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Russia’s MTS has launched 3G networks in Chelyabinsk and Irkutsk, bringing the total count of cities covered to ten.
Irkutsk is one of the largest cities in Siberia and the administrative center of Irkutsk Oblast, while Chelyabinsk — the administrative center of Chelyabinsk Oblast — is located just to the east of the Ural Mountains, on Miass River.
MTS launched the first 3G network in Russia in May 2008 in St. Petersburg followed by Sochi, Yekaterinburg and Kazan. Then in August 2008, they expanded 3G coverage to Nizhniy Novgorod, and in September, the company went to Novosibirsk and Norilsk, the two large industrial centers in Siberia, and Vladivostok, the largest city in the Russian Far East.
MTS intends to launch 3G networks in at least 14 cities during 2008 and in up to 40 cities in Russia through 2009. They also hold 3G licenses in Uzbekistan and Armenia, where the networks are scheduled for launch in 2009.
[Via: Cellular-News]
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