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Looking around the world there is no doubt that the mobile broadband market is simply exploding and in many areas the development of this dongle market that gives access to broadband via mobile networks is reminiscent of the development we saw in the mobile area, when customers started migrating from fixed line telephones to mobile telephones.

The next year MTS Ukraine could probably reach the mass market of fixed telephony and Internet. The company already provides such services to corporate clients and is developing a strategy for working with private subscribers. Experts believe that competition with Kyivstar and Beeline, which would come into the market before MTS, may forcу the operator to buy the existing Internet service providers. As it was reported by the mass media, MTS-Ukraine could begin providing fixed-line services and Internet access for private subscribers in 2010. This information was confirmed by MTS-Ukraine, and it was added that the terms and strategy of this development project had not yet determined.

Since December 1, 2009 the team of high-speed broadband Internet access players in Ukraine includes a new player. It's "Ukrtransset" company that will operate under the brand «Summa Telecom». At the first stage the company covers more than 50 thousand households in Kiev: Internet services by "Ukrtransset" will use Obolon' residents of Kiev. Founded in early 2009 Ukrtransset is a member company of Russia's Summa Telecom group. In Ukraine Russian invader has its own network based on FTTB technology ( «optics to buildings"), that allows to provide a fixed broadband Internet access at speeds up to 100 Mbps. In 2010, Ukrtransset plans to significantly strengthen its position and reach over 150 thousand households, and by the end of the year - to become one of the leaders of the capital-market broadband Internet in the mass segment. "The market for broadband access to the Internet in Ukraine in general and in Kiev in particular is in active growth phase. The level of penetration of broadband Internet in Kyiv, for example, is about 40%. The level of broadband penetration in Ukraine does not exceed 20%. For comparison: the level of broadband penetration in Moscow is more than 70%. It means that in the closest future the Ukrainian market will grow rapidly. Experience that Summa Telecom has acquired in Russia, as well as the professionalism of the Ukrainian team will allow Summa Telecom to take a significant market's share", - said Maxim Evdokimov, director of Ukrtranset.

The subscriber base of mobile operator "Ukrainian Radio Systems (TM Beeline) in October 2009 decreased by 91, 664 thousand, compared to September 2009, according to a report by AC & M Consulting. Thus, the number of Beeline's subscribers in October amounted to 2, 198 921 million, which is 4.16% less than in the previous month (2, 107,257 million). The Beeline's market share on the Ukrainian mobile communication market at current time equals to 3,8%. It should be reminded that, according to analysts' estimates, the total subscriber base of cellular operators in Ukraine in October 2009 decreased by 231, 109 thousand, compared to September's 55, 229 574 million when it showed negative growth for all mobile operators in Ukraine without exception.