Overview

Aquafon (ЗАО «АКВАФОН-GSM»), a subsidiary of Russian Megafon, is the oldest and largest mobile network operator in Abkhazia.

Full Name

JSC “Aquafon-GSM”

Country

Abkhazia

Website

http://www.aquafon.com/

Aquafon 3G

The company operates conventional 2G GSM services over the 900 MHz band, and has provided 3G HSPA over the B1 (2100 MHz) band since September 2011.

Technical Data
Launch Date	2011-09	Status	Active

UMTS Band	Packet Data	Status
B1 (2100 MHz)	HSPA+	Active

Aquafon 4G

In July 2013 Aquafon confirmed receipt of a licence to deploy LTE over the B20 (800 MHz) band and not long after commercially launched LTE on August 6, 2014 in Sukhumi and other cities.

Technical Data
Evolution	LTE (Rel. 8+)	Status	Active [Launched 2014-08-06]
Max. MIMO	2x2 MIMO	Max. Modulation	64QAM
Carrier Aggregation	-

LTE Band	Channel Width	Status
B20 (800 MHz)	10 MHz	Active