Latest Telecoms News from Ukraine
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$93.2 million. Life's revenue in US dollars declined by 27.1% compared to a year ago mainly due to the depreciation of the local currency against the US$....
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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....
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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....
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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....
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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)....
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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....
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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....
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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....
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Vimpelcom and Kyivstar Reported to be in Merger Talks
The long-running feud between Telenor and Russia's Alfa Group may be nearing a conclusion after it was reported that the two companies are again considering merging VimpelCom and Ukraine's Kyivstar....
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Ukrainian Operator Upgrades Network Planning Tools
RF planning vendor, Forsk has announced that Kyivstar, the largest Ukrainian operator serving 23 millions of subscribers, is now using Atoll for the planning of its GSM, UMTS and Microwave Transmission network....
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