WASHINGTON, June 8, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Ericsson (NASDAQ:
ERIC) and Russian service provider MTS have teamed up to provide a
superior mobile broadband experience for hundreds of thousands of
football fans attending the upcoming global soccer tournament in
Russia, through Europe's largest deployment of Massive MIMO
(Multiple Input, Multiple Output) to date.
Whether in the stadiums, in fan zones, selected transportation
hot spots, or at some of Russia's
most famous landmarks, fans will be able to enjoy higher data
speeds in seven of the 11 tournament cities.
In Moscow alone, the deployment
covers two stadiums and fan zones, Sheremetyevo airport, Red
Square, Tverskaya Street and Gorky Central Park.
Saint Petersburg coverage
includes stadium and fan zones, Dvortsovaya Square, and Moskovsky
railway station. The other covered cities are Yekaterinburg, Kazan,
Niznny Novgorod, Samara and
Rostov-on-Don. Ericsson installed AIR 6468 for MTS at more than 40
sites across the seven cities.
Ericsson AIR 6468 is the industry's first New Radio (NR)-capable
radio designed for compatibility with the 5G New Radio standard
while also supporting LTE. It features 64 transmit and 64 receive
antennas enabling it to support our 5G plug-ins for both Massive
MIMO and Multi-User MIMO.
Through the intelligent reuse of system resources, Massive MIMO
improves capacity by transmitting data to multiple user devices
using the same time and frequency resources with coordinated beam
forming and beam steering.
Massive MIMO is making it easier for operators to evolve their
networks for a 5G future. This includes Ericsson's 5G Plug-ins,
which are based on many of the breakthrough capabilities
in our award-winning 5G Radio Test Bed and 5G Radio
Prototypes, currently deployed in operator field trials.
Andrei Ushatsky, Vice President, Technology and IT, MTS, says,
"This launch is one of Europe's
largest Massive MIMO deployments, covering seven Russian cities,
and is a major contribution by MTS in the preparation of the
country's infrastructure for the global sporting event of the year.
Our Massive MIMO technology, using Ericsson equipment,
significantly increases network capacity, allowing tens of
thousands of fans together in one place to enjoy high-speed mobile
internet without any loss in speed or quality."
Arun Bansal, Senior Vice
President, Head of Europe and
Latin America, Ericsson, says:
"Hundreds of thousands of football-loving fans are about to
experience ultra-high data speeds thanks to our Massive MIMO
deployment for MTS across seven tournament cities. Data-demanding
mobile connectivity is going to play a huge part in their
tournament experiences, so we are delighted to team up with MTS to
ensure they enjoy a mobile experience like never before, whether
they are at the game, in a fan zone, or at other selected
areas."
More than 1.5 million international fans are expected in
Russia across the month-long
tournament, which gets underway on June
14 and ends on July 15.
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