Russia's MTS Picks Tellabs for 3G Mobile Backhaul

MTS, which serves over 108.9 million mobile subscribers in Russia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Armenia and Belarus, has selected the Tellabs® 8600 Managed Edge System to support delivery of 3G mobile data services across Russia. Tellabs is now designated as a strategic supplier to MTS. Tellabs is working with local telecom solutions provider Intracom Svyaz. Financial terms were not disclosed.

“High-speed wireless data services are vital to our growth strategy,” said Oleg Larionov, Director of Transport Networks Department at MTS Group. “The Tellabs 8600 series offers a proven backhaul solution that cost-effectively delivers network capacity that can scale to our future needs. We can now meet the challenge of today’s growing traffic whilst providing high quality mobile data services.”

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