A1 Improves Mobile Coverage in Rural Areas

With another dacha season just around the corner, A1 is taking another step to elevate its mobile network in rural areas. The improvements employed an additional UMTS-900 band, allowing for a better mobile coverage in villages, dacha settlements, recreation areas, and along traffic routes. This is a truly welcome change before the summer, when lots of A1 users will be spending their vacations in the countryside.

A1 was the first mobile operator in Belarus to deploy a second UMTS channel at 900MHz in 2023. A 900MHz frequency is used to provide a high-quality mobile network in rural areas. Compared to a 2,100MHz frequency, it ensures a stronger signal and wider coverage. A 900MHz signal is better at passing through obstacles and has a larger capacity, ensuring great mobile service even in areas with complex landscapes and high-density urban environments. The additional channel has almost doubled the capacity of the existing 3G network within the coverage area of the second carrier frequency. As a result, A1 users can enjoy a better quality of voice calls and a faster Internet connection.

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About A1

A1, a provider of telecom, ICT, and content services, started its operation on 16 April 1999, becoming the country's first GSM mobile service provider. In November 2007, the company was acquired by A1 Group, a European subdivision of the international holding América Móvil, which is among the world's leading telecom providers with a head office in Mexico.

А1 mobile telecom network currently has the biggest number of GSM and UMTS stations in Belarus (> 14,000). On top of that, it has shown the best results across most parameters in the "Data Transfer" category, as per BelGIE rating. To see the full telecom provider rating made by the independent regulator BelGIE, head to хваля.бел. Through its thriving partnership with the infrastructure operator beCloud, A1 is proud to have more than 6,500 LTE/4G base stations all over Belarus.