Megafon built 280km of fibre city backbone rings in Donetsk, Novocherkassk, Novoshakhtinsk, Salsk, Rostov, Shakhty, Taganrog and Volgodonsk.
The backbone rings are connected to Megafon’s federal backbones. The new infrastructure is intended to help increase 3G and LTE internet speeds, as well as the improve the reliability of the network. The capacity of the new lines is 10 Gbps.
Megafon owns 4,000 km fibre backbone rings connecting 11 cities and towns in the region. Over 500 of the operators base stations are connected to its own regional infrastructure.
