Телекоммуникации

According to Ministry of Property, all documents for the privatization of Ukrtelecom [UTEL UZ, U/R] are ready.

Ukraine’s giant telecommunications company Ukrtelecom [UTEL UZ, U/R] – the country’s fixed-line incumbent – is going to double interconnection charges for M2F (mobile to fixed line calls) with mobile operators from UAH 0.25 to UAH 0.5 According to company officials, UTEL consider the old contract regarding interconnection fees to already be invalid.

The National Communications Regulation Commission (NCRC) has initiated the process for increasing the ceiling for subscription fees for fixed phone numbers in cities and district centers by 10-20%. The new fee will be UAH 16.44-33.81 per month.

Ukraine’s giant telecommunications company Ukrtelecom [UTEL UZ, U/R] – the country’s fixed-line incumbent – has decided to issue two discount bonds of the “H” and “I” series for UAH 250 mln.

The National Commission for Regulation Communications has developed draft amendments to the conditions for the licensing of mobile services, according to the newspaper “Economic News”. The draft proposes the introduction of certain changes in the dates operators must begin immediately providing telecommunications services and networks covering a specific territory.

Ukraine’s giant telecommunications company Ukrtelecom [UTEL UZ, U/R] – the country’s fixed-line incumbent – has affirmed its plans to implement a 53.8% increase in its subscriber base for 3G communication services in the UMTS standard, offered under the brand ‘Utel’, by the end of 2008. Such an boost would bring the number of clients for this service up to 200 thsd.

The State Statistics Committee of Ukraine revealed that, in November, revenues of enterprises providing communications services fell by 5.2% in hryvnia terms compared with October, from roughly UAH 3,910 mln to UAH 3,705 mln.

A new initiative whereby Ukrainian subscribers may be able to change from one telephone operator to another while still maintaining their same number and national roaming service thanks to the introduction of Ukraine’s parliament of draft law No. 3420 “On amending the Law of Ukraine “On Telecommunications” (to increase the list of services)” of 28.11.2008.

Leading telecommunications provider Ukrtelecom [UTEL UZ, U/R], which offers broadband internet services under the ‘Ogo’ brand, has confirmed its lead position on the internet service provider market in 9M08.

A new initiative whereby Ukrainian subscribers may be able to change from one telephone operator to another while still maintaining their same number and national roaming service thanks to the introduction of Ukraine’s parliament of draft law No. 3420 “On amending the Law of Ukraine “On Telecommunications” (to increase the list of services)” of 28.11.2008.