The company ' Archive ', which provides cellular services under the brand ' Beeline ', Moscow decided to suspend development of Wi-Fi network. The main technology of wireless Internet access will be 3G, which is in Moscow, yet, the newspaper Vedomosti.
The intention to freeze the development of a network Wi-Fi, built by Golden Telecom, said executive vice -president ' VimpelCom ' business development in Russia, Jean -Pierre Vandromme. GT launched a Wi-Fi network in early 2007, putting it in the construction of the $ 10 million. It has 15,000 access points. During the three years planned to recruit 300000-400000 GT users. At the end of June 2008 with Wi-Fi network was about 94,000 customers, but now many users are unlikely to continue to grow. According to Vandromme, now Wi-Fi network will be developed only in public places - in cafes, airports, cultural centers.
Experts say the project is no Wi-Fi GT and brought ' VimpelCom ' serious income. According to the analyst J'son. However, the representative of the ' VimpelCom ' Cyrus Kiryukhina notes that the project is a WiFi network has not been unprofitable. Vandromme also refutes this claim and says that ' VimpelCom ' other priority broadband access to the Internet, namely - FTTB ( fiber to connect the buildings ) and HSDPA, the technology provider of third generation (3G). It is worth noting that the 3G network will work in Moscow soon - the operators have not agreed with the Ministry of Defense, or the issue of releasing the sharing frequency of 2.1 GHz.
Source:. Kompyulenta.
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