Телекоммуникации

According to a statement made on September 16, 2008 by the State Statistics Committee of Ukraine, August revenues of long distance telephone operators fell by 2.7% to UAH 461.5 mln, in comparison with July’s revenues, which totaled UAH 449 mln.

According to a statement made by the State Statistics Committee of Ukraine on September 16, 2008, August revenues for fixed line telephone operators’ provision of local calls fell by 2.1% to UAH 308.5 mln.

Ukrteleсom [UTEL UZ, U/R], the biggest landline telephone service provider in Ukraine, has opened new digital telephone stations (ATS) in two separate regional centers of Poltava Oblast

By the end of 2009, Ukrtelecom [UTEL UZ, U/R] plans to launch a new service called “Triple Play” for its customers engaged in commercial activity in Ukraine.

On August 7, 2008, the AGM of Ukrtelecom [UTEL UZ, U/R] took place in Kyiv.

On August 6, 2008, the Cabinet of Ministers approved Ukrtelecom’s [UTEL UZ, U/R] financial plan for 2008 with a profit at UAH 8.7 mln (USD 1.8 mln).

Ukraine's national incumbent fixed line operator Ukrtelecom [UTEL UZ, U/R] ended April-June with losses of UAH 101.888 mln.

According to the market research agency IKS-Consulting, Ukrtelecom [UTEL UZ, U/R] increased its mobile users by 29.1% in June.

The board of Ukrtelecom [UTEL UZ, U/R], Ukraine's largest telecommunications company, decided to issue registered interest bonds (series B) worth UAH 250 million (USD 51.5mn) at the meeting on June 24.

The Transport and Communication Ministry insists on fixing less than UAH 400 million losses in the financial plan of Ukrtelecom [UTEL UZ, U/R], telecommunication company, for 2008 Transport and Communication Minister Iosyp Vinskyi said.