OREANDA-NEWS. November 27, 2012. MegaFon increased its 4G services footprint in the Far East. 4G network will provide MegaFon customers in Khabarosk with fast download speed of “heavy” files in the mobile network while watching HD videos online and faster Internet surfing. At the same time, MegaFon launched sales of its 4G modems in Khabarovsk which let to appreciate the advantages of the new technology.

Khabarovsk, the capital of the Far East, is the next Russian city to get top mobile technologies. 100 4G base stations provide 4G services in almost all of Khabarovsk and in regional cities such as Krasnaya Rechka, Poselok Kirova, Ilyinka, Topolevo, Rakitnoye, Berezovka.

The main advantages of 4G networks for customers are higher data speed and fast response of mobile devices. Videos, graphics and other “heavy” content go faster. Average speed of data in existing 4G networks is above 20Mbps which is several times higher vs. 3G.

‘4G provides advanced features for mobile Internet users’, says Yuriy Zhuravel, General Director of the Far East Branch of MegaFon OJSC. ‘We expect that 4G will be a real alternative option to fixed broadband as it is much better in terms of mobility. This allows you to set up your office anywhere in the city where you have Internet access point. Or you can watch videos, listen to music online anywhere. And now, we offer you all of the above here in Khabarovsk as well."

Comfortable use of mobile Internet is facilitated for subscribers via branded MegaFon modems that operate in 4G networks as well as in previous generation networks. You can purchase them already in MegaFon retail stores at 1990 RUR, including free access to mobile Internet during the service testing period till December 2012 (inclusively).

By the end of the first half of 2012 MegaFon became a #1 operator in mobile Internet revenues in Russia. In 2012 MegaFon started providing 4G services to its subscribers in many cities of Russia — Moscow, St. Petersburg, Samara, Novosibirsk, Krasnodar, Sochi, Vladivostok, Ufa, Kazan, Kostroma, Vladimir and Tula