Irteya, a domestic manufacturer of base stations (BS), has signed a three-year forward contract with Mikron (part of the Element Group) for the supply of 10 types of microchips for telecommunications equipment. The amount of the agreement amounted to 400 million rubles. The document was signed within the framework of the CIPR-2025 conference, where the prospects for the digitalization of industry were discussed.
A forward contract allows you to fix the price and volume of supplies in advance, which reduces the risks for both parties. According to Gulnara Khasyanova, General Director of Mikron, this will help to unify the requirements for components and increase the serial production.
Irteya plans to use microchips for power management, antennas and BS controllers. Dmitry Lakontsev, General Director of the company, clarified that the new chips will replace imported analogues from the USA, China and Europe. The first prototypes of stations with Russian microchips may appear as early as this year, and serial deliveries will begin by 2027.
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