Telecom

The National Communications Regulation Commission (NCRC) announced the date of the UMTS (3G) license sale for the 25MHz bandwidth channel. The tender will take place on November 30. The opening bid the for license will be UAH 400 mln (USD 47 mln.), with bid increments of UAH 20 mln. (USD 2.4 mln.).

Ukraine’s state telecommunication company, Ukrtelecom [UTLM UZ, U/R], recorded a net profit of UAH 57.5 mln in 2Q09, compared to the results in 2Q08 when the company received a net loss of UAH 4.34 mln. Net sales increased by 0.7% YoY to UAH 1,615 bln.

According to the State Statistics Committee, telecommunication revenue decreased by 0.9% YoY in 1H09 to UAH22.1 bln. Revenue from urban and rural fixed line services increased by 3.8% YoY and 2.1%YoY respectively or overall by 3.7% YoY, revenue from internet services grew by 26.8%YoY, revenue from domestic long distance (DLD) and international long distance (ILD) dropped 19.2 YoY. Revenue from the mobile segment decreased by 2.8% YoY to UAH 13.6 bln. mainly due to a drop in retail spending on mobile services.

According to IKS-Consulting monthly statistics, the number of Ukrtelecom [UTLM UZ, U/R] mobile users increased by 4.4% MoM to 289.7 thsd clients in June 2009.The overall number of mobile users in the market decreased by a meager 0.5% to 54.8 mln. customers. The level of penetration decreased by 0.4% to 119.2%.

NCRC forbids using zero tariffs for mobile operators: NEUTRAL.

According to IKS-Consulting’s monthly statistics, the number of Ukrtelecom [UTLM UZ, U/R] mobile users increased by 5.7% MoM to 277.6 thsd clients in May 2009. Overall, the number of mobile users decreased by a meager 0.2% to 55.13 mln customers. The penetration level decreased by 0.2% to 119.6%.

According to the State Statistics Committee, telecommunications revenue increased by 2% MoM in May to USD 498 mln. Revenue from urban and rural fixed line services increased by a meager 0.1% and 2.9% respectively; intake from domestic long distance (DLD) and international long distance (ILD) was boosted by 23.9% MoM and 70.9% MoM respectively.

The National Communication Regulation Commission (NCRC), the state regulator, has announced new interconnect tariffs for F2M termination calls. NCRC has proposed a new tariff of UAH 0.45 per minute through the end of the current year and UAH 0.4 per minute from Jan 1, 2010. The interconnect tariff for M2F will stay at USH 0.25 per minute.

According to an Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine press release, the state agency decided to delay the implementation of the new interconnect rules based in motions from Kyivstar and MTS.

According to the information from IKS-Consulting, the number of broadband users (BB) increased by 11% to 1.7 mln. in 1Q09. Broadband household penetration rose by 3.5% to 8.5%. Revenue from the BB internet segment increased by 3%YoY to USD 71 mln.