MTS has deployed a high-precision geopositioning network across four major federal highways: M-11 Neva, M-4 Don, M-12 Vostok, and the Central Ring Road. The infrastructure also covers five major cities, including Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Nizhny Novgorod, Kazan, and Voronezh.
The system utilizes GNSS RTK technology to improve satellite coordinate accuracy from 5–15 meters down to 2–5 centimeters. This is achieved through a network of reference stations installed on MTS telecom infrastructure, which process signals from Glonass, GPS, Galileo, and Beidou satellites.
The project, launched in 2025, aims to expand coverage to all Russian cities with over one million residents and key logistics hubs by 2030. Plans include extending the network on the M-4 highway to Novorossiysk by the end of 2026 and on the M-12 to Tyumen by 2028.
Yandex uses this data to enhance the navigation of its autonomous trucks, allowing for operation even in zero-visibility conditions or temporary signal loss. MTS provides service reliability through an open Service Level Agreement (SLA) for the network, which spans over 4,000 kilometers.
