Kazakhtelecom says ready for launching 5G

AKIPRESS.COM - Kazakhstan will be among the top countries in the world on launching 5G technology, Kazakhtelecom JSC reported.
According to the financial director of the company Askhat Uzbekov, the operator has already held two series of tests with the major suppliers of equipment.
"We will soon be technically ready for launching 5G," he said.
According to him, three cities - Nur-Sultan, Almaty and Shymkent - are planned to be connected to the mobile network first.
The company does not provide exact dates of launching. But Uzbekov said 5G will be offered as soon as the neccesary infrastructure will be ready.
He reminded that Kazakhstan is 9th largest country in the word with the lowest population density - 6 people per 1 square km.
That means that the level of capital and current costs for maintenance of 5G in the country is supposedly higher than in other countries.
Uzbekov noted that the income of Kazakhtelecom has increased within a year. The company in 2018 earned 43 billion tenge, according to him.