Belarus needs to solve problem of radio-frequency spectrum to proliferate 5G technology - BelGIE

<p> MINSK, Mar 23 - PrimePress. To introduce the 5G communication technology in Belarus, it is necessary to solve the availability problem of the radio-frequency spectrum, said Aleksei Ivashkin, head of the republican unitary enterprise for telecommunications supervision "BelGIE". </p> <p>   </p> <p> Ivashkin says that 5G networks will provide an opportunity to make Smart Home, Smart City, Smart Enterprise technologies, including Internet of Things and artificial intelligence, available to businesses and the government to control transport and other devices automatically. 5G networks, due to their higher bandwidth requirements, require a wider spectrum bandwidth than 4G. </p> <p>   </p> <p> “The challenge for national regulators is to create the conditions for a quality wireless infrastructure, making the best possible use of the available radio frequency spectrum. To this end, the national regulator is considering using the spectrum agreed at the global level,” Ivashkin said in an interview with the Vesnik Suvyazi magazine. </p> <p>   </p> <p> He informed that the Belarusian operators of mobile telecommunication services show high interest in radio frequency spectrum allocation for 5G network development. Thus, the pilot zones of 5G networks have been deployed by Mobile TeleSystems, A1, Belarusian Cloud Technologies, Beltelecom in Minsk, Kopyl, Gomel, the Great Stone industrial park. </p> <p>   </p> <p> “At the same time, while introducing 5G solutions in Belarus, problems requiring additional elaboration were identified. They are related to the availability of the radio frequency spectrum, meeting the requirements for protecting the population from the impact of electromagnetic fields created by base stations, calculating the fee for the allocation and use of the radio frequency spectrum for the 5G standard, etc.,” Ivashkin said. </p> <p>   </p> <p> He said that specific terms of using radio-frequency spectrum will be worked out after determining the model for realization of 5G networks. The choice of the model was discussed by the regulator together with mobile operators, and three options are being considered at the moment. </p> <p>   </p> <p> The first is an infrastructure model, involving the construction of 5G network infrastructure by a single infrastructure operator. </p> <p>   </p> <p> The second is a competitive model, involving the construction of 5G network infrastructure (passive and active) by each of the operators. In order to optimise costs, the cooperation of operators in the construction of transport infrastructure (fibre-optic communication lines, FOCL) is assumed. </p> <p>   </p> <p> The third model is the model of joint use of passive infrastructure, involving the construction of active 5G network infrastructure by each operator within the radio frequency spectrum allocated to the operator, and the construction of passive infrastructure (transport network, antenna-mast structures, FOCL) by a single infrastructure operator. End </p>

2021-03-24

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