Ukraine Telecom Nuggets

Statistics, Carriers, Codes, Rates

Per capita GDP: $7,200 (2005 est.)

Telephone wire lines in use: 12.142 million (2004)

Telephone wireless lines in use: 20.1 million (2005)

Equipment market size: (U.S. $ Millions) 1,300 (est. 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 + 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

Ukraine Carriers (telecom providers):
Two companies dominate the national and long distance wireline networks: Ukrtelecom and Utel, respectively. 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 long distance and international service provider Utel (UkrTelecom 51%, AT&T USA 19.5%, Deutsche Telecommunications 19.5%, PTT Telecommunications of the Netherlands 10%) was established in 1992. The company has thus far reinvested all profits into infrastructure development, primarily concentrating on achieving interregional and international connectivity.

A smaller player Golden Telecom  is a division of Golden Telecom Inc. (NASDAQ: GLDN). The company is a facilities-based provider of integrated telecommunications services for businesses and other high-usage customers and telecommunications operators in Ukraine. The company is comprised of three lines of business: A Competitive Local Exchange Carrier (CLEC) with international / intercity voice and data carrier services; an Internet Service Provider offering dedicated corporate Internet and mass market dial-up access operating under the Svit Online brand; and a GSM1800 cellular service, Golden Telecom GSM.