According to Prime-Tass news agency, Russian mobile giant Vimpelcom has received approval to initiate mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) services using Long Term Evolution (LTE) infrastructure owned by Scartel (Yota). The development means that Vimpelcom is eligible to join its chief rivals MegaFon, which part-owns Scartel following a July 2012 deal, and Mobile TeleSystems (MTS), both of which have already launched LTE MVNO services over Scartel’s in-deployment network. Elsewhere, Russian national operator Rostelecom filed a lawsuit against Scartel in the Moscow Commercial Court last week, regarding wholesale access to the latter’s LTE network.*According to a recent report by Reuters, Scartel’s network can potentially accommodate a maximum of four operators, possibly explaining Rostelecom’s dissatisfaction with the current situation.
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