President of Rostelecom, head of the RSPP Committee on Digital Economy Mikhail Oseevsky announced
So, according to him, 5G cannot be deployed onborder Russian territories at a distance of 300 km from other states. The fact is that neighboring countries did not approve the use of radio frequencies allocated for the development of this technology.
He also noted that the basic frequencythe range for the deployment of 5G in Russia at the moment is 4.7-4.9 GHz. The representative of Rostelecom said that consent to the deployment of infrastructure operating this frequency range at a distance of less than 30 km from other states is required based on the norms of the International Telecommunication Union. This is due to the fact that this frequency range is also used in friend-or-foe detection systems.
“Refusal was received from a number of states,Therefore, for now the situation looks like this: the entire territory of Russia at a distance of 300 kilometers from the borders remains without the possibility of deploying fifth generation networks there. This is a serious challenge, I think it will be discussed at the highest level,” – shared the president of Rostelecom.