Investments of Ukraine’s largest mobile operator Kyivstar in energy independence amounted to UAH 920 million for the entire period of the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation, the company’s press service said.
“The national telecom operator prepares in advance for possible winter blackouts and provides the telecom network with diesel generators, long-lasting batteries, uninterruptible power supplies. Since the beginning of the full-scale war Kyivstar has invested UAH 920 mln in energy independence of telecom networks,” the press release says.
In particular, Kyivstar has allocated more than UAH 680 mln for autonomous operation of mobile communications, and for Home Internet – UAH 240 mln.
The company uses more than 2.5 thousand stationary and mobile diesel generators, thanks to which all key base stations, switches and critical telecom equipment have backup power. The base stations are equipped with 37 thousand new long-life batteries, which can operate without external power supply for 4-6 hours.
“Kyivstar plans to install 50 thousand uninterruptible power supply units by the end of the year, which will allow to achieve autonomy of 70% of fixed Internet networks in case of power outages.
The company is also developing energy-efficient GPON technology.
“Development of “Home Internet” network with the use of GPON technology is planned in the fourth quarter of 2023″, – specified in the press service of the company.
Kyivstar communication services are currently used by 24 million subscribers, “Home Internet” services – more than 1 million subscribers.
