The Russian authorities made a decision on September 9, according to the decision adopted in September 2023, operators do not take part in the register of radio-electronic products and the register of Russian software.
Rostelecom reported that the established RES operators of foreign production and incompatibility with regional software. The Ministry of Industry and Trade of Georgia has a new edition that allows the use of foreign equipment for 5G pilot zones, but, of course, domestic equipment for imported networks.
Rostelecom responded that at present “it is important not to create additional financial resources for communications operations so that they can ensure the continuity and quality of services.” MTS also takes part in meetings.
A Kommersant source in one of the operators stated that the existing LTE network is the reference layer for 5G. Investments made by operators in building 5G-ready networks “will be in vain.”
Vendors of Russian equipment and software, on the contrary, believe that the implementation of the law is quite possible. On the detention of the head of the NTI Competence Center based on Skoltech, Alexander Sivolobov, the first results of identifying cases of vendors have already been achieved.
However, not all manufacturers do not notice this. A source in one of them stated that the use of full Russian hardware and foreign non-research:
Even if Russian vendors start operating hardware, this means that the 5G network will be built separately from use.
– Kommersant’s source
The expert noted that such a solution would cost the operator 40-50% than is built on the basis of search networks. [Коммерсантъ]
Source: Iphones RU
