Ukraine - Key Statistics, Telecom Market and Regulatory Overviews

Synopsis

Ukraine’s possesses a significant telecoms market due to its large population. Competition is improving as alternative operators engage in infrastructure-based competition due to lack of an effective last mile network access regime. Wireless local loop and fibre operators have been most active in this area. However the incumbent remains the dominant player, with the regulatory environment more likely to improve once privatisation of the incumbent is completed. Drawing upon numerous statistics, this report provides a concise overview of the Ukrainian telecoms market, including brief profiles of major operators, telecom network infrastructure in the country and network developments which are underway.

Key developments:

Ukrtelecom sold to Epic Services Ukraine for UAH10.57 billion; telecom revenue expected to grow 5% for 2011; EU concerns of independent judiciary; regulator market data for 2011; operator data to September 2011; market developments to early 2012.

Companies covered in this report include:

Ukrtelecom, Datagroup, Eurotranstelecom, Beeline, Vega, Velton Telecom, Intertelecom, ITC, Telesystems.

Table of Contents

• 1. Synopsis
• 2. Key statistics
• 3. Telecommunications market
  • 3.1 Overview of Ukraine’s telecom market
• 4. Regulatory environment
  • 4.1 Law of Ukraine on Telecommunications
  • 4.2 Regulatory authority
    • 4.2.1 National Commission for Communications Regulation (NCCR)
  • 4.3 Telecom sector liberalisation in Ukraine
    • 4.3.1 Privatisation
    • 4.3.2 Interconnection
    • 4.3.3 Carrier selection and carrier preselection
• 5. Fixed network operators in Ukraine
  • 5.1 Overview of operators
  • 5.2 Ukrtelecom
  • 5.3 Datagroup
  • 5.4 Eurotranstelecom
  • 5.5 Beeline Ukraine
  • 5.6 Vega
  • 5.7 Wireless Local Loop (WLL) operators
    • 5.7.1 Velton Telecom
    • 5.7.2 Intertelecom
    • 5.7.3 International Telecommunication Company (ITC)/CDMA Ukraine
    • 5.7.4 Telesystems of Ukraine/PEOPLEnet
• 6. Telecommunications infrastructure
  • 6.1 National telecom network
    • 6.1.1 Ukrtelecom
    • 6.1.2 Datagroup
    • 6.1.3 Eurotranstelecom
    • 6.1.4 Beeline Ukraine
    • 6.1.5 Vega
  • 6.2 International infrastructure
  • 6.3 Telecoms and IT
• 7. Related reports

• Table 1 – Country statistics – 2011 (e)
• Table 2 – Telephone network statistics – October 2011
• Table 3 – Internet user statistics – June 2011
• Table 4 – Broadband statistics – October 2011
• Table 5 – Mobile statistics – October 2011
• Table 6 – National telecommunications authority
• Table 7 – Telecom revenue by sector – 2006 – 2011
• Table 8 – Ukrtelecom financial data – 2008 - 2011
• Table 9 – Datagroup subscribers by type – 2010 - 2011
• Table 10 – VimpelCom (Beeline) financial data – 2007 - 2011
• Table 11 – VimpelCom (Beeline) subscribers by sector– 2007 - 2011
• Table 12 – Intertelecom subscribers – 2005; 2007 - 2009
• Table 13 – PEOPLEnet subscribers – 2007 - 2009
• Table 14 – Fixed lines in service - 1995 - 2013

• Chart 1 – Telecom revenue by sector– 2006 - 2011
• Chart 2 – Ukrtelecom financial data – 2008 - 2011
• Chart 3 – VimpelCom (Beeline) financial data – 2007 - 2011