5G – when to expect it in Ukraine

[RufaidaKhatun]

However, each new percentage of population coverage costs more than the previous one. Oleksandr Komarov gave figures for the Zhytomyr region, which is quite compact compared to others. If now 93% of the population there lives in the 4G coverage area and Kyivstar spent 500 million UAH on building this network, then in order to increase the coverage figure to 99% (i.e. increase it by only 6%), another 300 million must be invested . In general, each new base station outside the city costs 10 million UAH (this is the total cost of passive and active equipment).

As for 4G coverage on strategic highways, there are about 1,830 km of such roads in Ukraine, 90% of which will be covered by 4G by the end of the year. Kyivstar built almost the entire b2b email list network independently and only in areas with low population density did it cooperate with other operators. For example, 600 shared base stations were built in partnership with Vodafone.



In general, the maximum realization of the potential of 4th generation technology (LTE Advanced Pro) in Ukraine is possible within the next 3–4 years. And this also applies to the implementation of voice transmission technology over LTE communication (Voice over LTE – VoLTE). Thus, about 200 thousand contract subscribers already use Voice over LTE (VoLTE) technology today, and more than 60 smartphone models support it. In 2022, VoLTE is planned to be launched for prepaid subscribers.