Steel Giants: A1 Reveals How Telecom Towers Are Erected

In the modern world, mobile connection is a fundamental need and therefore must be available to everyone. At the same time, mobile users can't even imagine how technologically complex and demanding the construction of telecom infrastructure is. Erecting a base station is a challenging and labor-intensive task that takes about 2 years to complete, from concept to implementation.

Committed to providing a stable mobile connection in big cities and villages alike, A1 Belarus is running numerous telecom infrastructure projects. Vladimir Sachkov, Senior Director for Technology at A1, talked to ONT about how the multiton structure is assembled and installed and how it can improve the lives of the residents of several towns and villages at once.

About A1

Today, A1 is an acclaimed leader of the Belarusian telecommunications services market. Its solid expertise is confirmed by independent quality tests and consumers' trust. On top of that, based on the results of a public online poll, A1 has become No. 1 Mobile Service Provider and No. 1 Internet Provider at the annual Number One Awards.

А1 has the biggest number (> 14,000) of its own GSM and UMTS sites in Belarus. On top of that, the company has got the maximum scores across most cumulative parameters that are used to assess the quality of telecom services, as per the independent regulator BelGIE. To see the BelGIE rating, head to хваля.бел.