📋 Tender Overview
Rostelecom built and put into operation a base station in the remote village of Khongurei located in the Zapolyarny district of the Nenets Autonomous Okrug. Thanks to this local residents were able to use modern cellular communications with a stable signal including high-speed mobile Internet.Khongurei became the first settlement in the Nenets Autonomous Okrug as well as the first settlement located beyond the Arctic Circle in which Rostelecom installed a base station as part of the second stage of the federal project to bridge the digital divide UTsN 2.0. UCN 2.0 provides for the provision of mobile communications and wireless Internet access with an LTE 4G signal to residents of settlements with a population of 100 to 500 people.The Khongurei settlement is located on the left bank of the Pechora River 52 kilometers from the administrative center of the district - the city of Naryan-Mar. The name of the village translated from the Nenets language means heap a place where many birches grow. You can get from Khongurei to Naryan-Mar along the Pechora River navigation operates in summer and in winter using specialized transport that moves on the ice cover or with the help of aviation. Today about 230 people live in the village. The main occupations of the population are fishing and reindeer herding.
