The mobile operator Kyivstar has received a partnership format extended to the level of Licensing Solution Provider (LSP), which gives the right to work with cloud solutions from Microsoft in the market of large enterprises and the public sector – to supply licensed products under corporate agreements and provide them with appropriate technical support.
As noted in a statement of the operator on Friday, earlier Kyivstar had a Cloud Services Provider (CSP) authorization, with which the company could sell online services and software licenses on a subscription basis, as well as perpetual licenses for local software.
The LSP status substantially complements these capabilities and allows Kyivstar to supply Microsoft products to the Ukrainian market under the Enterprise Agreement (EA) and Enterprise Agreement Subscription (EAS) corporate licensing programs.
“For more than five years, Kyivstar has been developing the direction of selling cloud products for the company’s business clients […] The LSP status that we have received is granted to the largest and most reliable Microsoft partners who have confirmed their professionalism in working with cloud products of the world-famous corporation. It enables Kyivstar to create unique offers for business based on the needs of specific clients,” Ilya Polshakov, Director of New Business Development at Kyivstar, is quoted in the message.
The company notes that the combination of Kyivstar’s CSP and LSP capabilities enables the operator to provide business customers with: an expanded set of Microsoft licensed solutions; new opportunities for the development of hybrid solutions; access to licensing agreements that take into account the needs of companies of different tiers; the ability to negotiate non-standard conditions with Microsoft, as well as the expertise and assistance of qualified specialists in selecting the optimal licensing strategy for the needs of a particular business.
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 3G. By the end of 2018, its services were used by about 26.4 million mobile subscribers and about 900,000 fixed Internet customers.
The shareholder of Kyivstar is the international group VEON (formerly VimpelCom Ltd.). The group’s shares are listed on the NASDAQ (New York) stock exchange.
