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Last year, Rostelecom installed 4G/LTE base stations for mobile communications in 14 small towns in the Samara Region. The work was carried out under the federal project for eliminating digital inequality (EDI 2.0).
About 4,500 people living in the villages of Bestuzhevka, Krivoluchye-Ivanovka, Lipovka, Lozovka, Mullovka, Novaya Tayaba, Novinki, Petrovka, Sosnovka, Staroe Feyzullovo, Timyashevo, Shirochenka, as well as in the settlements of Bulak and Petrovsky, received access to modern digital services.
Vyacheslav Dobrynin, Director of the Samara branch of PJSC Rostelecom:
When constructing optics and installing equipment, we often have to use non-standard technical solutions to bypass difficult terrain and deliver a signal to hard-to-reach areas. For example, in Bestuzhevka, which stretches for 10 kilometers along the Volga, we installed two base stations to ensure the best coverage of all households with mobile communications.
To connect the equipment, the provider built about 35 kilometers of optical lines, which guarantee high data transfer speeds. Each tower can provide communications to several small settlements located within a radius of up to three kilometers in the line of sight
When selecting a village for inclusion in the UCN 2.0 project, the opinion of residents who voted on the public services portal is taken into account. Another necessary condition for participation in the program is the lack of Internet access in the village.
Viktor Zlobich, Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Digital Development and Communications of the Samara Region:
The residents of small villages in the region have a very high need for modern communication services: they actively vote for their settlements on public services or write requests to the ministry with a request to install high-speed Internet. In the coming year, thanks to the UCN 2.0 project, more than three thousand more people will be able to access digital services.
Over four years, Rostelecom has provided 130 small settlements in the Samara region with mobile communications under the UCN 2.0 project. About 50,000 residents of settlements and villages with a population of 100 to 500 people have been able to use high-speed Internet and voice calls.
Details on the implementation of the UCN 2.0 project can be found on the official Rostelecom website or by calling the toll-free number 8 800 301 00 35.
