In Russia, the operator MTS (Mobile TeleSystems) launched LTE band 5 (850 MHz)

This is not Apple we are all users here , no relevant Apple employees ,it is a "community technical support "

This is a user to user forum. You are not addressing Apple. You can submit feedback here: http://www.apple.com/feedback/

Privet! However, you need to talk to MTS and/or Apple, this forum is not managed by apple.

Use the feedback link James provided.

Since there are no supported iPhone carriers in Russia...OAO Mobile & Vimplecom just recently dropped the iPhone, don't hold your breath waiting for this to happen.

Since the iPhone is no longer supported by any carriers, there's not much incentive for Apple to support their frequencies.

Wjosten: Just to clarify... MTS and Beeline are still listed here http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1937 (though neither of them is listed as supporting LTE on the iPhone). You referred to OAO Mobile and Vimplecom. Are these the same carriers? Or were you referring to something else.

I don't doubt you, just want to make sure we're all on the same page. I haen't heard anything about Russian carriers dropping the iPhone.

I listed the parent companies, but they are the same. That support article hasn't been updated. You can still purchase the iPhone in Russia, but no carriers officially support it anymore.

http://www.technewsnow.com/news/russian-carrier-beeline-drops-the-iphone

Thanks. Just wanted to make sure.

wjosten wrote:

You can still purchase the iPhone in Russia, but no carriers officially support it anymore.

http://www.technewsnow.com/news/russian-carrier-beeline-drops-the-iphone

I don't read Russian, but Beeline, at least, seem to be prominently advertising and selling the iPhone still:

http://iphone.beeline.ru/5/start/index.wbp

so unless there's a note on their site stating that they're going to stop, the reports that all Russian carriers have dropped the iPhone would seem to be incorrect or at least premature.

Regards.

Beeline's parent company has "officially" announced that the contact with Apple will not be renewed. That's why you still see the phone advertised on their site, but the fact is they are dropping support.

Despite the large graphic for the iPhone 5, which says somthing like "The biggest event in iPhone history, coming soon" (I think), online they only seem to be selling the iPhone 4, not the 4S.

Everything I can find sources back to the same site, Hi Tech, which claimed that Vimplecom's contract has already expired, clearly not the case. I can find nothing authoritative from Vimplecom themselves. In any case, Apple sells the iPhone direct in Russia now, so they could add support for MTS's LTE band even if the carriers no longer sell the iPhone themselves.

Regards.