Russia without 5G: Development of domestic base stations paused

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and would instead focus on developing LTE. A representative of the press service of the Spektr company, which is developing BSs within the Rostec perimeter, told a ComNews correspondent about the current state of the roadmap: "The latest version assumes the development of various cellular communication standards, primarily 4G, in order to meet the current needs of the telecommunications industry, which has suffered due to the departure of foreign vendors. Against this background, the development of next-generation BSs does not lose its relevance, but first of all, operators need LTE equipment."

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Russian companies developing japan whatsapp number database fifth-generation (5G) networks have slowed down and switched to developing LTE. This happened due to the departure of Western suppliers of 5G base stations from Russia and the freezing of legal supplies by Chinese vendors. Market participants' forecasts for the development of new-generation networks are disappointing.

Currently, the official website of PJSC Rostelecom lists the stages of implementation of the roadmap as import substitution, which is necessary for the implementation of promising network solutions; development and promotion of solutions to ensure information security in modern networks; formation of the market and stimulation of demand for domestic technological solutions and equipment for the mobile communications market.

A source familiar with the situation told a ComNews correspondent about the real state of affairs with the implementation of the roadmap: "The state has no money for the roadmap. This problem should be solved, but for now the situation is different. Formally, the players who were involved in the development are doing it at their own expense. But since there is no guaranteed financing, the work is going very slowly. The task of creating an operator-class network core for 10 million subscribers was only now set by the Protei Scientific and Technical Center. There was no such task before. Now the situation is difficult: it is necessary not only to make hardware for the base station, but also to take the network cores for a large load. Apart from Protei, no one is obliged to carry out this work according to the roadmap. In addition, not a single frequency rating for the fifth generation has been allocated yet."

In August 2023, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin announced at a government meeting the allocation of an additional 12 billion rubles for the development of 5G networks and the creation of base stations for cellular operators.

In September 2023, the Vedomosti publicationreported, that budget funding for the development of domestic equipment for LTE and 5G networks in 2024-2025 could be reduced from 24 billion rubles to 15.5 billion rubles.