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Kyivstar Introduces Home Internet Service In Five CitiesThe Kyivstar telecommunication company introduced the Home Internet service in five cities in February and March 2011.
In particular, the service under the FTTB technology was introduced in Dniprodzerzhynsk (Dnipropetrovsk region), Lozova (Kharkiv region), Makiivka (Donetsk region), Netishyn (Khmelnytskyi region), and Chervonohrad (Lviv region).
At present, Kyivstar provides the service of access to the Internet in 43 cities, un.ua says.
In October 2010, following the merger of Kyivstar and the Beeline communication operator (the Ukrainian Radiosystems and Golden Telecom companies) the resulting company began providing services under the single brand Home Internet in all cities, including cities where Beeline had introduced the Beeline Internet at Home service.
The number of subscribers of Kyivstar and Beeline decreased by 2% to 24.44 million in November 2010.
The Kyivstar telecommunications operator and the Beeline mobile communications operator (the Ukrainian RadioSystems and Golden Telecom companies) ended the period of October-December 2010 with a net profit of UAH 514.1 million.
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Kyivstar Raises Mobile Internet Cost 16.7%The Kyivstar telecommunication operator (Kyiv) from April 11 raises the cost of mobile internet by 16.67% or UAH 1 and UAH 2 to UAH 6 and UAH 12 a Mb of data.
For the clients of prepaid and contract forms of servicing the cost of the 'Customary access to the internet network under the GPRS and EDGE technology' service one megabyte of data will cost UAH 6 (now UAH 5), for the 'WAP access to the internet network under the GPRS and EDGE technology' service one megabyte of data will cost UAH 12 (now UAH 10).
The statement also says that the cost of mobile internet for the clients changes in all the tariffs expect for: Economy, L, Internet 3G, Absolutely Unlimited (for contract-bound subscribers), Internet, Djuice Internet, Djuice Unlim + Music, Bomba, Health Resort (for prepaid service users).
As Ukrainian News earlier reported, Kyivstar finished 2010 with a net profit of UAH 3.901 billion.
On October 5, 2009, Altimo (Russia) and Telenor (Norway) agreed to merge Kyivstar and VimpelCom to create a new cellular communications operator, VimpelCom Ltd. (Bermuda islands), to provide integrated cellular communications services in Russia, Ukraine, and other member-countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States, as well as in Georgia, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos.
Kyivstar and Beeline intend to complete their merger by 2014.
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Kyivstar Introduces Proryv Tariff For Djuice SubscribersFrom April 15, the Kyivstar telecommunication operator introduced a tariff plan called Proryv (Breakthrough) for Djuice subscribers.
The tariff envisions that the cost of outgoing calls to numbers of Kyivstar, Beeline and other mobile and fixed telephony numbers is UAH 0.95 per minute, SMS costs UAH 0.50 and an MMS costs UAH 1.
The connection fee is not introduced.
As Ukrainian News earlier reported, the Kyivstar telecommunications operator and the Beeline mobile communications operator (the Ukrainian RadioSystems and Golden Telecom companies) ended the period of October-December 2010 with a net profit of UAH 514.1 million.
On October 5, 2009, the Altimo company (Russia) and Telenor agreed to merge Kyivstar and VimpelCom to create a new cellular communications operator, VimpelCom Ltd. (Bermuda islands), to provide integrated cellular communications services in Russia, Ukraine, and other member-countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States, as well as in Georgia, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos.
Kyivstar and Beeline intend to complete their merger by 2014.
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Kyivstar Introduces Services “Package 20 SMS” And Package 10 MMS”The Kyivstar telecommunication operator has introduced services "Package 20 SMS" and "Package 10 MMS" for subscribers of Beeline (the Ukrainian Radiosystems Company) from April 6.
Ukrainian News learned this from a statement by Kyivstar.
The effect of package messages is one week.
The cost of the service of SMS is UAH 3/week, the cost of service of MMS is UAH 2/week.
As Ukrainian News earlier reported, the Kyivstar telecommunications operator and the Beeline mobile communications operator (the Ukrainian Radiosystems and Golden Telecom companies) ended the period of October-December 2010 with a net profit of UAH 514.1 million.
On October 5, 2009, the Altimo company (Russia) and Telenor agreed to merge Kyivstar and VimpelCom to create a new cellular communications operator, VimpelCom Ltd. (Bermuda islands), to provide integrated cellular communications services in Russia, Ukraine, and other member-countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States, as well as in Georgia, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos.
Kyivstar and Beeline intend to complete their merger by 2014.
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Kyivstar To Incorporate Storm And Raise Statutory Fund By UAH 350 Million To UAH 884.4 MillionThe Kyivstar telecommunication operator has decided to incorporate Kyiv-based Storm limited liability company and respectively raise statutory fund by UAH 350 million to UAH 884.369 million, head of Kyivstar press service Yulia Shylina told the Ukrainian News agency.
Stockholders of the company took the decision on March 14.
As Ukrainian News earlier reported, On October 5, 2009, the Altimo company (Russia) and Telenor agreed to merge Kyivstar and VimpelCom to create a new cellular communications operator, VimpelCom Ltd. (Bermuda islands), to provide integrated cellular communications services in Russia, Ukraine, and other member-countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States, as well as in Georgia, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos.
Kyivstar and Beeline intend to complete their merger by 2014.
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Mobile Communication Operators Favour Being Empowered To Provide Mobile PaymentsMobile communication operators are demanding right to provide mobile payments.
"To actively develop useful and convenient service of mobile payments in Ukraine, the state should introduce amendments into the legislation that regulates provision of telecommunication and financial services," press service of the Kyivstar telecommunication operator told the Ukrainian News agency.
Kyivstar said that current legislation allows mobile communication subscribers to pay only for telecommunication services using their mobile phones, but payments for services rendered by other organizations refer to financial services and require respective licensing.
Press service of the MTS Ukraine mobile communication operator also said that operators cannot independently hold mobile payments as they do not have legal right to that.
In its turn, press service of the Astelit mobile communication operator (the life:) brand) told the Ukrainian News agency that the company is analyzing situation in that sector and searching opportunity to provide the service in frames of current legislation.
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Kyivstar Decides To Reorganize From CJSC Into Private JSCThe Kyivstar telecommunication operator has decided to reorganize from a closed joint-stock company into a private joint-stock company.
The decision was taken at the stockholders' meeting on March 14.
Besides, they decided not to use GSM standard in official name of the company (Kyivstar GSM) as the company is introducing telecommunication services on the basis of other technologies, in particular, EDGE/GPRS, WAP, FTTB.
As Ukrainian News earlier reported, On October 5, 2009, the Altimo company (Russia) and Telenor agreed to merge Kyivstar and VimpelCom to create a new cellular communications operator, VimpelCom Ltd. (Bermuda islands), to provide integrated cellular communications services in Russia, Ukraine, and other member-countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States, as well as in Georgia, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos.
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Kyivstar Appoints Moe Financial Director To Replace SimmonsThe Kyivstar telecommunication operator has dismissed from April 1, 2011, Andrew Simmons from the post of financial director and appointed Trond Moe vice president / financial director.
Ukrainian News learned this from a statement by Kyivstar.
Simmons transfers to another position (he has been holding the post since 2006).
Moe has headed the Ukrainian office of the Telenor Company, which is one of indirect owners of Kyivstar.
Moe was vice president / financial director of Kyivstar in the 2000-2006 period.
As Ukrainian News earlier reported, the Telenor Company closed its office in Ukraine in January 2011.
On October 5, 2009, the Altimo company (Russia) and Telenor agreed to merge Kyivstar and VimpelCom to create a new cellular communications operator, VimpelCom Ltd. (Bermuda islands), to provide integrated cellular communications services in Russia, Ukraine, and other member-countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States, as well as in Georgia, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos.
Kyivstar and Beeline intend to complete their merger by 2014.
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Kyivstar Introduces Four Unlimited Tariffs For Users Of Home Internet ServiceOn March 1, the Kyivstar telecommunication operator introduced four unlimited tariff plans for subscribers of the Home Internet service.
The tariff plan called Start+ button envisions Internet access rate of up to 2 mbps and monthly subscriber fee of UAH 55.
The tariff plan called Drive+ button envisions Internet access rate of up to 10 mbps and monthly subscriber fee of UAH 70.
The tariff plan called Turbo+ button envisions Internet access rate of up to 30 mbps and monthly subscriber fee of UAH 90.
Besides, the tariff plan called Mega+ button envisions Internet access rate of up to 80 mbps and monthly subscriber fee of UAH 140.
The tariff plans are to be valid for unlimited period of time.
Current subscribers would manage to change their tariffs with the help of self-service system My Kyivstar from May 1.
As Ukrainian News earlier reported, the company renders Internet services on the basis of FTTB technology in 38 Ukrainian cities.
In Q3, the number of subscribers of broadband Internet of Kyivstar and Beeline was 226,200.
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Number Of Mobile-Telephone Operators’ Subscribers Down To 53.7 MillionIn January, the number of subscribers of Ukrainian mobile-telephone operators fell by 0.6% or 0.32 million to 53.69 million.
Ukrainian News has learned this from results of a research conducted by iKS-Consulting, a wording of which was made available to the agency.
In particular, the combined number of subscribers to the services of Kyivstar and Beeline (Ukrainian Radiosystems and Golden Telecom companies) made up 24.33 million, the number of subscribers to MTS' services made up 18.21 million, and to the services of Astelit company (life:) brand) 9.02 million.
The rest of subscribers belong to the biggest telecommunications company Ukrtelecom and three CDMA operators.
As Ukrainian News earlier reported, in December 2010, the number of subscribers of Ukrainian mobile-telephone operators fell by 0.5% to 54.01 million.
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