The company informed Ukrinform about this.

Despite all the difficulties caused by the full-scale war, the national telecom operator “Kyivstar” continues to invest not only in restoring the network, but also in development and social infrastructure facilities.

“The modernization of the network to 1 Gbit/s is actively underway. Now it can be connected in Kyiv, Dnipro, Lviv, Starokostyantiniv, Volodymyr, Truskavets, Slavuta. You can check the possibility of connection at the address on the company’s website. In general, this year 10 more cities gigabit network “The total cost of modernization investments has exceeded UAH 200 million. The company’s plans to expand and modernize the network are the best confirmation of Ukraine’s belief in the victory in this war.”

It was noted that the network damaged as a result of the clashes was completely repaired in the occupied areas in the cities of Chernihiv, Nizhyn, Irpin, Okhtyrka and in the bombarded cities (Kryvyi Rih, Zelenodolsk). Also, 99% of the network in Mykolaiv, 94% in Kharkiv and 81% in Nikopol is operational.

As part of the social initiatives, 1,279 bomb shelters and shelters, as well as 442 modular homes for the forcibly displaced, were connected to the internet. The company plans to continue working in this direction and by the end of the year will connect six modular towns and WI-FI in dozens of schools shelters.

To join the company’s initiative and bring the internet to a shelter in a home, school or modular town, you need to contact the email address wifi@kyivstar.net.

The company is ready to provide Internet to modular towns where it is technically possible to provide “Home Internet” from Kyivstar.

As reported, Kyivstar is Ukraine’s largest electronic communications operator, has been working in Ukraine for 24 years and is recognized as the largest taxpayer, top employer and socially responsible company in the telecom market. By the end of 2021, the company served 26.2 million mobile subscribers and more than 1.2 million “Home Internet” subscribers. It provides services based on a wide range of mobile and fixed technologies, including 4G. Today, more than 90% of the Ukrainian population lives in the LTE network area. Kyiv star.

The company’s customers have access to mobile, fixed line and Internet options, converged solutions, as well as innovative Big Data services, IoT, Cloud solutions, mobile financial services and digital television.

Kyivstar’s shareholder is the international VEON Group, headquartered in the Netherlands. The Group’s shares are traded on the NASDAQ (New York) and Euronext (Amsterdam) stock exchanges.