December 18, 2011 at 10:34100,000,000,000 rubles will be required for each winner of the competition
Yesterday (December 17, 2011) on the Mobile Forum website (MForum.Ru) two brief factual articles by Aleksey Boyko appeared immediately, based on the materials of the December presentation of “Prospects for the Development of 4G Networks” G. Sh. Khasyanova (Executive Director of the Union of Operators LTE communications ”).
The first of these provides an estimate of the costs of LTE for an existing (several-year-old) operator:
(One must think that “BS” means a base station, and “TS” means a telecommunication network or something like that .)
It also says that from the winners of the competition they may require 60 billion rubles for conversion (and if the frequencies are divided between the four winners, it will turn out 15 billion rubles each), as well as expenses for clearing ranges from MMDS, WiMAX, television broadcasting and so on. Arithmetically, it turns out that each winner of the competition will need the opportunity to attract at least 100 billion rubles (this conclusion seemed to me deserving of making a headline on Habrahabr).
Another article provides a table with an estimate of how many base stations will be needed to provide LTE coverage in Russia:
In total, therefore, 20,810 base stations will be required.
As you can see, the use of high-frequency base stations outside the cities is not planned at all.
The first of these provides an estimate of the costs of LTE for an existing (several-year-old) operator:
| The number of BS in the range 698 - 880 MHz | 14410 |
|---|---|
| The number of BS in the range of 2.5 - 2.7 GHz | 6400 |
| Total BS | 20810 |
| Investments in the purchase of equipment and construction | 64.2 billion rubles. |
| Costs for the purchase and installation of one base station | RUB 3.086 million |
| Vehicle infrastructure cost | 17.6 billion rubles. |
| Total | 81.8 billion rubles. |
It also says that from the winners of the competition they may require 60 billion rubles for conversion (and if the frequencies are divided between the four winners, it will turn out 15 billion rubles each), as well as expenses for clearing ranges from MMDS, WiMAX, television broadcasting and so on. Arithmetically, it turns out that each winner of the competition will need the opportunity to attract at least 100 billion rubles (this conclusion seemed to me deserving of making a headline on Habrahabr).
Another article provides a table with an estimate of how many base stations will be needed to provide LTE coverage in Russia:
| BS in the range of 700 - 860 MHz (coverage) | BS in the range of 2.5 - 2.7 GHz (capacity) | |
| Moscow | 350 | 900 |
| Moscow region | 1030 | 1000 |
| St. Petersburg | 360 | 1000 |
| Cities (from 5 thousand) | 12100 | 3500 |
| Villages and others (up to 5 thousand) | 570 | 0 |
| Total | 14410 | 6400 |
As you can see, the use of high-frequency base stations outside the cities is not planned at all.