Moscow, Russia - "MTS" PJSC (NYSE: MBT, MOEX: MTSS), Russia's largest telecommunications operator and provider of digital services, is launching an incubation program in Moscow for startups in the 5G field. MTS will provide a platform equipped for creation, testing and development of digital solutions and devices operating in 5G networks, and will also attract its own experts to participate in the incubator as mentors. The best startups will receive grants and the possibility of long-term partnership with MTS.
As part of the incubation program, the company recruits startups that use 5G technologies and solutions for development of cloud rendering, remote game playback and streaming of new formats (Ultra HD, VR / AR, 360˚). The company is also interested in IoT solutions and creating new formats for computing and storing data.
The incubator format assumes a 5G work area with equipment for testing, technical and marketing support from MTS specialists, 5G modules for installation into equipment. Any team or inventors who are ready to create products and services for 5G networks can become residents of the incubator. To join on site, please apply at http://5g.startup.mts.ru/?utm_source=newstartup
In September, MTS Startup Hub experts will select the best solutions and invite their developers to the incubator, where startups will test their hypotheses and prototypes. The most successful projects will receive grants to continue development. The final goal of incubation would be the signing of a contract with a corporation, an investment from MTS, or the purchase of technology and the startup team by the company.
Nokia became the technological partner of Incubator. The company provided a comprehensive end-to-end solution that includes the network core and radio subsystem based on the new-generation AirScale system module, and Nokia AirScale indoor Radio (ASiR) 5G solution, supported third-party partners with manufacturers of terminal equipment, 5G modules and also shared international expertise regarding the use of 5G.
“By announcing selection of startups for the 5G Incubator, we are maximizing the range of companies that can access advanced technologies using MTS infrastructure. Together with technology entrepreneurs, we will be able to work out ideas, solutions and cases in the field of 5G. The more we test them today, the more effectively they will be used after the launch of 5G in Russia, said Dmitry Kurin, head of MTS Startup Hub. “By the end of 2020, MTS is ready to invest 100 million rubles into development of the 5G Incubator, and we are also ready to share the expertise of MTS both in the telecom industry and in the field of digital products creation with the participants.”
Demetrio Russo, vice president of Nokia in the Eastern Europe region, said: “We are very pleased to cooperate with MTS on this project, which stimulates the creation of an early 5G ecosystem in Russia. The development of 5G technology is happening rapidly around the world. We welcome and fully support the MTS approach, which provides various industry participants with the opportunity to develop and test 5G services and devices in anticipation of the mass adoption of this technology. Nokia has a unique integrated solution portfolio that allows the company to work with telecom operators to fully deploy 5G. At this time Nokia had signed 43 commercial contracts in the 5G field with operators around the world and is implementing more than a hundred different 5G projects with its customers.”
MTS is actively preparing to launch 5G pilot zones in 2019. Previously, the company, in collaboration with various vendors, tested a number of 5G technologies and solutions, and implemented some of them into its existing 4G network.
Apply: http://5g.startup.mts.ru/?utm_source=newstartup
