Ukrtelecom, Ukraine’s largest fixed-line operator, increased its revenue by 3.5% in January-March 2025 compared to the same period in 2024, to UAH 1.17 billion.
According to the company’s press service on Tuesday, EBITDA in the first quarter of this year amounted to UAH 162 million. The EBITDA margin decreased by 10 percentage points compared to the same quarter last year. The company did not disclose the absolute value of EBITDA margin in the first quarter of 2025, stating that the decrease was “due to a significant increase in electricity costs as a result of a nearly 50% increase in tariffs compared to last year.”
The number of new B2C subscribers connected to Ukrtelecom’s optical network in the first quarter of 2025 increased by 21.7% compared to the same quarter of 2024. In addition, in the last quarter, about 30 medical and almost 50 educational institutions were connected to the company’s optical network. In total, high-speed Internet from Ukrtelecom is already available in more than 1,330 medical and 1,800 educational institutions across the country, according to the report.
Since the start of the full-scale invasion in 2022, Ukrtelecom’s optical network has grown by 15.5% to 90,000 kilometers of fiber-optic lines as of the end of the first quarter of 2025. According to the consolidated report on Ukrtelecom’s website, the length of the company’s fiber-optic lines in 2022 was 76,000 km. The company reached this figure after laying a record 14,000 km of fiber-optic lines in 2021.
The current scale of the fiber-optic network (90,000 km) allows more than 3 million households (homepass) across the country to connect to modern services, Ukrtelecom reported.
The company also reported that to develop its optical infrastructure at the access network level, it is using FTTH/P architecture based on GPON technology, which provides stable, high-speed, and energy-independent Internet access even during prolonged power outages.
“Despite all the difficulties of wartime, Ukrtelecom continues to provide high-quality communications and maintain the country’s digital resilience. We are systematically investing in the construction of optical infrastructure and network modernization, and every month we connect thousands of Ukrainians, businesses, government agencies, medical, educational, and socially important institutions to energy-independent GPON internet. We also provide reliable communications for our defenders,” said Yuriy Kurmaz, CEO of Ukrtelecom, as quoted by the company’s press service.
According to him, the company will continue to expand its fiber-optic network. The plans for 2025 include laying another 6,000 km of fiber optics.
”90,000 kilometers of optical lines have already been laid, but this is only part of the huge work we continue to do every day to ensure that as many settlements in our country as possible have access to modern telecommunications services,” Kurmaz said.
Earlier, Ukrtelecom reported that, according to the results of January-September 2024, Ukrtelecom’s fiber-optic network reached about 90,000 km and covers 2.7 million Homepasses. As of early July 2024, Ukrtelecom’s fiber optics are available in 1,280 medical facilities and over 1,700 educational institutions.
According to unaudited financial statements, Ukrtelecom increased its revenue in 2024 by 4.6% compared to 2023, to UAH 5.3 billion. EBITDA decreased slightly to UAH 970 million, compared to UAH 1 billion in 2023. The EBITDA margin was 20%, compared to 21.1% in 2023.
Ukrtelecom’s capital investments in 2024 increased by 60% compared to the previous year to over UAH 750 million. Total investments in the company’s development exceeded UAH 900 million.
It was reported that in 2024, the company laid almost 7,000 km of fiber-optic cable, providing access to modern services for 3 million households across the country. Access to the optical network was provided to 1,300 medical and about 1,780 educational institutions.
Ukrtelecom, the country’s largest fixed-line operator, increased its revenue by 4.6% to UAH 5.3 billion in 2024 compared to 2023, according to its unaudited financial statements, the company’s press service reports.
“In 2024, Ukrtelecom’s total revenue amounted to almost UAH 5.3 billion, up 4.6% year-on-year,” the operator’s press service said in a statement.
EBITDA slightly decreased to UAH 970 million compared to UAH 1 billion in 2023. The EBITDA margin amounted to 20%, compared to 21.1% in 2023.
Commercial lease income amounted to almost UAH 450 million, and the number of leased areas exceeded the volume before the full-scale invasion – 530 thousand m2, the company reported.
In 2023, Ukrtelecom’s commercial rental income from real estate freed up by the modernization of its network amounted to over UAH 500 million, up 35% compared to 2022.
Ukrtelecom’s capital investments in 2024 were reported to have increased by 60% year-on-year to over UAH 750 million. Total investments in the company’s development exceeded UAH 900 million.
In 2024, the company laid almost 7 thousand km of fiber-optic cable, providing access to modern services for 3 million households across the country. Optical access technology is already used by over 70% of Ukrtelecom Internet users, including more than 1300 medical and about 1780 educational institutions.
The number of optical connections continues to grow in all segments. During the year, 230 medical and educational institutions were connected to Ukrtelecom’s optical infrastructure. The total number of new connections to Ukrtelecom’s optical network increased by 22%, while revenue from optical-based Internet services grew by 17%, the operator said in a statement.
“2024 was a period of dynamic development for Ukrtelecom. We have been actively building our optical network by laying almost 7,000 kilometers of fiber optic cable, which has enabled 3 million households to connect to modern services. “It is very important for us to note a significant growth of new optical subscribers by 22%, which demonstrates the high interest and trust of users in modern, high-speed and reliable Internet from Ukrtelecom,” said Yuriy Kurmaz, Ukrtelecom CEO.
He assured that in 2025 the company will actively invest in the development of optical infrastructure to provide modern communications to our defenders, government agencies, businesses, critical and social infrastructure facilities and the population.
Ukrtelecom said it continues to do everything possible to ensure the network’s operation even during external power outages. In 2024, the company spent almost 700 thousand liters of fuel worth about UAH 30 million and 18 thousand liters of oil worth UAH 1.4 million to ensure uninterrupted operation of the network during blackouts due to enemy attacks.
Despite the challenging wartime conditions, Ukrtelecom carried out emergency repairs wherever possible, including frontline and de-occupied settlements. In 2024, the company’s specialists restored telecommunications networks almost 3,000 times. Two regional communication hubs were restored. The company spent UAH 8.3 million to restore the infrastructure damaged by hostilities, the company said.
In 2024, Ukrtelecom paid more than UAH 1.33 billion in taxes and fees to the budgets of all levels, which is about the same as in 2023, when it paid UAH 1.35 billion.
Earlier it was reported that Ukrtelecom reduced its revenue by 10% to UAH 5 billion in 2023 according to its unaudited financial statements. According to the results of 9 months. Ukrtelecom increased its revenue by 12.7% year-on-year to UAH 3.6 billion in 9M2024, while reducing EBITDA by 15% to UAH 850 million.
Starting from 1 January 2025, Ukrtelecom increased prices for telephony and wired radio services by 27-30%.
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.
Citroёn has fulfilled an order to supply 290 vehicles to Ukrtelecom, the country’s largest fixed-line operator, with financing from Avis Ukraine, the automaker’s representative office in Ukraine has announced.
“This is the first experience of supplying Citroёn vehicles to Ukrtelecom. The deal was made through the Citroën Ilta Lviv dealership with financing from Avis Ukraine, which will also provide Ukrtelecom with a full package of operational leasing services: car maintenance at service stations, tire storage, replacement cars for the duration of service and other services,” the representative office said in a press release.
Avis Ukraine has been providing leasing services to Ukrtelecom for three years. As part of the fleet renewal, the operator requested vehicles that meet the company’s current development program.
“Citroёn cars showed the best ratio of consumer properties for a competitive price,” the company said in a statement without specifying the value of the agreement.
As part of the agreement, Ukrtelecom received 235 Citroёn Berlingo minivans and 55 Citroёn C-Elysée sedans.
The press release notes that as part of Ukrtelecom’s requirement to deliver the vehicles directly to the operator’s branches in all regional centers of Ukraine, the vehicles were prepared and delivered by Citroën Ilta Lviv, one of the largest dealers of Stellantis vehicles in Ukraine.
The official representative office of Citroën in Ukraine has been operating since 2010. Currently, the brand is represented by Stellantis.
In 2024, the company plans to increase Citroën sales in Ukraine by more than 1.5 times compared to 2023 – up to 3,057 thousand (including 2,885 thousand passenger cars).
“Avis Ukraine is a division of Avis, an international car rental and leasing provider with offices in 185 countries. In Ukraine, the company provides services under the Avis (since 1997) and Payless (since 2016) brands, ranging from car rental for individuals and legal entities to the formation of car fleets for operational leasing.
According to the company’s website, its fleet includes more than 3.5 thousand vehicles.
Ukrtelecom, Ukraine’s largest fixed-line operator, reported revenue of UAH 5 billion in 2023, down 10% year-on-year, according to its unaudited financial statements.
According to the company’s press release on Monday, its EBITDA last year amounted to more than UAH 1 billion, while its EBITDA margin decreased by 1.3 percentage points (p.p.) to 21.1%.
The report notes that the company’s losses from the consequences of Russian aggression amounted to UAH 2.8 billion and were mainly due to the economic impairment of operating assets and the loss of assets in the temporarily occupied territories in the amount of over UAH 700 million. In particular, the hostilities damaged about 260 of the company’s buildings and destroyed about 50 of them.
Ukrtelecom’s capital investments in 2023 amounted to more than UAH 500 million, while despite the war, the company continued to implement projects to build an optical network and invest in the security of its own infrastructure against cyberattacks, the company said in a statement.
During the reporting period, almost 5.3 thousand kilometers of fiber-optic cable were laid, and by the end of 2023, the company provided more than 2 million households in all regions of the country with the opportunity to use modern optical network services. In general, the company’s optical Internet user base grew by 15% compared to 2022, which ensured an 18% increase in revenues in this segment, the report says.
In 2023, Ukrtelecom invested UAH 20 million to restore 430 km of optical lines and 16 km of copper lines, and restored the functioning of 10 regional communication hubs. Ukrtelecom’s optical infrastructure connected more than 150 medical and 185 educational institutions. In total, more than 1.25 thousand medical and almost 1.7 thousand educational institutions have access to high-speed optical Internet. As of February 24, 2022, 90% of the company’s national coverage was provided with Internet access.
Income from commercial rental of real estate freed up by the network modernization amounted to over UAH 500 million, which is 35% more than in 2022.
It is also noted that in 2023 Ukrtelecom paid more than UAH 1.35 billion in taxes and fees to the budgets of all levels, donating about UAH 210 million in charity to the needs of the defenders. As part of the Rinat Akhmetov’s Steel Front initiative, the company has donated dozens of UAVs, including Valkyrie and Leleka unmanned aerial systems, hundreds of drones, thousands of special command and control equipment, medical supplies and hundreds of vehicles.
Almost 400 Ukrtelecom employees are serving in the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the press release says.
“Ukrtelecom is the largest fixed-line operator in Ukraine. A large part of its customers are government agencies, educational, administrative and medical institutions, and emergency services. The company is a provider of high-speed fixed-line Internet with the widest coverage. Ukrtelecom’s Internet access is available in almost 4,000 settlements across the country and is available in 90% of them. Ukrtelecom is also the sole shareholder and founder of TriMob LLC, a provider of UMTS/WCDMA mobile services.
In 2013, the company joined SCM’s business.
Ukrtelecom’s revenue in the first nine months of 2023 amounted to UAH 3.14 billion, down 6.1% year-on-year. Net profit amounted to UAH 242.39 million compared to a loss of UAH 755.18 million in 9M2022.
“Ukrtelecom, Ukraine’s largest fixed-line operator, laid almost 11,000 km of optical lines in 2022-2023, the company’s press service said on Friday.
“During the full-scale war, Ukrtelecom built almost 11 thousand kilometers of optical lines. During this time, the company has provided hundreds of thousands more households in all regions of the country with the opportunity to use modern services,” the statement said.
Most fiber-optic lines were laid in Odesa, Kyiv, Zhytomyr, Lviv, and Dnipro regions.
The optical infrastructure is being expanded by laying new lines, replacing old copper networks with fiber optics, and restoring the network in the de-occupied territories, the company said.
“Despite the challenging operating environment, Ukrtelecom continues to provide Ukrainians with access to high-speed optical internet. The company, in line with its pre-war strategy, has decided to continue ambitious projects to build optical networks across the country and optical modernization of copper infrastructure,” the company’s press service quoted Ukrtelecom CEO Yuriy Kurmaz as saying.
He emphasized that uninterrupted high-quality Internet is critical as it allows citizens to instantly receive information about the security situation, increases the sustainability of business, and serves as the basis for the sustainability of educational processes and continuous interaction between government agencies.
“In 2024, Ukrtelecom will continue to build a modern optical network by investing in the development of GPON, a non-volatile Internet technology, Kurmaz added.
Ukrtelecom said that in 2023, more than 150 medical and 185 educational institutions connected to the company’s optical infrastructure. The company has access to high-speed optical Internet in 1.25 thousand medical and 1.7 thousand educational institutions.
The settlements where the operator is building fiber-optic networks can access the Internet at speeds of up to 1 Gbps, which in turn allows them to use the full potential of digital services in the public and private sectors, the telecom operator’s press service said.
IP-based services, including interactive TV in HD and 4K quality, video conferencing and Internet telephony, have become available to the public, the company said.
“Ukrtelecom is the largest fixed-line operator in Ukraine. A large part of its customers are government agencies, educational, administrative and medical institutions, and emergency services. The company is a provider of high-speed fixed-line Internet with the widest coverage. Ukrtelecom’s Internet access is available in almost 4,000 settlements across the country and is available in 90% of them. Ukrtelecom is also the sole shareholder and founder of TriMob LLC, a provider of UMTS/WCDMA mobile services.
In 2013, the company joined SCM’s business.
