Independent telecom expert Vadim Plesskiy explained

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Sergey Efimov, CEO of the Association of Telephone Operators and member of the Council for the Development of the Digital Economy under the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, believes that the changes are understandable. "They create the necessary sequence of actions to create our own mobile communications system. We fully support such actions that go along with the repetition of the necessary evolutionary stages of creating our own equipment and software. Indeed, the race for 5G is unjustified. Considering that it is necessary to ensure the operation of south korea cell phone number list communication networks regardless of the sanctions pressure, the consistent creation of domestic 4G equipment creates conditions for the reliable operation of the public communication network. This is absolutely necessary for the development of communication networks and the end-to-end implementation of broadband networks in all areas of social and industrial development under the Digital Economy program scenario," he is confident. "After mastering the LTE/LTE-Advanced stage, there will be a transition to 5G. Since the mobile network belongs to the category of critical infrastructure, it is dangerous to skip steps. Therefore, the actions must be recognized as correct and prudent, especially in the current conditions."

: it was initially assumed that Rostec would establish production of modern 5G equipment in Russia. "We expected that the Russian market would be tested, and then the sales geography would be expanded to modern markets. It is clear that doing this with 4G did not make sense, since those who needed it had already bought such equipment. Therefore, the focus was on the promising-fashionable-popular 5G. Now, since the spring of 2022, it has become clear that the plan has failed. There will be no 5G equipment from Rostec in the foreseeable future. And they decided to reorient Rostec to more widely used 4G equipment. Without plans to enter foreign markets," he said.

"The change in focus in product development from equipment for 5G/IMT-2020 communication networks to a product line for LTE/LTE-Advanced evokes mixed feelings. On the one hand, the race to switch to 5G networks initially looked dubious, and the likelihood of Rostec releasing modern equipment for 5G networks was low. But subsidies were allocated for 5G equipment, and Russian mobile operators were told that in the near future they would only be able to purchase Russian-made 5G equipment. With the rejection of 5G, the question involuntarily arises - what was the money actually spent on? There is no answer to this question. From a commercialization point of view, focusing on 4G seems logical. But the fact is that most Russian mobile operators have already built 4G networks. For example, all of Tele2 Russia's base stations in Moscow and the Moscow region already support 4G. Who is Rostec going to sell 4G equipment to? It is completely unclear from the adopted resolution. It is extremely It is unlikely that the equipment produced by Rostec will be competitive with Nokia and Ericsson. And this in turn means that it will only be purchased at an extremely low price. But for low prices there is no economy of scale of production and modern production of processors and ASICs," commented Vadim Plesskiy