Telecommunications in Ukraine
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The entire population of Ukraine now has telephone and/or mobile phone connection;[a] Internet access is universally available in cities and main transport corridors, expanding into smaller settlements.
Ukraine's telecommunication development plan emphasizes further improving domestic trunk lines, international connections, and the mobile cellular system.
During the
Internet audience
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International data network
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Two new domestic trunk lines are a part of the fiber-optic Trans-Asia-Europe (TAE) system and three Ukrainian links have been installed in the fiber-optic Trans-European Lines (TEL) project that connects 18 countries; additional international service is provided by the Italy-Turkey-Ukraine-Russia (
satellite systems.Fixed telephone network
Telephones - land lines in use: 12.681 million (2011)
Upon gaining independence from the USSR in 1991, Ukraine inherited an analog PSTN telephone system that was antiquated, inefficient, and in many places in disrepair; meanwhile demand overwhelmed the supply with more than 3.5 million households applications for telephone lines pending. Telephone density has since risen and the domestic trunk system is being improved; about one-third of Ukraine's networks are digital, and the majority of regional centers now have digital switching stations. Improvements in local networks and local exchanges continue to lag.
Several independent fixed network providers established themselves on the country's retail market, although Ukrtelecom still dominates it.
Mobile phone networks
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Market penetration
The mobile cellular telephone system's expansion has slowed, largely due to the saturation of the market, which has reached 125 mobile phones per 100 people.
Telephones - mobile cellular: 55.578 million (2011)
Mobile phone networks
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership | MCC / MNC |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Kyivstar
(Including previous |
900/1800 MHz | 25.9 (2Q 2021) | Veon | 25503 and 25502 |
2 | MTS Ukraine ) |
900/1800 MHz | 18.9 (2Q 2021) | Bakcell | 25501 |
3 | Lifecell (Formerly Life) |
900/1800 MHz LTE-A Pro |
9.9 (Q3 2021) | Turkcell | 25506 |
4 | Intertelecom | 800 MHz CDMA2000 EV-DO rel.0, rev. A, rev. B
(The gradual shutdown of the network began in many regions since 2020) |
1.4 (3Q 2017) | Odinaco Ltd (49%), Viktor Gushan (35.7%) | 25504 |
5 | TriMob | 2100 MHz HSUPA, HSPA
(Own 3G network in Kyiv city centre only. Free 2G/3G roaming on Vodafone network available) |
0.300 (2Q 2018) excluding Lycamobile | Ukrtelecom | 25507 |
6 | PEOPLEnet | 800 MHz CDMA2000 EV-DO region only)(Network in Dnipropetrovsk |
0.853 (4Q 2012) | Telesystemy Ukrainy | 25521 |
Mobile phone manufacturers
The following companies in Ukraine are manufacturing mobile phones:
- Borton
- Impression Electronics[3]
Radio broadcast stations
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300 (2007)
Ukrainian Amateur Radio League
Internet in Ukraine
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- country code - .ua
- Internet hosts: 2.173 million (2012)
- Internet users: 41,8 million (2013)
History
Russian Invasion of Ukraine
Ukraine's military and government rapidly became dependent on
Satellite internet from SpaceX had key telecommunications role such as in the
While military and government use of the Starlink has been the most important aspect of opening Ukraine to low-altitude satellite internet services in early 2022, civilians are also heavily using the technology "to keep in touch with the outside world and tell loved ones that they are alive." During the war, Ukrainians can use Starlink terminals without paying the usual monthly subscription fee.[8]
To pay for the cost of Starlink in Ukraine, SpaceX donated for an estimate of over $100 million,[9] while an unknown amount was secured by several European countries and the US government.[10][1] In June 2023, The Pentagon communicated that the Department of Defense signed a contract with SpaceX's Starlink to buy those satellite services for Ukraine.[1]
The use of Starlink in Russian-occupied territories in Ukraine was however restricted by SpaceX, according to Ukrainian officials.[6]
- Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine (Official website (in Ukrainian))
- State Special Communications Service of Ukraine (Official website)
- National Commission for the State Regulation of Communications and Informatization of Ukraine (Official website)
See also
Notes
- ^ except for a few very remote and sparsely inhabited settlements
References
- ^ a b c Stone, Mike; Roulette, Joey (2023-06-01). "SpaceX's Starlink wins Pentagon contract for satellite services to Ukraine". Reuters. Archived from the original on 2023-06-01. Retrieved 2023-06-01.
- ^ Elon Musk says SpaceX's Starlink satellites active over Ukraine after request from embattled country's leaders Archived 2022-02-27 at Ghost Archive, The Independent (26 February 2022)
- ^ "Производство". impression.ua. Archived from the original on 2020-09-03. Retrieved 2019-02-28.
- ^ "@elonmusk while you try to colonize Mars — Russia try to occupy Ukraine! While your rockets successfully land from space — Russian rockets attack Ukrainian civil people! We ask you to provide Ukraine with Starlink stations and to address sane Russians to stand". Twitter. 26 February 2022. Archived from the original on 14 October 2022. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
- from the original on 2023-03-09. Retrieved 2023-05-20.
- ^ from the original on 2023-09-23. Retrieved 2023-06-06.
- from the original on 2022-10-15. Retrieved 2022-10-15.
- Kyiv Independent. Archivedfrom the original on 20 March 2023. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
- The Associated Press. Archivedfrom the original on 28 April 2023. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
- ^ Brodkin, Jon (2022-12-20). "Ukraine to get 10,000 more Starlink antennas; funding problems are "resolved"". Ars Technica. Archived from the original on 2023-05-19. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
External links
Industry-specific media
- Watcher: (in Ukrainian) - Ukrainian Internet business and marketing online newspaper
- ProIT (in Russian) - Ukrainian IT industry online newspaper
- AIN (in Russian) - Ukrainian IT industry online newspaper