As of January 2020,  348 operators in 119 countries have made some sort of investment in 5G, 77 operators have deployed 5G technology in their networks and 49 have launched a commercial service compliant with the 3GPP standard.

In terms of the early consumer response, consumers so far are receptive. In South Korea, one of the first nations to launch 5G, the number of subscribers to 5G plans reached 4 million in October 2019, only six months after commercial launch. GSMA Intelligence expects 5G to attract 200 million connections in North America (46% of the total) by 2025. In China, Japan, and South Korea, 5G connections will account for more than 40% of the total. In Europe about 30% of connections will be to 5G networks.

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As of January 2020,&nbsp; 348 operators in 119 countries have made some sort of investment in 5G, 77 operators have deployed 5G technology in their networks and 49 have launched a commercial service compliant with the 3GPP standard.

 
 In terms of the early consumer response, consumers so far are receptive. In South Korea, one of the&nbsp;first nations to launch 5G, the number of subscribers to 5G&nbsp;plans reached 4 million in October 2019, only six months&nbsp;after commercial launch. GSMA Intelligence expects 5G to&nbsp;attract 200 million connections in North America (46% of&nbsp;the total) by 2025. In China, Japan, and South Korea, 5G&nbsp;connections will account for more than 40% of the total. In&nbsp;Europe about 30% of connections will be to 5G networks.&nbsp;

As of January 2020,  348 operators in 119 countries have made some sort of investment in 5G.

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Rostec may exchange the control of its subsidiary Spektr, LTE and 5G telecom equipment developer, for investments from institutional investors, development institutions and other organizations. The share in Spektr can be transferred to Rostelecom, Aquarius, Eltex and the X-Holding organizations. However, a Rostec representative says it is still too soon to talk about share transfers to any specific companies.

 
 Rostec currently owns 100% of Spektr. At the same time, the motion to reduce its share in Spektr to 25% is stated in draft amendments by the Ministry of Digital Development to the governmental decree on the rules of allocating subsidies to the state corporation for the development of a telecom product line for communication networks.

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 Earlier the Ministry of Digital Development <a href="https://ict.moscow/news/mintsifry-predlozhilo-izmenit-pravila-vydeleniia-subsidii-rostekhu-na-5g-s-uchetom-vostrebovannosti-lte/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">was reported</a> to propose to change the rules for allocating subsidies to Rostec for 5G development considering the high demand for LTE.

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 UPD (November 1, 2022):

 
 The Yadro group <a href="https://t.me/antidigital/5724" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">did not confirm</a> the negotiations on acquiring a share of the Spektr telecom vendor company.

 
 <a href="https://ict.moscow/news/rostekh-mozhet-peredat-kontrol-v-spektre-v-obmen-na-investitsii/" target="_blank">Original in Russian</a>

Rostec May Exchange Control of Spektr for Investment

Moscow Citywide Wi-Fi network has reached the ninth anniversary. The network contains more than 24,000 Wi-Fi hotspots and is available within the Garden Ring and the Third Ring, as well as in almost 1,000 facilities and organizations. In 2022, about 800 new hotspots have been added, and the amount of traffic has exceeded 8 million gigabytes. The first Wi-Fi hotspot was installed at the Frunzenskaya Embankment in 2013.

 
 <a href="https://ict.moscow/news/obshchegorodskoi-seti-wi-fi-v-moskve-ispolnilos-deviat-let/" target="_blank">Original in Russian</a>

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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>

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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>
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 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

The Ministry of Digital Development proposed to change the rules for providing Rostec with subsidies for production of mobile network equipment. In particular, the state corporation is to work on a range of network solutions “powered by LTE/LTE-Advanced technology”, since LTE is currently the most common mobile communication technology. This is mentioned in the draft amendments by the ministry. The document also states that the 5G roadmap will be renamed to the Modern and Upcoming Mobile Networks roadmap.

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 Related documents: 

 
 <a href="https://regulation.gov.ru/projects#npa=132533" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Draft decree</a> “On Amendments to the Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of December 21, 2020 No. 2192”

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 In June, <a href="https://ict.moscow/news/rostekh-predlozhil-vkliuchit-v-dorozhnuiu-kartu-po-5g-proizvodstvo-bazovykh-stantsii-lte/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">it was reported</a> that Rostec had sent a new version of the 5G development roadmap to the Ministry of Digital Development, proposing to include the production of LTE base stations and the development of 6G standards into the roadmap. Later, the parties <a href="https://www.comnews.ru/content/215259/2021-07-01/2021-w26/rostekh-poluchil-karmannykh-deneg-5g" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">signed</a> an agreement to provide the state corporation with subsidies for the development of 5G totaling RUB 21.5 bn (USD 356 m).

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 UPD (October 25, 2022):

 
 Rostec <a href="https://www.vedomosti.ru/technology/articles/2022/10/25/947145-rosteh-pereorientiruetsya-c-tehnologii-5g-na-lte" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">says</a>, “for now, the priority task is to meet the current needs of the telecommunication industry, which has suffered from foreign vendors exit […] that means to promptly organize mass production of LTE base stations, on which communications depend here and now”.

 
 <a href="https://ict.moscow/news/mintsifry-predlozhilo-izmenit-pravila-vydeleniia-subsidii-rostekhu-na-5g-s-uchetom-vostrebovannosti-lte/" target="_blank">Original in Russian</a>

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