Beeline, MTS expand LTE network-sharing agreement

(Telecompaper) Russian mobile operators Beeline and MTS have agreed on the shared use of spectrum to develop their LTE networks in another 20 regions across the country. MTS and Beeline signed a supplementary agreement to their existing cooperation from 2014 on the deployment of LTE networks, adding the 2,600 MHz band for providing LTE services in 20 regions. The list includes the Kaluga, Omsk, Khabarovsk, Pskov, Vologda, Yaroslavl, Murmansk, Nizhniy-Novgorod, Kaliningrad, Oryol, Sakhalin, Tula