The Kyivstar mobile communications operator in January-March 2019 connected 968 localities in 24 regions of Ukraine to the 4G communications (LTE) network, the press service of the company has told Interfax-Ukraine.
“In the first quarter of 2019, Kyivstar connected 968 localities to the 4G communications network, connecting 10 new localities per day. This happened in all regions,” the company said.
According to Kyivstar’s press service, today the operator’s 4G communications network is available in 4,587 localities in the territory where 24.1 million people live (58% of the population of Ukraine).
At the same time, 43% of all mobile data traffic of Kyivstar is generated in the 4G network.
In March 2019, Kyivstar subscribers used the volume of mobile Internet equal to the consumption for the entire 2016 (40 petabytes).
In the first quarter, most of all localities in Ivano-Frankivsk (120), Lviv (108) and Rivne (103) regions were connected. Also among the leading regions in the number of localities connected to the 4G network are Kyiv and Vinnytsia regions: 73 and 69 respectively.
Kyivstar is a Ukrainian mobile communications operator. VEON international group (earlier VimpelCom) is the shareholder in Kyivstar. The group’s shares are listed on NASDAQ (New York).
Ukrainian enterprises gradually have started introducing the Internet of Things (IoT) technology: today 2% of equipment suppliers use it in Ukraine, according to a study of Microsoft.
“47% did not envisage the possibility of joiningo the IoT system, and 51% of equipment suppliers do not even know about the possibilities of IoT for enterprises,” Microsoft said in a report presented at the Manufacture Talks. IoT & Other Technologies conference held in Kyiv this week.
Microsoft said that in the world, such technologies are being implemented much faster: by 2020, 40% of operational processes in enterprises can be adjusted without human participation.
“By 2019, 90% of manufacturers consider that they will make the most of cloud technologies to optimize supply processes, and by 2020 40% of operational processes in the enterprise will be able to improve and train without human participation,” Specialist in Cloud Solutions from Microsoft Vladimir Dmitrenko said.
Among other technological trends that will help enterprises develop, according to Microsoft experts, is the maximum use of cloud technologies to optimize the supply process, the mandatory connection of machines to the manufacturer’s network or the Internet, and in three or five years building digital satellite equipment or processes.
