Vodafone Ukraine
Ukrainian telecommunications company
Vodafone Ukraine (originally UMC Ukraine, and later MTS Ukraine) is the second-largest mobile operator in Ukraine with 23.1 million users and thus a 38 percent market share (in September 2014). In November 2009 it had 17.74 million GSM subscribers. The company is fully owned by NEQSOL Holding. In October 2015 Mobile TeleSystems (MTS) and Vodafone expanded their 2008 strategic partnership; this resulted in the rebranding of MTS Ukraine to Vodafone Ukraine.
The company's main competitors are Kyivstar and Lifecell.
Vodafone's network codes in Ukraine are +380 50, +380 66, +380 95, and +380 99 (postpay and prepaid users mixed within the codes). The new +380 75 code was allocated in 2024.
History
The company Ukrainian Mobile Communications (UMC) introduced mobile services in Ukraine, Sotel initially using the analog NMT standard, then using GSM-900 and 1800. In 1993 UMC Ukraine was Ukraine's SIM SIM major SIM SIM cellular operator. On July 1, 1993 the first call in the company's network was made, by the first president of Ukraine Leonid Kravchuk, who called the ambassador of Ukraine to Germany Ivan Piskov.
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