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Ukrainian Mobile Communications, UMC is the largest mobile operator in
Ukraine with 19.8 millionGSM subscribers (June2007 ). [http://www1.mtsgsm.com/ir/2007-07-13-26506/]In
1993 , UMC was the first company to introduce mobile (cellular) services in Ukraine, initially in the analog NMT standard, then in GSM 900 and 1800. In October2006 , UMC terminated its NMT service with plans to use the spectrum for the CDMA-450 rollout. From late 2006, UMC has been developing the 3G mobile network in the CDMA-450 1xEV-DO standard. As of today, UMC network support various value-added services based on GPRS / EGPRS / EDGE and SMS / WAP / MMS / USSD. UMC is also a service provider ofWiFi hotspots, mainly in large cities and airports.The company's main competitors are
Kyivstar and Astelit - life:).UMC's network codes are +38050******* (postpay and prepaid users), +38066******* (prepaid JEANS users), +38095******* and +38099******* (prepaid Sim-Sim and JEANS users).
The company is fully owned by
Russia 'sMobile TeleSystems .External links
*en icon [http://mts.com.ua/eng/main.php MTS Ukraine Web site]
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