Registrations of new commercial vehicles (trucks and special vehicles) in October 2024 increased by 11% compared to the same month in 2023 – up to 1082 thousand units, Ukravtoprom reported in its telegram channel.
According to the association, compared to September of this year, the demand for such cars increased slightly by 1% (or 14 cars).
The Renault brand confidently holds the market leadership with 246 units, and Citroen took the second position (from the third in October) with 111 cars registered. Ford took third place (90 units), followed by Mercedes-Benz (78 units) and MAN (76 units).
As reported, in October 20203, the top five leaders of the new commercial vehicle market were Renault (194 units), MAN (94 units), Peugeot (79 units), Ford (66 units) and Scania (64 units), and the overall market grew by 91.6% to 977 units by October 2022.
According to Ukravtoprom, in January-October this year, 10.4 thousand new vehicles were added to the Ukrainian fleet of trucks and special vehicles, which is 14% more than in the same period last year.
In January-September 2024, Ukraine’s second largest mobile operator, Vodafone Ukraine (VFU), increased its revenue by 13% to UAH 18.05 billion, while reducing its net profit by 23% to UAH 2.92 billion.
According to the company’s official website, OIBDA increased by 6% to UAH 9.55 billion in the first nine months of operation. The OIBDA margin decreased by 4 percentage points to 52.9%.
The company’s investments also decreased by 10% to UAH 3.41 billion compared to the same period last year.
APRU (average monthly revenue from fixed-line voice services per subscriber) increased by 8.9% to UAH 122.4. The operator’s subscriber base increased by 4.7% to 15.9 million customers.
In the first nine months of 2024, Vodafone Ukraine demonstrated business stability and positive growth in key operating and financial indicators, the company said on its official website.
VF Ukraine attributed the 23% decline in net profit to currency fluctuations.
At the same time, the increase in APRU by 8.9% is due to an increase in the use of mobile services, as well as an increase in the number of fixed-line Internet customers to 270 thousand, which is 16% more than in the third quarter of 2023, the company explained.
“Vodafone Ukraine continues to reinvest its profits in telecommunications infrastructure. The company maintains a high investment rate: UAH 3.4 billion was invested in infrastructure in the first nine months of 2024. Since the start of the full-scale war, Vodafone Ukraine has invested a total of UAH 12.66 billion in Ukraine. The priority areas remain the restoration and maintenance, energy resilience of mobile communications facilities and expansion of network capacity,” the company said.
“Vodafone Ukraine is investing in the development of fixed-line Internet access networks based on modern GPON technology. More than 8,000 apartment buildings in 16 cities of Ukraine are already connected to the energy-efficient network. Over the past three years, Vodafone Ukraine has invested UAH 670 million to expand its fixed network by increasing GPON coverage tenfold. The operator is actively building new service areas in Kyiv, Odesa, Dnipro, Kharkiv, Lviv, Zaporizhzhia, Mykolaiv and Ivano-Frankivsk. In August this year, the company started building energy-efficient networks in Poltava, Chernihiv, Zhytomyr, Lutsk, Rivne and Ternopil.
Vodafone Ukraine reminded that for the second consecutive year, Vodafone mobile Internet has been recognized as the fastest in Ukraine according to the results of Speedtest user tests, and the operator received the prestigious Ookla Speedtest Awards.
The company also continues to develop services based on its IoT network. In August, VF Ukraine and Kyivteplocomunenergo signed an agreement to install NB-IoT-enabled meters in Kyiv. NB-IoT technology ensures reliable connectivity even in difficult places such as basements or underground parking lots. Designed specifically for the Internet of Things, this network supports a large number of simultaneous device connections, making it ideal for large-scale urban or large industrial deployments.
In August 2024, Vodafone Ukraine launched new tariff plans as part of the Roaming at Home concept. Ukrainians can use their home tariff in 28 European countries at no additional cost and without activating services.
“This option is especially valuable for volunteers and military personnel traveling abroad for training and remains popular for both tourist and business trips to Europe,” Vodafone Ukraine said.
It is reported that the company managed to increase its subscriber base by 4.7% compared to the third quarter of last year, to 15.9 million customers, as of September 30, 2024, in both the private and corporate segments.
In September, Vodafone Ukraine started offering numbers with a new code – 075. The additional range of numbers has expanded the choice of desired combinations for new and existing customers.
Vodafone is one of the world’s largest telecommunications companies providing a wide range of services, including mobile voice, data, messaging, fixed broadband and cable TV. The company operates in 15 countries and cooperates with mobile networks in 45 countries. As of June 20, 2024, Vodafone provides services to more than 330 million mobile subscribers, 21 million fixed-line subscribers, 17 million TV subscribers, 17 million broadband subscribers, 17 million TV subscribers and connects more than 187 million IoT devices.
“Vodafone Ukraine is a leading Ukrainian telecommunications company providing 3G and 4G broadband, fixed-line and Internet services. The company serves 15.9 million subscribers. Since December 2019, Vodafone Ukraine has been a part of NEQSOL Holding, a diversified group of companies operating in the energy, telecommunications, high-tech and construction sectors.
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Only 39% of overdue fines have been paid this year
The number of debts for fines issued due to violations of military registration rules is growing in Ukraine. According to the Ministry of Justice, more than 21 thousand proceedings for violation of military registration were recorded in Ukraine in 10 months of 2024. This is already 2 times more than in the whole of 2023. Only one in three overdue fines has been paid this year. The vast majority of debts are owed by men, but there are currently more fines for women.
21,336 debts for fines due to violations of military registration rules were opened in Ukraine this year. This is 2 times more than for the whole of last year: 10,542 proceedings were registered in the Register then.
You cancheck the fines from the Transfer Pricing Commission that have been enforced in the Opendatabot.
Only one in three proceedings was closed this year, which means that the fine was paid. For comparison, out of 10,542 debts for fines from the TCC last year, 72% of cases were closed.
The overwhelming majority of debts are registered against men – 21,161 proceedings, or 99%. However, there are more women who have fines for violating the rules of military registration. Over the year, the number of proceedings against women increased 1.4 times: from 121 last year to 175 this year.
As a reminder, on October 1, 2023, military registration became mandatory in Ukraine for women in certain professions aged 18 to 60. To avoid a fine, women had to register by July 17, 2024.
It should be noted that debtors are subject to a number of restrictions, such as opening new bank accounts, blocking current ones, inability to register various transactions through notaries, etc. At the same time, such penalties also have image implications, as the register is public, and therefore the information in it can be checked, in particular, by employers when hiring.
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Ukrtelecom, the country’s largest fixed-line operator, increased its revenue by 12.7% year-on-year to UAH 3.6 billion in January-September, while cutting EBITDA by 15% to UAH 850 million.
Ukrtelecom continues to demonstrate a high level of operational efficiency: in 9M2024, the company generated total revenue of approximately UAH 3.6 billion, up from UAH 3.14 billion in January-September a year earlier, according to a statement on the company’s website on Tuesday.
At the same time, revenues from commercial lease of real estate released due to the network modernization increased by almost a third (+35%), up to UAH 325 million, compared to the same period last year.
The company’s EBITDA margin in 9M2024 decreased by 4% to 24%. Net profit was not disclosed. In 9M2023, Ukrtelecom posted a net profit of UAH 242.39 million compared to a net loss of UAH 755.18 million in 2022.
In January-September this year, Ukrtelecom paid UAH 1 billion in taxes and fees, the same as a year earlier. The company has paid UAH 3.8 billion to the budget over the entire period of the full-scale invasion.
Capital investments amounted to UAH 725 million.
“Ukrtelecom continues to replace copper infrastructure, develops optical infrastructure and invests in FTTH/P network using GPON (general purpose over-the-air network) technology.
“This year, we have already laid about 5.5 thousand km of optics throughout Ukraine, including Sumy, Chernihiv, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Kharkiv and Kherson regions. In total, Ukrtelecom’s optical network reaches about 90 thousand km and covers 2.7 million Homepasses,” the company said.
It is noted that the development of the optical infrastructure contributes to the growth of broadband subscribers.
“During the full-scale war, the percentage of optical users in the total Internet subscriber base has increased significantly. At the beginning of 2022, optical subscribers accounted for 34% of the total Internet user base, while now this figure is 68%,” Ukrtelecom said.
The total number of optical Internet users increased to 360 thousand at the end of the third quarter of 2024, and revenue from optical Internet services increased by 17.5% over 9 months. Ukrtelecom’s optical internet has been installed in 1306 medical and 1763 educational institutions.
The company is improving energy efficiency, continuing preparations for the winter period and possible outages, and updating its battery and generator fleet. Since the beginning of 2023, the company has invested over UAH 60 million in the renewal of power equipment, including the purchase of batteries and diesel generators. The company has also created strategic fuel reserves. Ukrtelecom reminded that during the large-scale power outages in July 2024, it consumed up to 13.5 thousand liters of diesel fuel per day at a cost of UAH 600-650 thousand.
Joint Stock Company (JSC) Ukrtelecom is the largest fixed-line operator in Ukraine, providing a full range of telecommunications services in all regions of the country. The company’s national network consists of almost 1.5 million km of communication lines, which ensures its presence in all regions of Ukraine. “Ukrtelecom covers 11,000 settlements (400 cities and 10,900 villages and urban-type settlements). The company’s fixed-line subscriber base includes 3.9 million active telephone lines. Ukrtelecom’s Internet subscriber base includes almost 1.35 million users with a presence in 2,230 settlements (including 1.5 thousand urban-type settlements).
“Ukrtelecom is the sole shareholder and founder of TriMob LLC, which provides UMTS/WCDMA mobile services under the TriMob brand.
In 2013, the company joined SCM’s business.
The State Specialized Economic Enterprise “Forests of Ukraine” on November 5 announced a tender for compulsory insurance of motor civil liability of owners of land vehicles (OSAGO).
As reported in the electronic public procurement system Prozorro, the expected cost of purchasing insurance services is UAH 9.534 million.
The deadline for submitting bids for the tender is November 13.
