Roscomnadzor undermines the "core" - Kommersant

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Roscomnadzor undermines the “core” Operator Defense did not approve of frequency assignments

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operator LTE “Telecom Foundation,” which co-owners of the structure of the Ministry of Defense and businessman Vitaly Yusufov may not be able to launch the first 4G network in the summer of this year, as promised earlier. As the “Y”, Roscomnadzor not approved operator frequency assignments necessary for the construction of the network. “The basis of Telecom,” said Roskomnadzora illegal actions.

That Roscomnadzor not coordinate frequency assignments “Based Telecom”, “b” said a source in the telecommunications market and confirmed the operator’s CEO Mikhail Petrov. “We are working in accordance with Russian law, have all the necessary documents, including the examination of electromagnetic compatibility of the Defense Ministry. According to our calculations, the maximum period when Roscomnadzor had to give us a frequency assignment, March 25. However, the service still does not responded to our request, “- said Mr. Petrov.

In “Aykominveste” (structure Vitaly Yusufova, owns 74.9% of “Fundamentals of Telecom”, the rest have subordinated the Ministry of Defence “Voentelekoma”) specified that the answer was, but it sounded so that their application ” left without consideration. ” What is the reason that the application of their “daughter” is not met, “Aykominveste” does not comment. Roscomnadzor top prevents operation of networks, it is illegal, says manager close to the “Base Telecom”.

In which regions “Basis Telecom” has filed for frequency assignments, Mr. Petrov did not comment.

At the beginning of the year in the “Base Telecom” was told that the company began construction of 4G networks in 20 cities (including in Ulyanovsk, Ivanovo, Tolyatti, Vladimir, Orenburg, Tula, Yaroslavl, Tver, Kaluga, Kaliningrad, Smolensk, Stavropol, Orel, Belgorod), and expects to launch them into commercial operation this summer. Under the terms of licenses, “Telecom Foundation” must begin to provide services in 2014.

“Telecom Foundation” was established in the spring of 2010. Permission for its creation former Minister Anatoly Serdyukov asked personally by Dmitry Mededeva. In autumn 2011, received permission to build a network of LTE (4G) in the range 2.3-2.4 GHz throughout Russia. The frequencies have been allocated without competition, but with the proviso that it will build a confidential communication subsystem, which subsequently will be able to use the military. Order dated December 10, 2011 the company received as the only provider of wireless internet for the Defense Ministry.

Roscomnadzor issue frequency assignment after obtaining approvals from the Ministry of Defense and the Federal State Unitary Enterprise “Main Radio Frequency Center.” The position on the procedure for consideration of the materials, the examination and decision of assigning frequencies Roscomnadzor should take a positive or negative decision on assignment not later than 60 working days from the date of filing of the applicant. Within 20 working days of the service must send the applicant a permit or notify the negative decision.

Roskomnadzor yesterday refused to comment on why the application did not meet the “Fundamentals of Telecom” on the frequency assignments. Source: “b” is familiar with the position of the service, said the situation with the frequencies of “Fundamentals of Telecom,” “remains uncertain”.

Defense recently changed its mind to develop “core Telecom.” It is ready to deprive the company of the status of the sole service provider and will not mind if its frequency will be exposed to the contest wrote Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, President Vladimir Putin. As explained the source of the “Y”, close to the department, the minister did not want to make a non-core functions of the Army. But in the “Aykominveste” insisted that the deprivation status is not retroactive and can not be a reason for the withdrawal of frequencies. The same view was expressed by the Minister of Communications and Mass Communications Nikolai Nikiforov. According to the two interlocutors “b” are familiar with the order of the SCR, at the next meeting on May 24 will be considered the abolition of the requirement on the status of sole provider. In the Communications Ministry does not comment.

“Basis Telecom” is not the first company which are having problems getting the frequency assignments, but so far the operators have complained about the delay on the part of the Ministry of Defense. For example, “Rostelecom” in 2011 was to launch WiMax network at frequencies of 2.3-2.4 GHz in 39 regions, won at the beginning of 2010, but could not because of a lack of coordination on the part of the Ministry of Defense. Then, market participants associated this with interest the Ministry of Defense in the development of “Fundamentals of Telecom.” Similar problems were once at “Skartel”.

“What is happening – it’s not a private problem,” Fundamentals of Telecom. “This is a clear illustration of the fact that the activities of any wireless mobile communication is under constant threat” – outraged the manager of a major carrier. According to him, the Ministry of Defense or Roscomnadzor have sufficient resources in order to affect the activity of any operator at any stage of its development. “The current algorithm for obtaining permits for operators – an obvious problem for the industry. Russian too late in putting into operation of third generation networks, and it will be worse if, due to bureaucratic problems that history will repeat itself with the networks 4G”, – he is afraid.

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