On May 28-29, 2013, the 5th International Business Forum “Evolution of Mobile Networks - LTE Russia & CIS 2013” took place in  Holiday Inn Lesnaya Hotel (15 Lesnaya Str., Moscow).  The program of the 5th International Business Forum “Evolution of Mobile Networks - LTE Russia & CIS 2013” was focused on the deployment of LTE Mobile broadband networks in Russia and the CIS: experience, strategies and solutions, which includes following questions: 

• The ecosystem of LTE in Russia. Market trends and prospects.
• Conversion of radio frequency spectrum for LTE networks in accordance with the contest results.
• Common use of radio-frequency spectrum in Russia.
• The principle of technological neutrality in use: challenges and drivers.
• Opportunities and existing mechanisms of «frequencies exchange» between operators.
• Prospects for LTE equipment production in Russia.
• Prospects and opportunities for LTE networks deployment in the range of 1800 LTE-Advanced networks in Russia. Trends and prospects.
• Experience of LTE network joint operation based on the MVNO model.
• LTE networks infrastructure joint construction and use.
• International and national roaming in LTE networks.
• Chips for LTE Terminals, 2G/3G networks support. Multi-standard terminals.
• The market of mobile subscriber units for LTE networks.
• LTE Terminals: evaluation of subscribers’ devices market development.
• VoLTE.

An exhibition of equipment samples and solution models for network construction and service providing was hold as a part of the Forum.

Representatives of regulatory institutions, telecom providers, 4G networking equipment manufacturers, system integrators and equipment distributors, financial and investment organizations, consulting firms, cellular retailers, content and service providers, media representatives were invited to participate.

Representatives of the «Information and Telecommunications Technologies» Branch of RAEN Dr. V. Tikhvinskiy (Chairman of ITT RAEN), S. Portnoy, V. Skrynnikov, M. Stupnizkiy, B. Nurgozhyn took part in the work of  the 5th International Business Forum “Evolution of Mobile Networks - LTE Russia & CIS 2013”. Meeting reports of the Branch of RAEN in Russian language on the themes of «Prospects of creation and development of the TD-LTE networks in Russia» (V. Tikhvinskiy) and «New approaches of providing EMS of LTE networks» (V. Skrynnikov) are available upon demand on www.comnews.ru. The concise text of the report can be found on the RANS ITT web-site (www.raenitt.ru) in “Publications” section.