Chernyshenko: stocks of base stations from mobile operators will last for several years

There are no domestic base stations in Russia, however, mobile operators have enough stocks for several years, said Dmitry Chernyshenko, Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, transmits TASS.

“There are no domestic base stations in Russia yet, to be honest, although you also need to understand that there is no problem here, because mobile operators are provided with stocks in warehouses for several years,” he said.

As wrote at the end of December, Vedomosti, in accordance with the plans of the government, 4G networks on Russian equipment will appear only in 2025 – then 6 million people will connect to them, in 2026 – 10 million people, and in 2030 – 100 million human. In 2024, 300,000 people will receive communication services using 5G on Russian equipment, in 2025 – 700,000 people, in 2026 – 1.5 million people, in 2027 – 5 million people, in 2030 .- 50 million people, according to the roadmap.

Now several companies are engaged in the creation of base stations in Russia. In particular, the development of 4G and 5G base stations is carried out by Spektr of Rostec, 4G and 5G stations based on Open RAN by Skoltech. Earlier, the Ministry of Digital Communications reported that all four federal telecom operators signed forward contracts for the purchase of Russian-made telecom equipment. We are talking about the supply of 70,000 domestic cellular base stations, said one of the sources of Vedomosti.