Ukraine Telecoms Market Report

Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses

Last updated: 11 Jan 2026 Update History

Report Status: Current

Report Pages: 164

Analyst: Henry Lancaster

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Summary
Table Of Contents

International investors return to Ukraine’s telecom sector

All segments of Ukraine’s telecom sector have been affected by Russia’s invasion of the country in February 2022. TV antennae and telecom base stations as well as civilian infrastructure have been targeted in various attempts to disrupt communications. The destruction so far caused by the Russians has put on hold most plans which the Ukrainian government and regulator had set for developing the sector. This includes the deployment of 5G services: while pilot schemes started in 2021 are ongoing, a commercial launch of services has been delayed until after martial law is lifted.

The telecom regulator, which as the newly set-up NCEC only started operating a month before Russia’s invasion, has undertaken a range of measures to ensure that telecom services are maintained. To this end, it has helped manage the distribution of equipment which replaces destroyed infrastructure, it has facilitated affordable or free roaming within the European Union, and it has provided additional spectrum resources to enable the MNOs to maintain service quality.

Importantly, the government has successfully encouraged foreign investment in the country, and this has had positive implications for telecom services. In August 2025 Kyivstar Group became the first full Ukrainian company to be listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange, while the acquisition of the MNO Lifecell by NJJ Group brought with it the merger of Lifecell with Datagroup-Volia Group. The acquisition and merger were facilitated by a $435 million loan from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) of the World Bank.

Through necessities generated by the war, Ukraine has also become one of the leading countries globally In developing e-government services.

Key developments:

Turkcell completes its exit from Ukraine with the sale of Lifecell.
NCEC replaces the NCCIR as the unified regulator for electronic communications, spectrum, and postal services.
VEON has limits on corporate rights over Kyivstar lifted.
Vodafone Ukraine planning to build the Kardsea submarine cable system under the Black Sea connecting Ukraine with Bulgaria, Georgia, Turkey.
Kyivstar and the WINWIN AI Center of Excellence develop a Ukrainian-language LLM to support digital public services and improve service quality.
Regulator concludes multi-spectrum auction.
Kyivstar launches commercial mobile satellite using Starlink’s D2C service.
Report update includes the regulator's annual reports to 2024 and market data to Q2 2025, telcos' financial and operating data updates to December 2025, recent market developments.

Companies mentioned in this report:

Ukrtelecom, Kyivstar, Vodafone Ukraine, Lifecell, Intertelecom, Datagroup, Eurotranstelecom, Vega, Volia Cable, TriMob, Triolan, PEOPLEnet.

Key statistics
Country overview
Telecommunications market
Regulatory environment

Law of Ukraine on Telecommunications 2003
Law of Ukraine On Electronic Communications 2022
Regulatory authority
Ministry of Digital Transformation (MDTU)
Fixed-line developments

Privatisation
Network access
European Electronic Communications Code

Mobile network developments

Licences
Mobile Number Portability (MNP)
Mobile Termination Rate (MTR)
Roaming

Mobile market

Mobile statistics
Mobile infrastructure

5G
LTE
3G
GSM
Other infrastructure developments
Mobile broadband

Mobile content and applications
Major mobile operators

Vodafone Ukraine
Kyivstar
Lifecell
Ukrtelecom (Utel/TriMob)
Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNOs)

Fixed-line broadband market

National Economic Strategy 2030
Broadband statistics

Hybrid Fibre Coax (HFC) networks
Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) networks
Fibre-to-the-Premises (FttP) networks

Other fixed broadband services

Fixed wireless (Wi-Fi and WiMAX)

Fixed network market

Fixed network operators

Ukrtelecom
Datagroup
Kyivstar
Vega
Wireless Local Loop (WLL) operators

Telecommunications infrastructure

Overview of the national telecom network

Ukrtelecom
Datagroup
Eurotranstelecom
Kyivstar
Vega

International infrastructure

Appendix – Historic data
Glossary of abbreviations
Related reports

List of Tables

Table 1 – Top Level Country Statistics and Telco Authorities – Ukraine – 2026 (e)
Table 2 – Telecom services revenue by sector (UAH billion) – 2011 – 2025
Table 3 – Development of telecom sector capex – 2021 – 2025
Table 4 – Change in international roaming revenue – 2021 – 2024
Table 5 – Change in the number of mobile subscribers and penetration rate – 2014 – 2028
Table 6 – Development of mobile market revenue – 2011 – 2025
Table 7 – Change in the proportion of mobile market revenue by segment – 2021 – 2025
Table 8 – Change in mobile market revenue by segment (UAH billion) – 2023 – 2024
Table 9 – Development of mobile ARPU – 2021 – 2025
Table 10 – Increase in the number of LTE mobile subscribers – 2018 – 2024
Table 11 – Change in the number of M2M connections – 2019 – 2024
Table 12 – Change in the number of active mobile broadband subscribers and penetration – 2014 – 2028
Table 13 – Change in the number of Vodafone Ukraine’s mobile subscribers – 2011 – 2025
Table 14 – Development of Vodafone Ukraine’s revenue (UAH billion) – 2011 – 2025
Table 15 – Development of Vodafone Ukraine’s capex – 2015 – 2025
Table 16 – Development of Vodafone Ukraine’s annualised mobile ARPU – 2015 – 2025
Table 17 – Change in the number of Kyivstar’s mobile subscribers – 2010 – 2025
Table 18 – Development of Kyivstar’s mobile revenue (UAH million) – 2012 – 2025
Table 19 – Development of Kyivstar’s mobile revenue ($ million) – 2011 – 2025
Table 20 – Change in Kyivstar’s mobile ARPU – 2011 – 2025
Table 21 – Change in the number of Lifecell’s mobile subscribers – 2011 – 2025
Table 22 – Development of Lifecell’s financial data (UAH million) – 2013 – 2024
Table 23 – Increase in fixed internet revenue – 2011 – 2025
Table 24 – Growth in the number of fixed-line broadband and penetration – 2014 – 2028
Table 25 – Change in the proportion of fixed broadband connections by platform – 2021 – 2024
Table 26 – Change in the proportion of fixed-line broadband connections by data rate – 2021 – 2024
Table 27 – Change in the proportion of businesses with fixed-line broadband connections by data rate – 2021 – 2025
Table 28 – Development of fixed internet ARPU – 2021 – 2025
Table 29 – Change in the number of Ukrtelecom’s broadband subscribers – 2011 – 2020
Table 30 – Change in the number of Kyivstar’s broadband subscribers – 2011 – 2025
Table 31 – Development of Kyivstar’s broadband revenue – 2012 – 2023
Table 32 – Change in Kyivstar’s broadband ARPU – 2010 – 2023
Table 33 – Change in the number of cable broadband subscribers – 2009 – 2024
Table 34 – Decline in the number of DSL subscribers – 2009 – 2024
Table 35 – Growth in the number of fibre broadband subscribers – 2009 – 2024
Table 36 – Development of Ukrtelecom’s financial data (UAH billion) – 2015 – 2025
Table 37 – Ukrtelecom broadband and fixed-line subscribers – 2012 – 2020
Table 38 – Development of Kyivstar’s financial data (UAH million) – 2010 – 2025
Table 39 – Development of Kyivstar’s revenue by sector (UAH million) – 2012 – 2025
Table 40 – Change in the number of Kyivstar’s subscribers by sector (million) – 2011 – 2025
Table 41 – Decline in the number of fixed lines in service and teledensity - 2014 – 2028
Table 42 – Change in the proportion of fixed voice revenue by segment – 2021 – 2025
Table 43 – Development of fixed voice ARPU – 2021 – 2025
Table 44 – Change in access service revenue – 2021 – 2025
Table 45 – Increase in the length of cable access ducts – 2021 – 2025
Table 46 – Historic - Telecom services revenue by sector (UAH billion) – 2006 – 2010
Table 47 – Historic - Mobile subscribers and penetration rate – 1995 – 2013
Table 48 – Historic - Active mobile broadband subscribers and penetration – 2010 – 2013
Table 49 – Historic - Vodafone Ukraine Value Added Service revenue (UAH million) – 2007 – 2015
Table 50 – Historic - Vodafone Ukraine subscribers – 2004 – 2010
Table 51 – Historic - Vodafone Ukraine revenue (UAH billion) – 2004 – 2010
Table 52 – Historic - Vodafone Ukraine annualised ARPU – 2004 – 2010
Table 53 – Historic - Kyivstar mobile revenue ($) – 2007 – 2010
Table 54 – Historic - Kyivstar ARPU – 2007 – 2010
Table 55 – Historic - Kyivstar subscribers – 2007 – 2010
Table 56 – Historic - Lifecell subscribers – 2008 – 2010
Table 57 – Historic - Lifecell financial data ($ million) – 2007 – 2010
Table 58 – Historic - TriMob subscribers – 2010 – 2013
Table 59 – Historic - Internet users and penetration rate – 1999 – 2010
Table 60 – Historic - Fixed-line broadband subscribers and penetration rate – 2005 – 2013
Table 61 – Historic - Kyivstar FttB subscribers – 2010 – 2012
Table 62 – Historic - Kyivstar FttB revenue – 2011 – 2013
Table 63 – Historic - Datagroup subscribers by type – 2010 – 2012
Table 64 – Historic - Datagroup financial data (historic) – 2009 – 2012
Table 65 – Historic - Kyivstar financial data – 2007 – 2010
Table 66 – Historic - Kyivstar financial data by sector – 2007 – 2010
Table 67 – Historic - Kyivstar subscribers by sector – 2007 – 2010
Table 68 – Historic - Ukrtelecom’s revenue – 2008 – 2014
Table 69 – Historic - International bandwidth – 2004 – 2017
Table 70 – Historic - Fixed lines in service - 1995 – 2013

List of Charts

Chart 1 – Telecom revenue by sector – 2011 – 2025
Chart 2 – Change in the number of mobile subscribers and penetration rate – 2014 – 2028
Chart 3 – Development of mobile market revenue – 2011 – 2025
Chart 4 – Change in the proportion of mobile market revenue by segment – 2021 – 2025
Chart 5 – Increase in the number of LTE mobile subscribers – 2018 – 2024
Chart 6 – Change in the number of active mobile broadband subscribers and penetration – 2014 – 2028
Chart 7 – Change in the number of Vodafone Ukraine’s mobile subscribers – 2011 – 2025
Chart 8 – Development of Vodafone Ukraine’s revenue – 2011 – 2025
Chart 9 – Development of Vodafone Ukraine’s capex – 2015 – 2025
Chart 10 – Development of Vodafone Ukraine’s annualised mobile ARPU – 2015 – 2025
Chart 11 – Change in the number of Kyivstar’s mobile subscribers – 2010 – 2025
Chart 12 – Development of Kyivstar’s mobile revenue – 2012 – 2025
Chart 13 – Development of Kyivstar’s mobile revenue ($) – 2011 – 2025
Chart 14 – Development of Lifecell’s financial data – 2016 – 2024
Chart 15 – Growth in the number of fixed-line broadband and penetration – 2014 – 2028
Chart 16 – Change in the proportion of fixed broadband connections by platform – 2021 – 2024
Chart 17 – Change in the proportion of fixed-line broadband connections by data rate – 2021 – 2024
Chart 18 – Change in the number of Kyivstar’s broadband subscribers – 2011 – 2025
Chart 19 – Development of Ukrtelecom’s financial data – 2015 – 2025
Chart 20 – Development of Kyivstar’s financial data – 2010 – 2025
Chart 21 – Development of Kyivstar’s revenue by sector – 2012 – 2025
Chart 22 – Change in the number of Kyivstar’s subscribers by sector – 2011 – 2025
Chart 23 – Decline in the number of fixed lines in service and teledensity - 2014 – 2028
Chart 24 – Change in the proportion of fixed voice revenue by segment – 2021 – 2025

List of Exhibits

Exhibit 1 – Spectrum auction – November 2024

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Ukraine Telecoms Market Report

Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses

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International investors return to Ukraine’s telecom sector

Key developments:

Companies mentioned in this report:

Key statistics

Country overview

Telecommunications market

Regulatory environment

Mobile market

Fixed-line broadband market

Fixed network market

Telecommunications infrastructure

Appendix – Historic data

Glossary of abbreviations

Related reports

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