafik-na-2-3/" target="_blank">Original in Russian</a>

Izvestia

Ministry of Digital Development: Mobile Internet Traffic Decreased by 2.3%

Mobile operators and EdTech representatives observe the growth of online education market from January to August 2022. According to MTS, the number of mobile users of sites and applications for online education increased by quarter during this period, the number of purchases in this category increased fivefold, and the average purchase amount doubled.

 
 MegaFon says, from January to mid-August, mobile Internet traffic in online services for training IT specialists grew by 87% compared to the same period in 2021.

 
 According to Tele2, the mobile audience on the platforms during this period was distributed as follows - Geekbrains ― 27%, Skillbox ― 26%, Netology ― 20%, Stepik ― 13%, Yandex.Practicum ― 12%.

 
 Skillbox reported a 10% increase in the average purchase amount in 2022 compared to 2021. Traffic fluctuations of 10% yoy were observed on desktops in January-August, mobile traffic remained unchanged.

 
 Yandex.Practicum reported an increase in the number of purchases of its courses by 50% since the beginning of the year compared to last year. The average purchase size on the platform from February to August grew by 30% yoy.

 
 The Skolkovo Foundation EdTech cluster representatives say that in January-August the online education market grew by 3-15%, but the growth rate slowed down - earlier it was about 25-40%.

 
 In the first quarter of the year, the revenue of the top 100 EdTech companies in Russia amounted to 21.7 billion rubles (354.8 million dollars), according to EDtechs.ru. At the end of last year, the overall revenue of the top 100 EdTech companies amounted to 73 billion rubles (1.2 billion dollars), according to Smart Ranking.

 
 <a href="https://ict.moscow/news/kompanii-fiksiruiut-rost-rynka-onlain-obrazovaniia-v-mobilnom-segmente/" target="_blank">Original in Russian</a>

Vedomosti

Companies Observe Growth of Online Education Market in Mobile Segment

T2 RTK Holding (Tele2 brand, owned by Rostelecom) initiated restructuring with the subsequent spin-off of the tower business into an independent legal entity. Tele2 says that “the formation of the tower company has not been completed yet”, and “different options of infrastructure management” are being discussed.

 
 In November 2021, president of Rostelecom Mikhail Oseevsky <a href="https://tass.ru/ekonomika/12941519" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">announced</a> the plans to create a separate organization for tower infrastructure. Then he said that there was no task to sell the towers quickly. Later, in May of this year, head of Rostelecom <a href="https://www.interfax.ru/business/841541" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">specified</a> that the company would not sell towers within the next two years.

 
 According to AC&M Consulting, at the end of 2020 there were 85,000 antenna mast structures in Russia, of which about 13,000 were owned by Tele2.

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 Beeline and MegaFon quit the tower assets in 2021. VEON (Beeline head company) <a href="https://ict.moscow/news/veon-obiavil-o-prodazhe-bashennykh-aktivov-v-rossii-servis-telekom-za-70-mlrd-rublei/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">sold</a> about 15.4 thousand antenna mast structures to Service-Telecom for 70 billion rubles. Kismet Capital Group holding <a href="https://ict.moscow/news/megafon-peredal-bashennye-aktivy-nezavisimomu-operatoru/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">acquired</a> the First Tower Company with 17,000 towers from MegaFon. At the beginning of 2022, MTS also <a href="https://ict.moscow/news/struktura-kismet-vedet-peregovory-o-pokupke-sotovykh-vyshek-mts/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">planned</a> to sell the tower company with 23 thousand antenna mast structures. Now, according to Kommersant, the company “continues to consider various scenarios, observethe interest in the asset and communicate with potential investors”.

 
 <a href="https://ict.moscow/news/tele2-vydeliaet-bashennye-aktivy-v-otdelnuiu-strukturu/" target="_blank">Original in Russian</a>

Tele2 Creates Separate Structure for Tower Assets

Tele2 Stock Exchange is a free online platform. It allows to place advertisements about selling minutes and Gb from subscriber tariff packages and buy the lots placed on the stock exchange. The subscribers of “My Tele2” open tariff line and “Premium” tariff plan can sell packages, while the subscribers of all tariff plans, including archive tariffs, can buy the packages.

The money received can be used to pay communication bills. Subscribers across all Russia can place and purchase lots on Tele2 Stock Exchange. The basic package of the tariff plan can be sold as well as the transferred traffic surplus, and the package services included in the tariff plan can be purchased. The purchased traffic is spent on a first-priority basis, and it is available for 30 days.

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