MTS has deployed a high-precision geolocation infrastructure to support Yandex autonomous transport across four major Russian federal highways: M-11 Neva, M-4 Don, M-12 Vostok, and the Central Ring Road. The system is also operational in Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Nizhny Novgorod, Kazan, and Voronezh.
The infrastructure utilizes GNSS RTK technology, which corrects satellite signals from Glonass, GPS, Galileo, and Beidou. By using ground-based reference stations installed on MTS telecom assets, the system improves positioning accuracy from 5–15 meters to 2–5 centimeters.
On the M-12 Vostok highway, the system currently covers the section up to Kazan, spanning approximately 277 kilometers within the Nizhny Novgorod region. Plans include extending this coverage to Tyumen by 2028, integrating the Nizhny Novgorod segment into a broader route to the Urals and Siberia.
The M-4 Don highway coverage will reach Novorossiysk by the end of 2026. The overall project, launched in 2025, aims to expand the network to all Russian cities with a population of over one million and key logistics hubs by 2030, covering over 4,000 kilometers of roads.
The system allows autonomous vehicles to navigate with centimeter precision even in zero visibility or during signal loss, supported by inertial navigation systems. MTS guarantees service reliability through an open Service Level Agreement (SLA) and describes the project as a sovereign technology stack.
