Megafon and Beeline Select InfiNet Wireless

Moscow, Russia, September 24, 2014 --(PR.com)-- The two largest Russian telecoms operators, Megafon and Beeline, have selected InfiNet’s solutions to deploy their next generation high-speed wireless networks across the whole of Russia. Following a competitive tendering process, both service providers decided to work very closely with InfiNet as their technology partner for these strategic and large-scale wireless projects.

InfiNet’s solutions have become known over the years to enable operators of all types to significantly expand their reach and capability to connect corporate clients via high-speed wireless technology. Its solutions provide not only higher bandwidth when compared with other wireless vendors, but also reliable connectivity, interference mitigation, full quality of service (QoS) and longer distances even in the absence of a clear line of sight, especially vital to provide coverage for remote and isolated areas. The main services Megafon and Beeline will be providing using InfiNet solutions will be VoIP telephony, high-speed Internet access, Virtual Private Networks over large areas, video conferencing and CCTV monitoring.

To connect its corporate clients, Beeline plans to use the InfiLINK 2х2 point-to-point family of products, whilst point-to-multipoint deployments will be based on the InfiMAN 2x2 range, both supplied in the 5 GHz and 6 GHz frequency bands. Megafon, on the other hand, will provide wireless services for small and large entities, both in point-to-point and point-to-multipoint topologies, but primarily in the 6 GHz band. Both these networks will be constantly monitored by InfiNet’s InfiMONITOR, a complete software toolbox of network management and monitoring features, which includes flexible viewing options, performance monitoring, configuration of all network elements, user management as well as advanced fault management.

Roman Smirnov, Business Development Director at InfiNet commented, “Together with our partners, Dateline and RK Telecom, we are extremely pleased to have won these large contracts. Megafon and Beeline were impressed by the quality of InfiNet’s solutions, which provides high bandwidth, reliability and complete peace of mind for such large service providers. We have been working with Beeline and MTS for some time now and adding Megafon to our portfolio means that we can now proudly claim that we are now working with the ‘Big Three’.”

MegaFon OJSC is a leading Russian universal telecommunications service provider, operating in all segments of the telecommunications markets in Russia. The Company and its subsidiaries have licenses to operate in all of the Russian regions, and beyond.

The company was the first in Russia to launch 3G for commercial operations. In July 2012 MegaFon was awarded one of four ten-year licenses for the provision of 4G/LTE services throughout the entire Russian Federation and has already started providing these services in 50 different regions. In October 2013, MegaFon completed the acquisition of a 100% interest in Scartel/Yota, which hold significant 4G/LTE licenses. It has now become a clear leader in the provision of mobile Internet.

Beeline is the Russian brand from OJSC VimpelCom. VimpelCom is Russia's third-largest wireless and second-largest fixed telecom operator in the country. Its headquarters are located in Moscow. Since 2009, VimpelCom has been a subsidiary of VimpelCom Ltd., which is based in Amsterdam. VimpelCom's main competitors in Russia are Mobile TeleSystems and MegaFon.

The company's license portfolio covers a territory where 97% of Russia's population resides, as well as 100% of the territory of Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Georgia, and Armenia.

Established in 1993, InfiNet is one of the largest privately owned Fixed Broadband Wireless Access (FBWA) development and manufacturing companies in the world. With more than 20 years of intense customer based research and product development, InfiNet’s range of wireless connectivity solutions are the preferred choice of service providers of all types who require uncompromising connectivity.

To date, InfiNet has forged a solid foundation in fixed wireless technologies, and currently has thousands of deployments from the plains of Siberia to the depths of the Sahara, successfully deployed in over 86 countries. Its philosophy of providing the most flexible, reliable, cost-attractive and innovative solutions in the industry has helped it to reach the market leader position for Wireless solutions in all key markets around the world, and is fast becoming the benchmark for carrier-grade multiservice broadband wireless solutions.