Kyivstar mobile operator has opened the 500th communication outlet in Illintsi, Vinnytsia region.
The company’s press service said on Friday that Kyivstar plans to develop its retail chain in small residential locations and some residential areas in big cities this year. Such a strategy is conditioned by the decision to get closer to the customers and make its services more accessible.
The mobile operators plans to extend its retail chain to 544 outlets by the end of 2020.
“We have resumed work of all 500 outlets. The number of customers and the quantity of services are growing. Around 645,000 subscribers addressed Kyivstar’s outlets in March and April, which were working in a special regime, and in May-June this index was more than 700,000 visitors,” the press service cited Retail Sales Director of Kyivstar Olha Smyslenova.
Around 14 million subscribers address Kyivstar’s outlets annually, most of them need consultation or service. In 2019, the service of replacing Sim card with Usim card was provided 2.5 million times.
Kyivstar is the largest Ukrainian telecommunications operator. It provides communications and data services based on a wide range of mobile and fixed-line technologies, including 3G. By the end of 2018, 26.4 million mobile subscribers and about 0.9 million fixed-line Internet customers used its services.
The shareholder of Kyivstar is the international group VEON (formerly VimpelCom Ltd.). Shares of the group are listed on NASDAQ Stock Exchange (New York).
