The Kyivstar mobile communications operator has introduced from March 22 the Home Internet service of fixed-line access to the Internet in seven cities of Ukraine. The service is provided under the FTTB technology (Fiber to the Building). The company has laid over 800 kilometers of fiber-optic cables.
The service is available in Kyiv, Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv, Lviv, Simferopol, and Odesa.
Kyivstar suggests four unlimited tariff plans for service users.
The “Light” tariff plan provides the Internet access speed of 2 mbps (the subscriber fee for Odesa users is UAH 65 per month, UAH 80 per month for Lviv users, UAH 85 per month for Kyiv and Kharkiv users, and UAH 90 per month for Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, and Simferopol users).
The “Start” tariff plan provides the Internet access speed of 5 mbps (the subscriber fee for Odesa users is UAH 75 per month, UAH 100 per month for Kyiv, Kharkiv, Donetsk, and Simferopol users, UAH 110 per month for Dnipropetrovsk users, and UAH 120 per month for Lviv users).
The “Standard” tariff plan provides the Internet access speed of 10 mbps (the subscriber fee for Odesa users is UAH 95 per month, UAH 120 per month for Kyiv and Kharkiv users, UAH 140 per month for Dnipropetrovsk and Simferopol users, and UAH 150 per month for Lviv users).
The “Profi” tariff plan provides the Internet access speed of 20 mbps (the subscriber fee for Kyiv users is UAH 150 per month, UAH 160 per month Kharkiv users, UAH 175 per month for Odesa users, UAH 180 per month for Donetsk and Simferopol users, and UAH 240 for Lviv users).
As Ukrainian News earlier reported, Kyivstar in December 2009 said it would launch a service of fixed-line access to the Internet in 2010.
Kyivstar, a mobile communication operator, ended 2009 with earnings before interest depreciation taxes and amortization (EBIDTA) of NOK 5.076 billion (according to the International Financial Reporting Standards). In 2009 Kyivstar saw its net revenue down 34.6% or NOK 4.787 billion to NOK 9.047 billion over 2008.
Telenor telecommunications company (Norway) owns 56.51% of the shares in Kyivstar and Storm owns 43.49%.
