Monday, December 12, 2011

Osnova Telekom goes on the offensive over LTE spectrum

Osnova Telekom, the controversial start-up company which is partly-owned (25.1%) by Voyentelekom, a holding company controlled by the Ministry of Defence, has confirmed that it intends to actively pursue frequencies in the 790MHz-862MHz spectrum band, with a view to launching a Long Term Evolution (LTE) network. Although the operator was authorised to oversee the formation of an ‘experimental dual-purpose LTE zone’ which would comprise a primary network used to provide services on a commercial basis, and a confidential telecoms subsystem used by the government and the Ministry of Defence, in January 2011, its commercial plans stalled amid pressure from the country’s established telecoms operators.


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OVETEL Osnova Telekom goes on the offensive over LTE spectrum

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