Kyivstar superpowers: year results and plans for the future of the national operator

[RufaidaKhatun]

When to expect 5G and VoLTE in Ukraine, why Superpowers appeared, and who orders Big Data analytics — Kyivstar held its final press meeting this year, at which it announced the results of the past year and announced plans for the future.



4G — to the villages!
The meeting was opened by Oleksandr Komarov , CEO of Kyivstar. In his report, he outlined the main vectors of the operator's development strategy. So, this year the operator has been actively engaged in the development of the 4G network in villages and small towns.

According to the operator's own statistics, 4G consumption has b2b email list increased approximately 3 times in three years. If in 2018 it was 2.3 GB per month per subscriber on average, now it is 7 GB. The number of smartphones with 4G support has increased from 6.5 million in 2018 to 16.6 million in 2021. Today, 90% of the population is covered by 4th generation mobile Internet, and the operator achieved this indicator 2 months earlier than planned. Residents of almost 16 thousand cities and villages have access to 4G communication services.



It should be noted that Kyivstar has the largest LTE900 network in cities: a total of 29 cities are covered, where 780 base stations have been built . LTE900 technology is usually not used in cities, but this step allowed Kyivstar to increase indoor coverage by 10%.