Telecoms news from Ukraine

Nokia Updates Maps for London 2012 and Euro 2012 Sporting Events

Nokia today announced that its Location & Commerce business has updated the NAVTEQ Map for the UK, Poland and Ukraine to help sports fans travelling to the major European events this summer ...more.

Ukrtelecom to Sell Mobile Network Subsidiary

Ukrainian telco, Ukrtelecom has confirmed plans to sell off its mobile network subsidiary, Utel. The funds will be used to improve the company's landline network and broadband internet services. ...more.

VimpelCom Profits Surge as Russian Market Recovers

Russia based mobile network,VimpelCom has reported a 22% rise in its fourth-fiscal quarter revenues to US$2.8 billion, while net profit jumped by 63% to US$461.2 million. ...more.

Ukrainian Government Sells State-Owned Ukrtelecom for US$1.3 Billion

The Ukrainian government has sold the state-owned telecoms network, Ukrtelecom for US$1.3 billion to an Austrian private equity firm. ...more.

Crocodile Facing Surgery After Swallowing a Mobile Phone

A crocodile is facing an operation after it swallowed a mobile phone that was accidentally dropped into the enclosure by a tourist. ...more.

Ukrainian Anti-Monopoly Committee Approves VimpelCom Merger

The Ukrainian Anti-Monopoly Committee has confirmed its prior approval of the transaction to combine VimpelCom and Kyivstar GSM into a single holding company. ...more.

Ukrainian Government to Privatise Landline Monopoly

The Ukrainian government has announced plans to sell the entire of its 93% holding in the landline monopoly operator, UkrTelecom. ...more.

Samsung Wins Ukrainian Mobile WiMAX Contract

Ukraine based mobile WiMAX network, Intellecom has signed a contract for Samsung to supply Mobile WiMAX solutions for the expansion of its network. ...more.

Anti-Monopoly Investigation into Ukrainian Mobile Market

Ukraine's Anti-Monopoly Committee has started an investigation into Russia's Altimo Holdings after it reportedly failed to supply requested information about the scope of its investments in the country. ...more.

Alcatel-Lucent Test Mobile TV Services in Ukraine

Alcatel-Lucent and Ukrainian Television and Radio Company ETHER announced they have successfully completed field tests that demonstrated for the first time ever in a live network the viability of the DVB-SH format using the UHF band ...more.

Ukraine to Review Kyivstar Merger

The Ukrainian Antimonopoly Committee has decided to review the planned merger of Russia's Alfa-Group and Telenor's mobile network investments in the country, citing concerns over market share and radio spectrum allocation. ...more.

Ukraine Cancels 3G License Tender

The Ukrainian telecoms regulator, National Communications Regulatory Commission of Ukraine has cancelled the planned 3G license auction. ...more.

Ukraine's Life Quarterly Loss Rises on Currency Depreciation

The Ukrainean mobile network operator, Life has reported that its Q3 2009 revenue grew by around 8.5% comparing to previous quarter and reached US$93.2 million. Life's revenue in US dollars declined by 27.1% compared to a year ago mainly due to the depreciation of the local currency against the US$. ...more.

Ukrainian 3G License Sale Called into Question

The plans to sell a 3G license in Ukraine has been called into question after Ukraine's president overturned a decision to transfer parts of the radio spectrum controlled by the military for mobile phone network use. ...more.

Telenor and Altimo Settle Dispute - to Merge Ukrainian Assets

Telenor and Russia's Altimo have found a route out of their persistent battles over their Russian and Ukrainian assets and have announced plans to common assets in VimpelCom and Kyivstar to create a single company. ...more.

Ukraine to Auction Off One 3G License by Year-End

The Ukrainian telecoms regulator, the National Communications Regulatory Commission (NCRC) has announced plans to sell a single 3G license later this year. ...more.

ZTE Partners with Icon Private Equity to Build WiMAX Network in Ukraine

ZTE says that it has won a WiMAX deployment contract in Ukraine from Icon Private Equity's portfolio company, Ukraine High Technologies (UHT). ...more.

Turkcell Guarantees Loan for Ukraine GSM Expansion

Turkish telco, Turkcell says that it is to guarantee a US$75 million loan being signed by its Dutch subsidiary, Financell to fund network expansion by Astelit - a mobile network in Ukraine. ...more.

Ericsson Wins Network Expansion Contract in Ukraine

Ericsson says that it has won an expansion and modernisation contract from Ukrainian operator, Kyivstar. Ericsson will boost capacity and coverage of the operator's radio access and core network. ...more.

Russia and Central Asia Q1 2009 Regional Roundup

The last twelve months has seen a total of 41.8m new customers in the Russia and Central Asia region. Of these, 6.86m came in the final period, the first three months of 2009. ...more.