In January-June 2010, the operators’ revenues from providing mobile communication services in Ukraine increased by 3.7 %, as compared to the same period in 2009, to 13.78 bn UAH, according to the report of the State Statistics Committee of Ukraine.

By the end of 2010 the number of satellite television subscribers in Ukraine will increase by 7 % to about 3.1 million people, as Mytv analysts report.

The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has passed a bill under which the subscribers of mobile operators have the right to keep their phone numbers when switching to another mobile operator.

The number of Internet users in Ukraine is more than 12 million people, according to the Cortex agency research director, Olexiy Bakun.

Paging services are no more provided in Ukraine . According to the State Statistics Committee, in June no revenues of operators from providing paging services were recorded.

In January-June 2010, the revenues from providing telecommunication services in Ukraine increased by 3.4 %, as compared to January-June 2009, to 22.89 bn UAH (1 USD = approx. 7.90 UAH), according to the report of the State Statistics Committee of Ukraine.

The main Ukrainian Internet audience is made up of people between 20 and 29 (32.3%). This is stated in the research by TNS Ukraine for the Ukrainian Association of Press Publishers (UAPP).

On June 24, 2010 in Odessa during the work of 5th International Conference "Digital Media Technologies DBT-2010" the demonstration of digital on-air broadcasting standards in a new advanced DVB-T2 standard was performed.

The Norwegian holding Telenor and the Russian group of companies Alpha have decided that the basis for the integration of their assets in Ukraine will be the mobile operator Kyivstar, which will absorb URS (TM Beeline).

The number of subscribers of all CDMA operators in Ukraine by the end of April 2010 had increased by 0.7 %, as compared to March 2010, reaching 1.175495 mn, according to the report of IKS-Consulting.

In the Ukrainian market of satellite television the demand for TV programs in HD will grow. This is the opinion of CEO of MyTV, a satellite TV provider.

In January-April 2010, the revenues from providing telecommunication services in Ukraine increased by 3.5 %, as compared to January-April 2009, to 15.02 bn UAH (1 USD = approx. 7.9 UAH), according to the report of the State Statistics Committee of Ukraine.

In January-April 2010, the operators’ revenues from providing mobile communication services in Ukraine increased by 4.7%, as compared to the same period in 2009, to 9.001 bn UAH, according to the report of the State Statistics Committee of Ukraine.

Ukraine closes the top ten countries in Europe with the highest number of Internet users, Kommentarii reports.

Net loss of the telecommunication company Ukrtelecom in January-March 2010 amounted to 36.11 mn UAH, which is five times less than the loss in the same period in 2009, Interfax-Ukraine reports.

The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has by 5 times increased the radio frequency resource fee for mobile operators. This is stated in decree of the Government No. 321 of April 23, 2010.

Ukrainian communication operators are thinking about the introduction of LTE technology right away in the light of the lack of progress of the competition for UMTS licenses.

In March 2010, the Ukrainian Internet audience made 24,852,611 unique users, which is by 53.2% more than in February 2010, the Sputnik Media press service reports.

Broadband Internet market shows strong growth in Ukraine. Customers are gradually forgetting dial-up-access—slow connection via telephone lines.

The National Communication Regulation Commission (NCRC) is planning to hold a tender for 3G frequencies in autumn 2010.