Subscribers of Kyivstar mobile operator provided equipment to two hospitals in Dnipro and one in Lviv thanks to regular SMS donations as part of the Children’s Hope project, the company’s press service said Thursday.
“For almost four years of existence of “Children’s Hope” thanks to small SMS donations our subscribers managed to collect more than 12.5 million UAH, and 51 departments of Ukrainian hospitals have already received help. On behalf of Kyivstar I would like to thank all our subscribers who care and continue to systematically support this initiative during this full-scale war”, said Anna Zakharash, Corporate Communications Director of Kyivstar.
According to the report, the pediatric department of the Children’s Hospital № 6 in Dnipro purchased ECG recording device “AMEDTEC ECGpro CardioPart 12 Blue”-mr-wt with consumables and updated ECG Holter analysis software “ECGpro Holter”.
DOR Regional Family Health Center received Rescue LIFE 9 portable defibrillator with synchronization function and pediatric electrodes, which will allow resuscitation of children in case of deterioration of their condition during surgeries.
In addition, the Lviv Regional Children’s Clinical Hospital “Okhmatdet” received new equipment within the framework of the “Cardiology” project. The raised funds were used to buy sectoral 6S-RS and 3ScRS transducers for the existing ultrasound device.
This equipment will enable cardiac diagnostics of children’s diseases at a higher quality level.
As reported, since the beginning of full-scale war Kyivstar transferred almost 104 million UAH for humanitarian aid to the AFU, hospitals, the elderly and war victims. In particular, funds were transferred to the “Come back alive”, “Your support”, “Let`s help”, ICF “Caritas Ukraine” and ICF “Ukrainian Charity Exchange”.
The Binance cryptocurrency exchange (based in China) has announced the start of cooperation with the Kyivstar mobile operator.
As noted in the joint release of the companies, distributed on Thursday, within the framework of this partnership, Kyivstar users interested in innovation, blockchain, investments and financial products will have access to a wide range of cryptocurrency opportunities.
All customers of the mobile operator in the My Kyivstar application will be able to receive a special bonus promo code, which can then be used when registering on Binance.
In the future, Binance and Kyivstar plan to work together to improve crypto literacy in Ukraine, which will help lower the barriers to start using digital assets in everyday life.
As reported, in September, the WOG filling station network became a partner of the Binance blockchain ecosystem and launched the possibility of paying for fuel with cryptocurrency using Binance Pay.
In May, the Foxtrot network became a partner of the Binance blockchain system and launched the ability to pay for goods in the online store and retail outlets of the network using Binance Pay.
Earlier, Binance planned to launch a payment card in Ukraine with a balance in cryptocurrencies and automatic conversion upon payment.
Binance is the world’s leading blockchain system and cryptocurrency infrastructure provider with a range of financial products including the largest digital asset trading exchange by volume.
The largest Ukrainian mobile operator Kyivstar has invested UAH 200 million in upgrading the Internet network to a speed of 1 Gbit / s and now it is available with such parameters in seven cities of Ukraine – Kyiv, Dnipro, Lvov, Starokonstantinov, Vladimir, Truskavets and Slavuta.
“In total, this year it is planned to cover 10 more cities with a gigabit network,” the company said in a statement on Friday.
According to him, over the past six months, Kyivstar has also expanded the Home Internet service to 355 new houses with more than 44,000 apartments.
This service has also become available in Dubno (Rivne region), and by the end of the year it will appear in five more cities, the release notes.
The company noted that the network damaged as a result of hostilities has already been completely repaired in the de-occupied territories in Chernihiv, Nizhyn, Irpen, Akhtyrka and in the cities that are under shelling – Krivoy Rog, Zelenodolsk. In addition, 99% of the network in Nikolaev, 94% in Kharkov and 81% in Nikopol are maintained in working order.
In addition, as part of social initiatives, the Internet was connected in 1279 bomb shelters and shelters, as well as in 442 modular houses for internally displaced persons.
The company plans to connect 6 more modular towns by the end of the year, as well as connect WI-FI in dozens of shelters in schools.
Kyivstar is the largest Ukrainian telecommunications operator. Provides communication and data transmission services based on a wide range of mobile and fixed technologies, including 3G. As of the middle of this year, its services were used by about 24.8 million mobile subscribers and more than 1 million fixed Internet customers.
Kyivstar’s shareholder is the international group VEON (formerly VimpelCom Ltd.). The group’s shares are listed on the NASDAQ (New York) stock exchange.
Subscribers of the Kyivstar mobile operator with the “Roaming like at home” tariff used 5.256 GB of mobile Internet on average in July and called in roaming for 191 minutes, the company said in a press release.
According to its data, customers of the standard roaming tariff download an average of 201 MB of data per month and talk for 9 minutes, which is 26 and 21 times less than the indicators of the “Roaming like at home” tariff, respectively.
Kyivstar clarified that in general, during the three months of providing the “Roaming like at home” service, the company’s subscribers used almost 32 million GB of mobile Internet and talked at this rate for about 117 million minutes.
As reported earlier, the operators of Ukraine and the EU signed a joint declaration on coordinated efforts to ensure and stabilize affordable or free roaming and international calls between the EU and Ukraine. Kyivstar plans to maintain this service at least until the end of this year.
As Kyivstar President Alexander Komarov recently pointed out in an interview with Interfax-Ukraine, in July the company had about 1.3-1.4 million customers in roaming, and 80-90% used the “Roaming like at home” service, which provided in 30 countries around the world.
Kyivstar in the II quarter of 2022 reduced EBITDA by 4.8% with revenue growth of 3.9% (in dollars – by 2%) compared to the same period in 2021 – to UAH 7.37 billion.
Kyivstar is the largest Ukrainian telecommunications operator. Provides communication and data transmission services based on a wide range of mobile and fixed technologies, including 3G. As of the middle of this year, its services were used by about 24.8 million mobile subscribers and over 1 million fixed Internet customers.
Kyivstar’s shareholder is the international group VEON (formerly VimpelCom Ltd.). The group’s shares are listed on the NASDAQ (New York) stock exchange.
The VEON international telecommunications holding, which is the parent company of the Ukrainian mobile operator Kyivstar, recorded a 10.8% increase in revenue in Ukraine in national currency over the first five months of 2022.
According to a VEON press release published by PRNewswire on June 29, 2022, EBITDA decreased by 0.2% in five months (in local currency).
Kyivstar is the largest Ukrainian telecommunications operator. It provides communication and data transmission services based on a wide range of mobile and fixed technologies, including 4G.
Kyivstar’s shareholder is the international group VEON (formerly VimpelCom Ltd.). The group’s shares are listed on the NASDAQ (New York) stock exchange.
Since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Kyivstar mobile operator has paid UAH 4.246 billion in taxes and fees to the state budget, including UAH 1.682 billion ahead of schedule, the company’s press service said on Tuesday.
According to the operator, today Kyivstar has connected more than 1,200 bomb shelters in different cities of the country to free wired Internet, and also transmitted more than 300 million State Emergency Service messages with vital information to the population.
In addition, the company transferred over UAH 33 million to the humanitarian needs of the military, hospitals, the elderly and those affected by the war. The operator’s subscribers, using short numbers and the Smart Money service, transferred more than UAH 3.2 million for humanitarian needs of hospitals and the military, the press service clarifies.
“More than 90% of the company’s network functions stably and provides subscribers with communication and high-speed Internet services. To do this, in the first quarter of 2022, the operator invested UAH 659 million in the development of communications. During the hostilities, the company built 110 new mobile communication facilities and improved 4G communications in 3,500 settlements,” the report says.
According to the operator, during the war, the company’s subscribers were provided with free services worth UAH 429 million. Subscribers in 30 countries of the world receive communication services at the same tariffs as in Ukraine.
In addition, Kyivstar provides doctors working in risk areas with free mobile communications.
