To the end of may will be summed up competition on acquisition of the equipment for 4G.

the long-Awaited high-speed mobile Internet of the 4th generation (LTE, 4G) will appear in Belarus in the 4th quarter of this year. As reports BelTA, this was stated today by the Minister of communications and Informatization Sergei Popkov.

"Until the end of may will be summed up competition for the purchase of equipment for 4G, the first phase of the project should begin in the fourth quarter of this year is planned at this time, the LTE technology will appear in Belarus", " he said during the Grand opening of training center ZTE in Higher state College of communication.

Earlier, the Minister promised that 4G will appear in the country earlier in the third quarter.

LTE (Long Term Evolution) is a mobile high-speed data transmission, widely distributed in Europe (including Russia) and the USA. Allows you to transfer data at speeds up to 300 Mbps.


Recall that the state enterprise "Belarusian cloud technologies (beCloud) on 12 August 2013 received an exclusive license and frequency for the provision of services of cellular communication of the 4th generation (LTE) . Then it was said that beCloud will serve the network, distributing between operators equal access to the infrastructure. the

the Operators have repeatedly stated their willingness to provide high speed network access. Recently this was stated by General Director of velcom (jy also announced that LTE will appear in Belarus in 2015), and MTS demonstrated communication capabilities of the 4th generation at its booth at the exhibition TIBO-2015.