According to a report on the official website of Ericsson on August 18, Ericsson and the Russian telecom operator Tele2 have completed the deployment and construction of 25,000 5G base stations in Russia.

Tele2 and Ericsson signed an agreement in February 2019 to install 50,000 infrastructure supporting 5G networks in 27 regions in Moscow and St. Petersburg. Earlier this year, Tele2 and Ericsson also signed an agreement to deploy high-end 5G technology in Russia at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.

The official website of Ericsson announced on Tuesday that 18 months after the agreement was signed, the cooperation between the two parties has progressed rapidly. The original 50,000 infrastructure has been completed by 50%, that is, 25,000 5G base stations have been deployed.

Sebastian Tolstoy, head of Ericsson’s Russia business, said: “As a recognized 5G leader, we have teamed up with Tele2 to launch Russia’s first 5G network pilot area in Moscow. We have maintained a close cooperative relationship with Tele2. Now we are working together Moscow is the first to deploy a 5G network."

However, Tele2 is still waiting for the 5G license issued by the Russian Federal Communications Regulatory Agency.

At the end of last month, MTS, one of Russia's three largest communications operators, reported that the company had obtained a license to provide 5G communications standard services with a frequency of 24.25-24.65 GHz in 83 regions of the country. It is reported that the license is issued by the Russian Federal Communications Regulatory Agency and is valid until July 2025. MTS said it was the first operator in Russia to obtain a 5G license.

Ericsson also revealed that Russia’s first 5G network pilot has been deployed on the Tele2 commercial network in the center of Moscow recently. Ericsson’s 5G network pilot project with Tele2 is deployed in the 28GHz frequency band in non-independent networking (NSA) mode, anchoring the LTE frequency band to Band 7 (2600MHz), using a 28GHz 5G pocket router as end user equipment to provide ultra-high-speed mobile broadband service.