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At the regional or municipal level, such improvement rules are adopted that prohibit cellular operators from placing base stations near residential buildings and social facilities, allegedly this is harmful to the health of residents, wrote the head of the Committee on Information Policy, Information Technology and Communications Alexander Khinshtein in his Telegram channel. He emphasized that the ban on placing equipment leads to the fact that residents are deprived of high-quality communication (and communication in general),

which directly contradicts the national development goals of Russia, defined by the president

The concerns that are sometimes expressed are understandable, but there is no talk of revising the current sanitary rules and regulations (SanPiN), Alexander Khinshtein commented content writing service with RSpectr. He clarified that each base station or repeater is certified by Rospotrebnadzor and the installation of verified equipment cannot be dangerous to health. The deputy said that.



14 subjects of the Russian Federation have already faced the problem of banning the placement of base stations

The State Duma regularly receives reports that local authorities in St. Petersburg have begun to prohibit the installation of new telecom equipment in the city center, the parliamentarian continued. The consequences of such arbitrary rule will be felt by everyone at the local level: the quality of communications will deteriorate, he is sure.

Alexander Khinshtein, State Duma:

- We will prepare a bill, according to which any restrictions and requirements will be established only by federal laws and presidential decrees. In the meantime, we have to intervene in such situations manually; in the same Perm region, colleagues promised to adjust the installation rules.

Due to restrictions, operators in some cases

cannot locate equipment where it would provide the most effective mobile network coverage of cities

Konstantin Ankilov, managing partner of TMT-Consulting, told RSpectr. In his opinion, this is causing the quality of communications to suffer, and operators are incurring costs.

Konstantin Ankilov, TMT Consulting:

– There are specialized services that certify the equipment used, without their approval it cannot be installed. Accordingly, these services can confirm the safety of using mobile equipment. It remains to solve the aesthetic issue where it is relevant, but this is not a big problem.