Internet speed in Belarus compared to other countries. Wireless networks of mobile operators with Internet access

The highest average Internet speed in Belarus was recorded among residents of Logoisk (5.43 Mbit / s), in second place was Gomel (4.75 Mbit / s) and only in third was Minsk (4.67 Mbit / s). However, in terms of the number of measurements taken, the capital is far ahead - more than 100 thousand, in second place - Vitebsk with a margin of more than an order of magnitude (5900 tests), in third - Mogilev (5070 tests).

These data were obtained from an analysis of the kindly provided by IT.TUT.BY statistics of the Belarusian server of the famous world service for measuring access speed - Speedtest.net. From the beginning of the year to August 25, the server in Speedtest in Belarus was used more than 136 thousand times, and the vast majority were Belarusians from Minsk.

Of course, not all Belarusian users strive to measure their Internet speed using Speedtest, however, for many active and interested Internet users, the Ookla product has long become the de facto standard. Albeit with reservations, we can assume that Speedtest data fairly objectively reflect the speed of broadband Internet access within the country. It is "inside the country" - because the server in Belarus is used for measurements, which means that the real "foreign" speeds will greatly depend on the load of external channels, time of day, specific site and so on. In Belarus, Speedtest measures the peak bandwidth of the user's Internet channel, as well as the speed of access to the Internet server in Belarus.

  From the statistics for almost 9 months of 2010 (January-end of August), we selected only the test results from Belarus, excluded several organizations that did not affect the overall indicator (for example, Belsoft) and cities where less than 5 tests were performed in total (Birch, Novolukoml, Kalinino, Drogichin, Belozersk, Kamenets, Pleshchenitsy, Skidel, Zhabinka).

The final results were quite interesting.

The undisputed leader among providers is Beltelecom with 77.7 thousand recorded measurements, in second place with 21.6 thousand tests are users with addresses belonging to Mobile Service Ltd. - various Belarusian providers, including Atlant Telecom. In third place (8488 tests) is the life :) operator, which is not surprising - it was Speedtest most often used to check 3G speed. Next comes velcom (8432 measurements, also tested 3G), Business Network (5411 measurements - a large provider and seller of Internet channels within the country) and MTS (4577 tests).

It is noteworthy that only Beltelecom, "various providers", "Business Network", life :), MTS and IP Telcom of the operators were able to be divided by the cities of presence.

It was no less interesting to find among the providers of the Yota network that had not yet begun commercial operation of its network - Yota Bel ("Yota Bel FLLC"). Of the 15 tests performed, the average data reception rate was 4.677 Mb / s (peak - 11 Mb / s), data transfer - 1.9 Mb / s (up to 2.969 Mb / s at peak). The average access time or ping is 85 ms. These tests could be carried out both from the Yota office, and using the company's wireless equipment.

It is expected that the most "fastest" were the least mass providers: the average speed of scientific channels of the Unibel educational network (53.59 Mbit / s for reception and 31.42 Mbit / s for transfer) or the Joint Institute for Informatics of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus (40 Mbit / s and 22.89 Mb / s) significantly exceeds the average values \u200b\u200bfor commercial providers.

But among these companies, the best speed (on average) is not among the most massive Internet service providers. For example, the state economic administration under the Office of the President of Belarus (18 Mbit / s and 11 Mbit / s).

Of the "mass" providers, TCM, Solo, and ADSL.BY clients passed the testing faster than anyone else. For mobile companies, velcom (3.1 Mbit / s) with a small margin from life :) shows the best reception result, and life :) (908 Kbit / s) with a slight margin from velcom for transmission.

The minimum average access time is for tested Unibel customers (31 ms), the maximum is for mobile companies. MTS is the leader here with 240 ms, velcom is in second place with 225 ms and life :) is the fastest with 165 ms. The breakdown is easily explainable: the young company 3G from last year, velcom - from March, and MTS officially launched 3G only in Minsk, since April.

It was interesting to look not only at speed, but also at the operating systems that users who care about Internet speed use. According to Speedtest, in Belarus the absolute leaders are Microsoft Windows (more than 95%). Windows XP is not losing ground (82 thousand requests, or 60%), the second place for Windows 7 (31%) is a completely predictable result.

In the statistics on the browsers used, there was also no place for revelations: Opera was the leader (45%), Firefox was the second (26%), Internet Explorer was the third (14%). The share of Chrome is high - 13%.

Speedtest data is interesting, first of all, because it is a practical result, a “slice” of data on the access speed of the most active Internet users. According to these results, residents of large cities, customers of small providers or scientific / educational networks can work most quickly with the Network.

Do not forget, however, that in Belarus the percentage of dial-up access users (hundreds of thousands of subscribers) is still quite large, the speed of which does not exceed 56 Kbps and it makes little sense to test it using Speedtest or other similar services. Therefore, it is difficult to call our statistical picture comprehensive and easily spread to Belarus as a whole, but it is quite reliable as a cut of practical results of measurements of “fast” and active Internet users.

Summary table

Nikolay SHCHETKO

BelTelecom’s ByFly Internet service provider is the most popular in Belarus, so many users ask the question “How to find out the speed of ByFly Internet”.

From time to time you have to control the speed of the Internet, because some providers may underestimate the flow or there may be any interruptions in the data supply. In particular, ByFly has a large user load, so traffic can be lost. Please note that in the agreements of many providers the speed is “up to 2-5 MB”, but the required minimum is not specified anywhere. This question has already been raised by network users, but the final result has not yielded. How to check the speed of the Internet Byfly and other providers, the article will try to answer this.

What verification methods exist?

• Launch a site with online Internet speed testing;
• Uninterrupted speed tracking is carried out by a special program that WebDoctor company specialists can install.

The verification procedure will not take much time, but it will bring many benefits. Before starting the test, it is necessary to close all surrounding programs that can download something and pull speed, for example, torrent, Internet TV, Skype. At different times of the day, visits are different. The more people, the lower the speed. In the morning and in the evening, when everyone returns from work, the maximum number of people visits the Internet.

Online speed check

The most popular site for checking the speed of the Internet is www.speedtest.net   , immediately at the entrance, click “Start verification”.

The test indicates the speed of receiving and transmitting data. Provider Byfly presents on its website an online test that gives the same results and its verification will not be much of a problem.

Checking the speed of the Internet program

Find out internet speed   it is possible and with the help of a free program Nettrafficwhich is available on the internet. After all the program components are installed, put a few files on the download and control the result. Moreover, all data is saved, they can then be viewed in the appropriate section.

When downloading a file from the Internet, even in the uTorrent program, the download speed is visible. If the test showed that ByFly Internet speed is less than promised in the contract, you need to contact the operator.

The characteristics of a computer, the presence of viruses on it, as well as the reliability of a communication line can affect the same result. Of course, a computer with an OP of less than 1 GB and a processor less than 2.5 GHz will work worse. ADSL connection technology is being taken a back seat; many providers are now trying to lay optical fiber, which guarantees higher speed and lower maintenance cost. Perhaps then you do not have to regularly monitor the speed of the Internet and call the operator every time.

Internet in Belarus   - the national segment of the Internet, that is, the totality of information networks, systems and resources connected to the Internet, located on the territory of the Republic of Belarus and (or) using hierarchical names of the national segment of the Internet.

In order to protect the interests of the individual, society and the state in the information sphere, create conditions for the further development of the national segment of the global computer network Internet, improve the quality and accessibility of information provided to citizens and legal entities on the activities of state bodies, other organizations and Internet services February 1, 2010 The President of the Republic of Belarus signed Decree No. 60 “On measures to improve the use of the national segment of the Internet”.

Operators

RUE Beltelecom

Prior to the creation of the National Traffic Exchange Center RUE, Beltelecom was a monopolist in organizing interconnection of providers within the country and providing providers with access to international telecommunication lines.

RUE “National traffic exchange center”

RUE “National Center for Traffic Exchange” (NTSOT) was created in accordance with the Decree of the President of the Republic of Belarus dated September 30, 2010 No. 515 “On some measures for the development of a data transmission network in the Republic of Belarus” in order to develop a modern data transmission network infrastructure in the Republic of Belarus based on the new information and communication technologies, attracting domestic and foreign investments in this area, improving the quality and lowering the cost of the provided data transfer services.

The main objectives of the enterprise are:

• coordination of work on the creation and development of a unified republican data transmission network (hereinafter referred to as URSPD);
• management of inclusion (connection) of telecommunication networks in ERSPD;
• creation of points of accession to telecommunication networks of foreign states and ensuring their functioning;
• technical control over the passage of international traffic and accession to telecommunication networks of foreign countries;
• providing protection against unauthorized access to the ERSPD and the data transmitted through it, traffic passing, as well as managing the ERSPD and taking measures for its development;
• ensuring equal conditions of access for state bodies and organizations, other legal entities and individual entrepreneurs to ERSPD;
• creation of information networks, information systems and information resources.

Statistics

Internet access technologies

Wired

Internet access technology via fixed telephone lines

01/11/2017 RUE Beltelecom reported termination from 02/01/2017 the services “dial-up passwordless Internet access” and “dial-up Internet access using prepaid Internet cards” using technology Dial-up   in the Republic of Belarus. Until 2013, most users of the Belarusian Internet accessed the Internet using existing fixed (fixed) telephone lines (in 2013 this is no longer obvious due to the 100% coverage of the cities of Belarus with wireless Internet access through the network of mobile phone operators and in connection with a relative reduction in the cost of wireless Internet access). The dependence of the number of Internet users on the number of landline telephones was previously discussed both by the indicators of coverage of landline telephony lines for urban and rural areas of the Republic of Belarus, and by the increase in ADSL-access subscribers from the Belarusian state telecommunications operator RUE Beltelecom at the end of 2011 1, 15 million subscribers (up to this, respectively, at the end of 2009 - up to 400 thousand, by March 17, 2010 - up to 500 thousand subscribers, July 1, 2010 it was announced 570 thousand customers using ADSL access services under the trademark " Byf ly "). For rural regions and regional centers of Belarus, RUE Beltelecom is, in fact, the only wired Internet provider with its own wired telecommunication networks. Thus, the accessibility of the Internet in the republic until recently (until 2013) was directly related, inter alia, to the volume of the existing stationary telephone network (in Belarus there were up to 3.969019 million connections to fixed telephone lines). In the future, upon obtaining permission, Beltelecom plans to provide through a stationary radio network a television program package (28 channels), available to IPTV ZALA users, but without interactive services.

The expected number of fixed broadband Internet access subscribers at the end of 2010 is up to 1.8 million.

Despite the rapid development of communication technologies, dial-up access in the republic was until recently demanded: in particular, in one of the Belarusian regional centers - Slutsk - and as of 07.2010 up to 29% of Internet users via wired telephone networks (2 thousand. connections) still from time to time used passwordless dial-up Internet access. In connection with the described facts, up to the 2010s, many Belarusian Internet providers expanded the number of dial-up access ports. However, on 06.2012, the Solo provider announced the termination of access to the network using dial-up technology. Starting from January 28, 2013, the service of passwordless access to the Internet (“dial-up”) from RUE Beltelecom for subscribers throughout the country is operated by a single number 8-600-100.

Internet access technology via cable transmission lines

Internet access via cable analogue TV signal lines

In the regional centers of the Republic of Belarus, access to the Internet was often possible also through cable networks for transmitting a television signal, including DOCSIS technology. Selected cable TV operators also offer Wi-Fi hotspots.

Internet access via cable digital (PON) lines with simultaneous transmission of IPTV traffic

From 2012-2013, access to the Internet in the regional centers of the Republic of Belarus was also possible through cable PON digital signal transmission networks (at the same time, a packet service of simultaneous transmission of a packet of TV channels and 1 channel to the Internet is provided). The first projects of RUE Beltelecom based on GPON technology have been implemented since 2011, the massive GPON from RUE Beltelecom has been used since 2013, and the annual growth of GPON network subscribers has reached at least 100 thousand customers. PON connection was able to organize both the largest telecom operators RUE Beltelecom, IOOO Alternative Digital Network, as well as medium-sized cable television network operators, including COSMOS TV JLLC with a base of 500 thousand subscribers.

Wireless networks with Internet access in Belarus

Wireless subscriber access networks in Belarus

The technology of cordless landline telephone (WLL-telephony) is a joint innovative project of the BelCel mobile operator and Beltelecom RUE using the CDMA-2000 standard in the 450 MHz frequency range. This type of telephone connection often allows you to access the Internet using EV-DO technology. The connection of the first subscribers began in September 2007. Upon submission of Beltelecom RUE on July 1, 2012, the project was left in the hands of BelCel JV LLC with a subscriber base of 170 thousand s. In the future, BelCel LLC planned to replace equipment for WLL subscribers and reconnect them directly to Belxel’s 1x technology for mobile telephony and EV-DO for broadband Internet access. RUE Beltelecom will probably intend to provide wireless Internet access services through MTS networks in the future.

Timeline of the development of the WLL network in Belarus

The history of WiMAX network from RUE Beltelecom

Initially, it was stated that Beltelecom will not provide continuous coverage of cities with a network according to the experience of Scartel under the Yota brand. WiMAX from RUE Beltelecom was to be built only in those areas where it was problematic to conduct cable Internet. As of December 30, 2009, Beltelecom’s WiMAX network consisted of 5 base stations. The first phase of the input involved the construction of 22 base stations. The start of sales of the new service was envisaged for the 1st quarter of 2010. Beltelecom was allocated a frequency resource - through across the country - 3.5 GHz.

03/30/2010 RUE Beltelecom announced the start of commercial operation of its own WiMAX network in Minsk. At a certain moment, 22 base stations were operating in the Minsk network. By the end of 2010, RUE Beltelecom expected to put into operation up to 300 base stations in Minsk and regional centers of Belarus, however, on September 15, 2010 Andrei Soborov, Deputy General Director for Commercial Affairs of RUE Beltelecom, said that Beltelecom’s application for more efficient band for WiMAX (2.5-2.6 GHz) was not satisfied in the State Commission for Radio Frequencies, so Beltelecom decided to “pause the project” regarding WiMAX.

It is not yet determined in what form the current WiMAX network of RUE Beltelecom will be deployed in Minsk. It is possible that these points will be further collapsed. “In the current environment, we decided to develop WiMAX in the 3.5 GHz band, which is impractical, but in some form, at this frequency, WiMAX may still exist.” As of May 11, 2011, about 700 subscribers were using Internet access in Beltelecom's WiMAX network.

When working with a WiMAX BS from RUE Beltelecom, the maximum signal reception range (without obstacles) reached up to 1 km. Download - up to a maximum of 6 Mbit / s, on average −1-2 Mbit / s.

Earlier it was reported, in accordance with the statement of the Minister of Communications of the Republic of Belarus Nikolai Pantelei, that “For the provision of data services using WiMAX technology, frequencies have been allocated in Belarus. In addition, frequencies are allocated to Beltelecom. The first base stations are launched by the national telecommunication operator in Minsk in the current 2009. "

WITH 01.05.2017   RUE Beltelecom finally stopped   commercial provision of the service “Internet access based on technology WiMAX» .

Wi-Fi networks in Belarus

Internet access via Wi-Fi technology is provided by Beltelecom RUE, Mobile TeleSystems JLLC, Velkom IE (in cooperation with Beltelecom RUE), Alternative Digital Network LLC (Atlant Telecom brand) and the company- cable networks operator in Minsk - MTIS Unitary Enterprise (Minsk Television Information Networks Unitary Enterprise). Mobile operators JLLC Mobile TeleSystems and FE Velcom act as virtual operators, providing customers with access to Beltelecom’s Wi-Fi network. MTS own access points are deployed only at the Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radio Electronics. As of November 10, 2014, according to experts from J’son & Partners Consulting, the number of free Wi-Fi Internet access points in the Republic of Belarus did not exceed 100 units across the country.

Wi-Fi from Beltelecom RUE

The low volume of the Wi-Fi market in the Republic of Belarus (up to 1.5% of the wired broadband access market) is connected, among other things, with the fact that the development of Wi-Fi in the public segment at the initial stage was considered by Beltelecom as “image”, and not like a commercial project.

As of January 21, 2016, Beltelecom served two large republic-wide Wi-Fi networks built on various equipment and using different business models. The total number of access points in these networks is about 375 thousand:

• BELTELECOM (Cisco) Wi-Fi network of public access points - about 2 thousand

(as of 10.11.2014 - 1.3 thousand) access points.

• The network of points "byfly WIFI" (Home Wi-Fi) - about 373 thousand points.

(as of November 10, 2014 - about 256 thousand points.)

On December 31, 2013, the head of Beltelecom RUE announced its own network of 50 thousand Wi-Fi access points throughout the country (including 6 thousand in Minsk). According to the statistical summary of Beltelecom RUE, there were 3900 unique Wi-Fi users in the Republic of Belarus (all of them are active subscribers and mainly students). Most often, Wi-Fi to access the Internet is used in schools. Beltelecom’s Wi-Fi network, built on Cisco equipment, was put into commercial operation in July 2008.

history of the development of a network of Wi-Fi access points from RUE Beltelecom in the Republic of Belarus

It was reported that the maximum speed of Internet access using Wi-Fi is up to 7 Mbps.

Wi-Fi from Mobile TeleSystems JLLC

On May 15, 2009, Beltelecom and Mobile TeleSystems announced negotiations to jointly develop a network of Wi-Fi access points in Belarus. At the same time, the option of installing Wi-Fi access points at Mobile TeleSystem base stations throughout the republic is not ruled out. On December 23, 2009, Mobile TeleSystems JLLC announced the launch of a commercial Wi-Fi network. The company was the first among Belarusian mobile operators to launch a Wi-Fi wireless access network in test mode. The first section of the Wi-Fi network from Mobile TeleSystems JLLC began to function in November 2009. Testing Wi-Fi continued in free mode for everyone for 1 month. Since December 21, 2009, the use of the MTS Wi-Fi network has been transferred to a commercial basis. The MTS Wi-Fi service offers the subscriber broadband wireless Internet access using Wi-Fi technology with a data transfer rate of up to 54 Mbps. and with a charging interval of 1 byte. MTS Wi-Fi service is available in roaming to Wi-Fi subscribers from Beltelecom RUE.

Wi-Fi from FE “VELCOM”

Starting July 1, 2010, velcom mobile operator has been providing its subscribers with services for ordering Internet access at Wi-Fi access points from Beltelecom RUE. Authorization in a Wi-Fi network is carried out using SMS.

Wi-Fi from MTIS Unitary Enterprise

MTIS, the state-owned cable network operator in Minsk, provides Internet access through its own cable television network with Wi-Fi equipment rental.

Satellite Internet

The service of wireless Internet access (inbound traffic via satellite channel, outbound traffic through mobile networks) on distribution terms until February 2012, was provided by Solo.

Telecommunications company ZAO Solo - was established in 1989. The company has been operating in the Belarusian market of communication services since 1991. In 1993, the company became the first private communications service provider. In 2009, she began to provide IP-television services, in 2010 she received the right to provide telephony services over IP-protocol. On January 31, 2012, a merger occurred through the repurchase by the shareholders of ACS of a 100% stake in Solo. The company's shareholders are SMH Private Equity Fund managed by Bison Capital and the EBRD.

Wireless networks of mobile operators with Internet access

Mobile access to the Internet in Belarus is possible through and with 3 mobile operators and from RUE Beltelecom through MTS as part of the ByFly ™ service. From 12.2011 to 11.06.2012 in Minsk and Grodno - Internet access was provided via Yota-bel LTE networks. As of 11.2016, all three mobile operators in Belarus use a common network built by Belarusian Cloud Technologies JLLC. Internet access through networks is provided through 16.8 (previously 14.6-15.042-15.7) thousand base stations (of which at least 5500 (previously 4360, 4100) support (UMTS)). There are up to 11.3 million (previously - 10.7) million mobile subscribers in the republic.

Wireless / 3G + networks of mobile operators with Internet access

  from RUE Beltelecom

Most likely, Beltelecom RUE owned and serviced by the forces does not actually exist, however Beltelecom RUE, having a stake in MTS, is able to use MTS networks to provide Internet access as part of its own ByFly ™ service.

  communication network from FE “VELCOM”

As of 10.2012, Velcom’s 3G HSPA + network covered about 5,200 settlements of the Republic of Belarus. 3G services since the end of 2012 are available in all cities of the country. Velcom 3G / 3G + services at a maximum speed of 42 Mbps are available to 90% of the country's population. 2G communication services are available to 98.9% of the residents of the republic and 100% of the urban population of Belarus. Earlier (02.29.2012), velcom provided 3G | 3G + coverage for the territory where up to 99.5% of the urban population of Belarus and 82.3% of rural residents lived. In December 2011, 3G coverage was provided at selected stations of the Minsk metro BS with support for 3G | 3G + were installed in 4069 settlements (including 110 cities). For 2005 BS (previously - for 434 BS), including the capital and the suburbs, HSPA + and Dual-Carrier HSDPA technologies (maximum downstream speed - up to 42 Mbit / s per sector) for mobile Internet access were provided.

Earlier, on May 7, 2009, a statement was made that FE “Velcom” (TM velcom, PRIVET) signed an exclusive agreement with JV BelCel LLC (TM DIALLOG), in accordance with which velcom will provide broadband access services under its own brand Internet technology EV-DO Rev. A is based on the CDI network of the DIALLOG operator, which provides data transfer rates of up to 3.1 Mbps.

Then, on December 4, 2009, it was announced that the mobile operator Velcom intends to begin commercial use of its own network using UMTS technology in the first quarter of 2010. It was noted that this network will be built on Nokia Siemens Networks equipment and first the network will be deployed in Minsk and later in regional and other major cities of the country. 02/01/2010 velcom operator received a license to deploy a 3G network in the Republic of Belarus. In accordance with the statement of Robert Saab, Deputy General Director for Technical Issues of FE “VELCOM”, daily up to 10 base stations are being modernized in the country (to promote UMTS technology). Earlier it was reported that FE “VELCOM” paid the state for the right to work on allocated radio frequencies in the amount of around 9.5 million euros. Starting from 11 a.m. on March 15, 2010, the operator’s network began “large-scale testing of the UMTS network in Minsk and in Gomel”.

03/17/2010 it was announced that FE “VELCOM” immediately switched to HSPA + technology. Currently, all Velcom base stations with equipment support HSPA + technology, that is (3.75G). During technical tests in velcom 3G network, a maximum data transfer rate of up to 20.3 Mbit / s was achieved. The UMTS network of FE “VELCOM” using HSPA / HSPA + technology in Minsk and Gomel was built in less than 3 months, which was made possible thanks to preliminary work on modernizing transport networks, replacing switching equipment and implementing R4 Architecture. 10/01/2010 - velcom network operated in the territory of Minsk, Minsk-2 airport, regional centers and 11 major cities of Belarus. Velcom 3G network was developing (in commercial operation, listing in the order of inclusion in the network): in Minsk, Gomel, Mogilev (earned up to 50 BS), Zhlobin, Pinsk, Grodno, Brest, Vitebsk, Novopolotsk, Rechitsa, Polotsk and Baranovichi.

• 04/20/2010 FE “VELCOM” announced the start of trial launches of a 3G network in Mogilev.
• On May 14, 2010, the start of testing velcom 3G network in Bobruisk was announced.
• On May 28, 2010, the trial operation of the 3G network from Velcom in Borisov was announced.
• 06/17/2010 it was announced that the trial operation of Velcom base stations with 3G support in Grodno was announced.
• 06/25/2010 it was announced a trial inclusion of base stations 3G | 3G + velcom in Brest.
• On 02.07.2010, it was announced the start of a 2-day testing of velcom 3G network in Vitebsk in the trial operation mode, and from 07.07.2010 velcom 3G network in Vitebsk was operating in commercial operation mode.
• 07/20/2010 announced the trial inclusion of base stations 3G | 3G + velcom in Polotsk and Novopolotsk.
• July 26, 2010 announced the trial inclusion of the 3G | 3G + velcom network in Rechitsa.
• 09/08/2010 the launch of the third-generation velcom network with HSPA + technology in Lida was announced.
• September 28, 2010 the commercial launch of 3G | 3G + velcom took place in Molodechno, Slutsk, Salihorsk and Zhodino.
• 11.10.2010 velcom launched a 3G network in commercial operation mode in Luninets.
• 10.26.2010 velcom launched HSPA ± 3G networks in 3 new cities: Svetlogorsk, Kalinkovichi and Mozyr.
• 11/01/2010 velcom launched a 3G network in commercial operation in Gorki and Orsha.
• 11/08/2010 velcom launched a 3G network in commercial operation in Oshmyany, Kobrin, Volkovysk, Smorgon and Vileika.
• November 9, 2010 velcom launched a 3G network in commercial operation mode in Novogrudok and Slonim.
• November 15, 2010 velcom launched a 3G network in commercial operation mode in Volozhin, Khoiniki and Old Roads. Velcom 3G works in 40 cities of Belarus, the total number of settlements with velcom 3G base stations with support for HSPA + technology is at least 81.
• 11/19/2010 velcom launched a 3G network in commercial operation in Bykhov, Krichev, Shklov, Gantsevichi, Mikashevichy, and Smolevichi. The total number of settlements in the 3G velcom network is 90 (including 46 cities).
• 11/25/2010 velcom launched a 3G network in commercial operation mode in Nesvizh.
• 12/03/2010 velcom launched a 3G network in commercial operation in Dzerzhinsk and Lelchitsy.
• 12/10/2010 velcom launched a 3G network in commercial operation in Klimovichi, Kostyukovich, Zhitkovichi and Lyuban.
• 12/14/2010 3G velcom network was launched in commercial operation in Dobrush, and 12/27/2010 in Braslav and Silichi.
• 06/01/2011 3G velcom network covers 166 settlements, including 71 cities of the republic.

In places of maximum network load, Dual-Carrier HSDPA technology is being introduced. The technology is available at 187 stations.

Until the end of 2010, velcom 3G network covered all regional centers of Belarus, coverage of the remaining large cities continued. Despite the launch of its own 3G network, Velcom for some time did not refuse to cooperate with DIALLOG and connected to the Internet using EV-DO technology, but then refused to cooperate.

  communication network from "life :)"

For the needs of high-volume traffic, life :) builds its own fiber-optic networks. The first stage has already been built in Minsk - about 150 km. It was planned to increase the total length of the fiber optic network in Minsk to 300 km. Soon, work will begin on laying fiber-optic ring lines with a length of 38 to 50 km each in the regional centers of Belarus - Grodno, Vitebsk, and Gomel. For Mogilev and Brest, by the end of August 2010, line laying contractors will be selected.

At the moment, the switching capacity of the “life :)” network is 3 million subscribers. The switching network covers the capital of the country and regional centers - only 7 switches. In addition, life :) operates 8 remote controllers in the district centers of the republic - Bobruisk, Baranovichi, Mozyr, Slutsk and other large cities.

Currently, about 50 life :) base stations support 3.75G. The company plans to bring their number to 200.

As of February 25, 2010, “life :)” invested about $ 20 million in equivalent in the development of the new infrastructure. The real 3G HSDPA + bandwidth will be 4-5 Mbps, depending on the network load. Life :) will implement HSPA + primarily in those regions where the number of potential users is high - that is, in Minsk and regional centers.

November 4, 2009, in the context of describing the development prospects of the “life :) network”, it was announced that the operator would be one of the first to switch to the technology. “4G infrastructure is being built today, in the future we will only need to reallocate frequencies,” said the representative of life :). According to the statement of the CEO of life :) Ozcan Ermish, his company intends to build LTE networks in Belarus.

“Life :)” became the second of the GSM-operators in Belarus (after “Diallog”), which launched the commercial operation of 3G mobile communications and the first operator using UMTS / HSDPA (3.75G) technology. By the end of 2010, the operator intends to recruit 500,000 3G subscribers.

The start of life :) with 3G began on August 5, 2009, when it was announced that the mobile phone operator would allocate radio frequency bands for the needs of building and operating the network in the UMTS standard in the frequency range 2100 MHz. In accordance with the decision of the State Commission on Radio Frequencies under the Security Council of the Republic of Belarus dated July 23, 2009, No. 14k / s, a decision was made to allocate BeST CJSC the radio frequency bands 1935-1940 MHz and 2125-2130 MHz for the "operation of radio electronic means of mobile cellular telecommunications UTMS (3G) technologies in public telecommunication networks. ” Then, on August 24, 2009, it was announced that the first 2 base stations of life :) mobile operator would be launched in 3G mode. Both stations were located in Minsk: one of the BS was located in the GUM area, the second was located directly in the life :) office on Krasnoarmeyskaya Street in Minsk and covered the adjacent street and courtyards.

  communication network from MTS

As of October 23, 2012, Mobile TeleSystems JLLC (MTS) had about 1.2 million users of mobile Internet (including at least 920 thousand at the end of 2012 (October 22, 2012 - 800 thousand)). As of 12.2013, 1944 BSs with 3G support from MTS were operating throughout the territory of Belarus. Previously, 1760 and 1698 BSs with 3G support from MTS worked in Belarus. MTS services with 3G support cover the territory of 84.1% of the country's population.

MTS operator launched a 3G network with support for HSPA + technology in September 2010. At the time of launch, it covered Minsk and five regional centers, where 39% of the country's population lived.

Over 8 years, the company's investments amounted to $ 679.5 million. The company paid $ 553 million of taxes in equivalent (including $ 90 million in 2009).

Earlier it was announced that by September 1, 2010, the modernization of the entire network in the HSPA + direction will be completed in Minsk and in all regional centers of Belarus. As promised, by the end of 2010, at least 18 cities with a population of more than 50 thousand people will be in the 3G / 3G + coverage area of \u200b\u200bMTS. In the future, it is planned to fully cover 3G / 3G + from MTS for all regional centers of Belarus.

MTS began construction of a 3G network in Belarus from April to September 2010. Huawei Technologies Co. acted as the main supplier of network equipment Ltd, supplying the operator with equipment, network infrastructure elements and radio subsystems. It was stated that equipment would be installed that would provide support for the standards of several generations of mobile communications and would allow the provision of mobile broadband access (broadband) services at a speed of up to 21/11 Mbit / s in the communication channel. The network modernization will take place in several stages: from April 2010, a phased introduction of network fragments began, which will be completed in Minsk and regional cities by the end of September 2010. The network will be modernized in the direction of HSPA +, which will make it possible for subscribers to gain access to video telephony, video conferencing, mobile television and other innovative services. Until recently, about 50 base stations from MTS were operating in test mode.

  networks of telecom operators for accessing the Internet in Belarus

Earlier, the Minister of Communications and Informatization of the Republic of Belarus Nikolai Pantelei stated that the issuance of LTE licenses to mobile operators is likely to be carried out during the competition. According to the Minister, “We [the Ministry of Communications] are now determining the frequencies at which we will work to issue licenses for the provision of LTE technology services. I think we will issue these licenses on a competitive basis. ” Later it was announced that a competition for radio frequencies for LTE technology would be held in September 2011. It was suggested that widespread commercial use of LTE technology in Belarus would be possible no earlier than 2012-2013, and the first LTE network in Belarus would start no earlier than 2011 of the year . In accordance with the text of the published article by Nikolai Pantelei, during 2011-2015, the Ministry of Communications of Belarus plans:

Initially, life :), MTS, Velcom, Yota-Bel, and Beltelecom RUE expressed their interest in building LTE networks.

On November 16, 2010, at a meeting of the State Commission on Radio Frequencies (SCRF), Belarusian telecom operators were allowed to test the operation of LTE technology.

The said commission will develop and submit for approval to the Minister documents for tendering (competition) for the use of radio frequency bands for the operation of electronic means of advanced radio technologies in the public telecommunication network on the territory of the Republic of Belarus before May 6, 2011.

The MTS operator did not plan to make testing public. According to the leadership of some mobile operators, before 2012, the commercial launch of LTE in Belarus was considered inappropriate.

10/10/2018   number of base stations (BS) with support 4G was 1510   stations in more than 180 cities and towns of the country.

The history of the operation of 4G LTE networks from the company "Yota Bel"

In 2009, the Russian communications company Yota, a subsidiary of the Russian company Scartel, entered the Belarusian market; Yota Bel is part of WiMAX Holding Ltd., which also owns the Russian company Scartel (brand Yota). Created in October 2008, Iota Bel LLC in December 2008 was granted a license by the Ministry of Communications and Informatization of the Republic of Belarus for the right to operate in the field of communications. July 23, 2009, the State Commission for Radio Frequencies under the Security Council of the Republic of Belarus, Yota Bel Company (Yota brand) allocated 2.5-2.6 GHz radio frequency bands for the operation of electronic broadband wireless access equipment in Belarus on a public telecommunication network (solution entered into force in August 2009). Yota has also officially registered its retail project in Belarus - Iota Retail Bel LLC. The company previously planned to invest in the Belarusian subsidiary - IOOO Yota Bel - up to 50 million US dollars in equivalent. Yota initially received a sufficiently wide (60 MHz) frequency band to provide mobile WiMAX services in the 2.5 GHz band. The company was preparing to launch the network in the second quarter of 2010 (starting from Grodno) and provide services to half of the country's population by 2012); due to the subsequent redistribution of frequencies into 2 bands with a width of 30 MHz on 05/13/2011 Yota plans were not implemented in terms of commercial launch of the network, while physically the Yota network was previously built in Grodno, but the launch of the network was delayed. The launch of the network in Grodno was planned in the second half of 2010 (on 04/07/2010 it was announced that the Yota network would begin commercial operation in Grodno in September 2010, but at the moment the start of the network was postponed.), Construction of the network in Minsk began in parallel. Despite the delayed launch of WiMAX from Yota, the already built network covered about 75% of the entire territory of Grodno and could provide subscribers with Internet access speeds of up to 10 Mbps; On May 13, 2011, it was announced that Yota is updating the mobile Internet network in Grodno and building it in Minsk already in accordance with the new requirements of the Ministry of Communications and Informatization of the Republic of Belarus (for 2 spaced frequency bands with a width of 30 MHz). Initially, it was planned to use WiMAX equipment from Samsung's IEEE 802.16e standard for network deployment.

Previously, information was published that Yota Bel already owned an Internet channel provided by the Belarussian Internet provider Business Network.

On December 1, 2011, Yota launched a 4G LTE mobile broadband access network in the Republic of Belarus in commercial operation (the launch was announced much earlier only in 2012), as it was announced a little earlier. According to unofficial sources, funding for the launch of LTE Yota amounted to $ 2.6 million. Previously, from October 17, 2011, the first 5 base stations in Minsk were put into operation for full testing. It was reported that 4 more BS are under construction. The network was implemented on the basis of Huawei equipment using LTE 3GPP Release 8 technology in the frequency division multiplexing (FDD) mode. At the end of November 2011, the beginning of public testing of the Yota network was announced from 12/01/2011 to 02.2012. As planned, the LTE network was first launched in Minsk and Grodno. In total, the Yota LTE network served 38 Huawei base stations: 29 of them in Minsk and 9 in Grodno. Yota LTE network operates in two frequency bands (2535-2565 MHz and 2655-2685 MHz). For the needs of customer service, RUE Beltelecom leased 200 Mbit / s channel.

4G LTE from Beltelecom RUE

On September 15, 2010, it was announced that RUE Beltelecom is preparing an appropriate application to regulatory authorities, in the future it wants to provide LTE services and hopes to become a full-fledged LTE operator. The State Commission on Radio Frequencies (SCRF) tentatively decided to allocate frequencies to Beltelecom for the LTE test. 4 suppliers were ready to supply the necessary equipment. In January 2011, Beltelecom planned to conduct public testing of 4G LTE technology and participate in a competition for frequencies for commercial operation of the technology.

4G LTE from life :)

03/31/2010 it was stated that life :) operator submitted for consideration by the State Commission on Radio Frequencies (SCRF) an application for the allocation of LTE frequencies in the 2.5 GHz region. Later it was announced that life :) was preparing for LTE equipment tests at the end of June - July 2010. The life :) operator was awaiting permission for LTE testing from state authorities approximately by June 17, 2010 and was preparing to deploy 6 newest test zones throughout the republic - technology at the end of June or in July 2010.

02/09/2011 the operator’s test 4G LTE network was publicly demonstrated and the upcoming (until 05/05/2011 inclusive) testing was announced, in which up to 10 thousand people could take part. It was expected that when testing in real (field) conditions, the download will be up to 20-30 Mbit / s (while during the first public test, download was up to 91 Mbit / s. Supply the lion's share of equipment for the LTE network life :), most likely, will be Huawei.

4G LTE from JLLC Mobile TeleSystems

04/02/2010 it was announced that the MTS company sent two applications to the State Committee for Radio Frequencies to allocate the frequency range necessary for LTE. In an official comment by a representative of MTS, it was reported: “MTS JLLC is interested in speedily providing users with the opportunities that LTE technology will open to them. To this end, the company sent two applications to the State Committee for Radio Frequencies to allocate frequencies of the required range. One application for the allocation of frequencies for the deployment of a pilot zone for the operation of this technology in Minsk, and the other for the deployment of an LTE network for commercial operation throughout Belarus. ”

06/24/2010, in the framework of the statement made by the Director General of MTS JLLC Vladimir Karpovich, it was noted that the State Committee for Radio Frequency has not yet decided on the allocation of radio frequencies for the implementation of LTE communications. MTS JLLC earlier submitted applications for test and commercial operation and during this time (at least) one SCRCH meeting was held, however, the expected permitting decision has not yet been made.

11/16/2010 trial operation of LTE technology is permitted in that case for MTS JLLC, the end date for trial operation of the technology is May 1, 2011. Mobile TeleSystems will receive initial access to the LTE network. Infrastructure operator beCloud (serving the LTE network in Belarus) explained that the LTE network will go into commercial operation towards the end of 12.2015.

The advantages of the 4G network infrastructure model implemented in the Republic of Belarus are as follows: minimization of costs for market players, lack of redundancy of infrastructure and, as a result, transition from competition between mobile operator infrastructures to competition of their services and tariff optimization. “Three operators are building a network - these are triple investments and the corresponding prices, tariffs,” said Sergey Poblaguev, top manager of Belarusian Cloud Technologies JLLC. The Belarusian infrastructure model will allow, according to him, more efficient use of the national frequency range.

The history of the operation of 4G LTE networks from the Belarusian Cloud Technologies JLLC

Earlier, it was predicted that, according to the Minister of Communications and Informatization of the Republic of Belarus Sergey Popkov, 4G LTE was supposed to appear in the country by the 4th quarter of 2015: “By the end of May, the results of the competition for the acquisition of equipment for 4G will be announced, the first stage of the project should begin in IV quarter of this year - it is planned that at this time LTE technology will already appear in Belarus. ”

On August 12, 2013, a license was obtained for the right to carry out activities in the field of communications with the allocation of radio frequency bands with a width of 20 MHz (in the bands 1710-1730 / 1805-1825 MHz) and a width of 35 MHz (in the bands 2530-2565 / 2650-2685 MHz) for deploying an LTE network.

The arrival of 4G technology before the end of 2016 to the Belarusian regional cities, and by 2020 to the regional centers and other settlements with a population of 50 thousand or more, was previously announced. In March 2016, it was clarified that by the end of 2018 LTE will come to regional centers and other settlements with a population of more than 50 thousand people.

On December 17, 2015 Belarusian Cloud Technologies JLLC launched the LTE Advanced network in Minsk for commercial operation .   At the time of the start of the Minsk LTE network, up to 150 base stations of the reception and transmission of 4G signals were involved.

For the first month of operation of the LTE Advanced network, Belarusian Cloud Technologies JLLC, the total volume of network traffic amounted to 180 terabytes. The average download speed over the network was 21 Mbit / s per user, and the maximum reached 112 Mbit / s. By December 14, 2016, the maximum value of the downstream flow for subscribers of Belarusian 3G networks was limited to 42 Mbps, while on the 4G network, 150 Mbps were theoretically achievable (while in Minsk the average value of the downstream 4G was on average 25 Mbps /with) .

According to forecasts of beCloud, in comparison with the average speeds in the capital, the average LTE speeds in the first months of launch in the regions of Belarus can increase to 30–35 Mbit / s. .

By the beginning of March 2016, the total traffic in the LTE network of Belarusian Cloud Technologies JLLC exceeded 430 TB (for comparison: up to 02/01/2016 - up to 220 TB of data). The average download speed was fixed at ~ 25 Mbps. An increase in the average downstream data rate was achieved by optimizing the wireless network settings. Peak LTE speed of individual subscribers exceeded 110 Mbps. At the beginning of 2016, LTE in Minsk was used by less than 3 thousand subscribers at a time. By the beginning of March 2016, about 4.5 thousand Minsk residents were already using the LTE network.

12/14/2016 the arrival of 4G technology was announced on the period from 01/23/2016 to subscribers of Gomel, Brest, Vitebsk, Mogilev, and Grodno, expanding the coverage of 4G networks in Minsk, the appearance in the suburbs of Minsk - Zhdanovichi, Ratomka, Kolodishchi, Senitsa, Stayki, Tarasovo and others. By January 2017, the launch of LTE-Advanced was promised in more than thirty Belarusian cities - Borisov, Bobruisk, Molodechno, Baranovichi, Salihorsk, Pinsk, Kobrin, Pruzhany, Lida, Mozyr, Dobrushe, Shklov, Orsha, Polotsk, Novopolotsk, Braslaw, Lres Verkhnedvinsk and others. 4G will be potentially available to more than 5.5 million residents of the Republic of Belarus, which will make up about 75% of the population of cities in the country. Until 12.2017, it was planned to provide 4G communications in the main large-populated cities. As a prospect, the appearance of 4G in all district centers of the country is considered starting from 2017. It is expected that subsequently a downstream speed of about 1 Gbit / s and above will be theoretically achievable.

At the state level, “the approval of the action plan for the implementation of fifth-generation mobile telecommunications (5G) and pilot zones, taking into account the adoption of the relevant standard by the International Telecommunication Union,” was announced for the period up to the first half of 2019 by the authorities responsible for this - the Ministry of Communications of the Republic of Belarus, the OAC and cellular mobile telecommunications operators.

04/11/2017 Minister of Communications and Informatization of the Republic of Belarus Sergey Popkov announced   upcoming commercial operation of wireless telecommunication technology by Belarusian telecom operators at the turn of 2018-2019 years. The Minister noted that the technology will not be intended for the layman, but to ensure the concept of “Internet of things”, “collecting and transmitting large amounts of telemetry data, heavy and heavy content”. It was separately noted that Belarusian specialists are actively cooperating with Chinese companies ZTE and Huawei.

On June 29, 2018, a strategic meeting of representatives of the JAC under the President of the Republic of Belarus, infrastructure operator beCloud and telecommunications company Turkcell was announced, within the framework of which the joint intentions of the Belarusian and Turkish parties on global 4G development in Belarus were announced. Head of Turkcell Kaan Terzioglu announced the upcoming participation of his company in the development of LTE technology in Belarus together with Belarusian partners and the current leading position of Turkcell in introducing technology in Turkey.

5G networks, in general, are designed to embody the ideas of a universal connection of the world of people, things, processes and data, to realize the concept of the “Internet of things”. From a technological point of view, communication networks will have higher data rates and low information transmission delays compared to LTE 4G. So, if in LTE the data download speed limit is up to 1 Gb / s, then for communication the download speed will be an order of magnitude higher. On 10.2015, the manufacturer Nokia demonstrated a prototype of equipment that showed a peak data transfer rate of 19 Gb / s. with a delay in transmitting information at a level of less than 1 millisecond. (In LTE networks, the delay is 10-20 milliseconds.).

Network History from Belarusian Cloud Technologies JLLC

04/18/2017 at the TIBO-2017 exhibition, beCloud and Huawei for the first time in the Republic of Belarus publicly tested technology speeds. During the tests, it was possible to achieve data flow rates of the order of 2048 Mbit / s. based on the zone of beCloud company, built in the exhibition hall.

18.12.2018   it was announced launch of the first experimental zones   in the territory of Minsk. The pilot solution was based on 5GNew Radio technology and consisted of three base stations. The stations operated in the radio frequency range of 3.5 GHz.

The Belarusian Cloud Technologies JLLC reported that the global task of the pilot zones is to research the market for popular services in 5G networks, as well as to search for effective business solutions. The project was developed by beCloud together with Ericsson Nikola Tesla (their equipment is used).

In theory, for networks it was supposed to use the frequencies of 6-100 GHz and realize a speed of 10 Gbit / s. In 2016, it was planned to test networks in the United States. The start of work was expected and happened at the opening of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Korea. It was expected that it would enable various devices to use wireless telecommunication networks through the use of built-in sensors (household and office equipment, parking spaces, etc., with the ability to send information).

6G and 7G networks of mobile operators with Internet access in the Republic of Belarus by the period 2030 - 2060

In 2016, the network concept 6g   not widely discussed. One of the alleged andthe concept of the 6th generation of wireless communications is the integration of terrestrial wireless (including ultra-dense millimeter-wave cellular networks) satellite communications networks for ubiquitous wireless permanent broadband global network coverage. It was supposed to simplify the hardware upgrade of communication networks; it was assumed that communication networks and 6g   will include both advanced computer-to-computer communications capabilities, including automated and unmanned autonomous delivery systems and transport systems, and closure 6g   with Internet-of-Everything - the Internet of everything, artificial intelligence networks to achieve the full interactive effect for users.

In 2016, the concept of the 7G network was supposed to be next to 6g

Compared to neighboring countries, in Belarus the Internet speed is rather low. According to the test results in Belarus, the average Internet speed is 2.072 Mbit / s, and the average peak speed is 9.712 Mbit / s.

According to the latest report of the company, the average Internet speed in the world is about 2.8 Mbit / s. At the same time, annual growth amounted to 11%. Over the quarter, nearly 60% of the 243 countries participating in the test increased their Internet speed, and almost 12% showed an increase of 10 percent or more.

TOP 10 countries for Internet speed

1. Hong Kong. Hong Kong's average peak speed reaches 54.1 Mbps. “At that speed, you can download an HD-quality movie in four minutes.”
2. South Korea. The average peak speed in the country is 48.8 Mbps. What is noteworthy, broadband Internet access is relatively cheap in a number of countries that are leaders in this rating. For example, Seoul residents can connect to the Web at a speed of 100 Mbps for $ 31.90 per month.
3. Japan. The average maximum Internet speed in the country reached 42.2 Mbit / s. Many parts of the country are connected by high-speed optical fiber.
4. Latvia. Broadband data lines in Latvia have reached an average maximum speed of 37.5 Mbps.
5. Romania. The average peak Internet speed in Romania reaches 37.4 Mbit / s, only slightly losing in speed to Latvia.
6. Belgium. The average peak Internet speed in Belgium is about 32.7 Mbps.
7. Switzerland. The average peak Internet speed in Switzerland is 32.4 Mbps.
8. Bulgaria. Peak broadband Internet access in the country reached an average of 32.1 Mbps.
9. Israel. The average peak Internet speed in Israel was 30.9 Mbps.
10. Singapore. With an average peak Internet speed of 30.7 Mbit / s, Singapore almost doubled that of the world indicator (15.9 Mbit / s) and took tenth place in the ranking.

The variability of Internet connection speed is a hot topic for most users. Customers of ByFly, a popular Internet provider in Belarus, are no exception.

The actual connection speed rarely matches the one indicated in the tariff plan. This happens because the provider indicates the maximum possible speed instead of the average. In addition, there may be technical problems, for example, with equipment on the server or trunk cable. The time of day can also have an effect (faster at night and slower at night). To determine the cause of the problem with downloading content, you need to check the speed and stability of the Internet.

Ways to check the speed of the Internet ByFly

A lot of online tests are spread on the network that allow you to diagnose the speed and quality of data transfer. Often, providers themselves upload such programs and recommend using them by default. An alternative may be programs that require installation on a computer. File loaders can perform the same function, but their information content will be limited.

Attention: In order to get reliable data, it is strongly recommended during testing to stop all updates and disable programs that use traffic: Skype, Torrent, other browsers, online players and radio.

Method 1: ByFly Online Test

This method must be used first. The test is optimized as much as possible for ByFly networks, and on the company's official website you can find a link to it.

Method 2: Speedtest.net Service

Speedtest is the most popular option used around the world. Its advantages: accessibility, informational content and versatility (for any Internet connection). Having a history of results will help you keep track of the trend in speed.

Method 3: Speedtest4free Program

The advantages of already installed programs for measuring speed from online services are: constant readiness for launch, wide functionality, the possibility of background work. Speedtest4free stands out for its high accuracy and availability (completely free). The only negative is only the English interface.