BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

28/11/2005

Belarus to test 4G

According to Belarusian Minister of Communications and Information, Vladimir Goncharenko, Belarus is currently in negotiations with equipment suppliers Siemens and Ericsson over the possible launch of a pilot 4G service. The Minster said that he plans to licence a fifth cellco to provide 4G, although he did not divulge any more details. At the end of October 2005 there were 3.74 million mobile users in Belarus, across the networks of Velcom, MTS and Belcel; state-owned newcomer BeST is planning to launch services by the end of this year.

Source:

http://www.telegeography.com/cu/article.php?article_id=10058&email=html