The Russian operator introduced airmobile communication systems

MTS has presented a commercial solution for the operational deployment of mobile communications — an airmobile complex based on a car with LTE/5G telecom equipment installed on a drone. This was reported in the press service of the telecommunications operator.

The airmobile communications complex (AMCS) includes a tethered—type aircraft, a hexacopter, a Russian-made LTE/5G base station "Irteya" and an all-wheel drive van "GAZ Sobol NN 4x4". The development was presented at the CIPR 2026 forum ("Digital Industry of Industrial Russia") in Nizhny Novgorod.

As noted in MTS, such complexes are designed to deploy LTE/5G mobile communications where there is none: in sparsely populated and remote places for economic activities, mass events, emergency response, search and rescue operations. In addition, this solution can be used to organize dedicated Private LTE/5G technology networks.

The communication complex is put into operation by two specialists almost anywhere within 30 minutes. The hexacopter, held by a cable, carries a radio module with an antenna and is capable of providing reliable radio coverage within a radius of 10-15 km from a height of 100-200 m for three days, regardless of the terrain.

The operator controls the aircraft and communication equipment from the van. The machine contains a base station control unit, a generator powering the radio module, traction motors of the hexacopter and other equipment. The complex is connected to the backbone network via a satellite channel or an optical communication line.

MTS CEO Inessa Galaktionova noted that by the beginning of 2028, the company plans to create "several dozen such complexes and send them to regions where businesses and authorities need to establish communication in remote areas."