Scartel, under the brand Yota, will drop Wimax in favor of LTE, according to a report by RT.

LTE network is already being planned in Russia, says company CEO Denis Sverdlov.

Yota belives that the necessary amount of investement will be around $1.8-1.9 billion in order to see LTE come into operation throughout Russia.

Scartel has launched Mobile WiMAX network in septemebr 2008, in Russia and had deployed the Networks in 2.5-2.7 GHz frequency in Moscow.

See RT article for more details.