Last updated: 10 Mar 2010 Update History
Report Status: Archived
Report Pages: 44
Analyst: Paul Kwon
Publication Overview
This report covers trends and developments in telecommunications, mobile, Internet, broadband, digital TV. Subjects include:
Researcher Paul Kwon
Current publication date:- March 2010 (8th Edition)
Next publication date:- March 2011
Executive Summary
One of Eastern Europe’s largest countries, Ukraine shares borders with CIS nations Russia, Belarus, Moldova as well as European Union member nations Poland, Slovakia, Hungary and Romania. Following a turbulent period in the transition from independence Ukraine enjoyed strong economic growth culminating in accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 2008. Like much of its neighbours, Ukraine was adversely impacted by the recent global economic turmoil. One of the hardest hit countries, Ukraine turned to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for assistance in November 2008, and has since worked to restore economic health.
Ukraine’s historical and economic ties with Russia are evident as it is its largest trading partner, is home to a significant Russian ethnic minority and the Russian language is spoken by the general population, particularly in the Eastern regions. In recent years Ukraine has sought an increasingly close relationship with the EU, and has voiced aspirations to eventually join the EU.
Ukraine previously held formalised relations with the EU through the latter’s European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP), through which financial assistance is offered in exchange for observing strict conditions of government and/or economic reform. As part of the ENP, an EU-Ukraine ENP Action Plan was adopted by both countries in February 2005.
The ENP Action Plan established strategic development objectives which encompasses among other, the area of telecoms and information society. Telecoms and information society development objectives included:
Mirroring the general economy, Ukraine’s overall telecoms industry has grown consistently. Market liberalisation has opened up the entire communications market to competition; the success of this policy is evident in the broadband and mobile markets but not as such in the fixed telephony market, where the incumbent still dominates the market.
Ukraine possesses a sizeable Internet market, with broadband representing a growing proportion of total Internet access subscriptions. Broadband services are available via ADSL, cable, FttH, LAN and wireless platforms such as WiFi and WiMAX, with competition predominantly infrastructure-based. Digital TV is accessible due to wide reaching cable TV networks, a number of satellite pay TV platforms, broadband TV and digital terrestrial TV.
Ukraine’s mobile market is highly competitive due to a number of mobile operators offering services via GSM, CDMA and WCDMA/HSDPA networks. Mobile broadband services present the next growth opportunity given the saturated mobile voice market although the major GSM operators are hampered by lack of licences to offer 3G services. Into this market opportunity has stepped Ukraine’s CDMA operators, which initially offered fixed-line services but have since moved into the mobile market, launching mobile broadband services. Ukraine is also home to a nascent mobile content and applications market, with future growth largely dependant on mobile data take up.
Ukraine – key telecom parameters – 2009 - 2010
Sector |
2009 (e) |
2010 (e) |
Broadband |
||
Fixed broadband subscribers (thousand) |
2,100 |
3,000 |
Fixed broadband penetration rate |
5.0% |
7.0% |
Subscribers to Telecoms Services |
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Fixed-line telephone subscribers (thousand) |
13.2 |
13.3 |
Mobile phone subscribers |
48.5 |
46.6 |
(Source: BuddeComm based on industry data)
Data in this report is the latest available at the time of preparation and may not be for the current year.
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