Analyst: Ukraine Mobile Cos Internet, Data Transfer Revenue Up 85%\"

KIEV, Feb 21 (Prime-Tass) -- The revenue of Ukrainian mobile operators from Internet and data transfer services soared 85% on the year to US$110 million in 2006, according to research by Russian analytical agency iKS-Consulting.

Of that figure, revenue from Wireless Access Protocol (WAP) accounted for 81%, or $90 million.

In December, 6.8 million mobile users, or about 14% of the country?s subscriber base, used WAP at least once, the agency said.

As of December, more than 50,000 WAP sites were available in Ukraine, of which just 3% were Ukraine-based.

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Posted to the site on 21st February 2007

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