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We are talking, for example, about the 900 MHz range used for 2G and 3G, explained the manager of a partner company of several operators. It would be possible to launch LTE on it, but in practice it is not possible to do this - due to the specifics, wider-band fourth-generation technologies in this range can create interference with air radio navigation, said the interlocutor of Izvestia.

According to him, there is some hope that in the coming years the 700 MHz range, where television broadcasting networks currently operate, will open up, which will also allow capacity to be increased. But without new wide ranges for 5G networks, the problem cannot be solved, the source claims.

Federation is growing, while croatia cell phone number list the radio frequency resource for networks has remained unchanged since 2016: the problem of a lack of LTE frequency resource is especially acute in densely populated regions, VimpelCom said.

— For example, LTE traffic has grown by 27% in Moscow and by 30% in the Moscow region over the last two years. 70% of consumption is heavy content, in particular video. Voice traffic in LTE is also growing exponentially, — the operator’s press service noted.

Most of the frequency ranges allocated for fourth-generation networks cannot be fully exploited due to restrictions from other spectrum users, but VimpelCom welcomes reasonable initiatives aimed at freeing up frequencies, a company representative said.

He recalled that in Moscow the operator has already refarmed 2.1 GHz frequencies from 3G to LTE; the plans now include transferring frequencies in more than 25 regions of Russia.

With the continued growth rate of traffic consumption, telecom operators will face a shortage of frequencies in the coming years, MTS agrees.

— Operators are interested in obtaining additional frequency resources. In particular, this could be the conversion of the 800 MHz range and the development of 694–790 MHz, — the company representative noted.

A radical way to overcome the deficit can be considered the allocation of frequency resources to operators for the 5G standard, he said. MTS is actively transferring the radio frequency spectrum used by earlier technologies for the development of LTE, the operator's representative added.

Today, the priority is not so much the issue of freeing up frequency resources, but the availability of high-quality equipment, says Darya Kolesnikova. But as it is resolved, the problem of a shortage of frequency resources will arise again, including for 5G networks, she warned.

The LTE infrastructure is exhausting its capabilities, agrees Konstantin Ankilov, CEO of TMT Consulting. The way out of the situation will be the development of fifth-generation networks in the Russian Federation, he believes.