Ukraine Telecom Nuggets

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Ukraine Telecom Statistics:

Population: 46,710,816  (2006 est)

Per capita GDP:  $7,200 (2005 est.)

Internet users: 5,278,100 (2005)

Internet hosts: 167,501 (2005)

Telephone fixed lines in use: 12.142 million (2004)

Telephone cellular lines in use: 20.1 million (2005)

Telephone density: 19.89 (2000)

Cellular density: 0.43 (2000)

Equipment market size: (U.S. $ Millions) 1,300 (Estimated 1998)

U.S. telecom equipment exports: $4,359,990 (1997)

Telecom services revenue: $1,100.8 (Total M $US - 1996)

data: US Department of Commerce, CIA factbook, Wikipedia
 

Ukraine Carriers (telecom providers):

Ukrtelecom (cellular) and Utel (fixed lines) dominate the market. Ukrtelecom was created in 1993, when the Ukrainian Ministry of Communications (MOC) reorganized the national telecommunications structure by merging several MOC departments, and regional PTT's merged into the Ukrainian State Telecommunications Corporation (Ukrtelecom). Owning all transmission facilities, Ukrtelecom administrates the national wireline infrastructure.

The number of mobile subscribers (valid SIM-cards) in Ukraine reached 31 million as of January 2006, according to figures from Advanced Communications & Media. Mobile penetration went up to 66 percent from 63.8 percent on 31 December 2005. Kyivstar has a market share of 45.5 percent, followed by UMC which has a 44.4 percent share of the market. Astelit has a 8.7 percent share of the market and Wellcom has a 0.8 percent market share.

Mobile Operators (as of August 2005)

Ukraine + 380

• Cherkassy 472
• Chernivitsi 3722
• Crimea 652
• Denepropetrovsk 562
• Donetsk 622
• Ivano-Frankiusk 3422
• Kharkov 572
• Kiev 44
• Kirovohrad 552
• Lugansk 642
• Lviv 322
• Mykolaiv 512
• Odessa 482
• Slavyansk 6262
• Ternopil 3522
• Umani 4744
• Vinnytsia 432
• Zhitomir 41

Best telecom rates from USA to Ukraine (telephone cards and dialaround)

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