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Telecommunications in Ukraine
Telecommunications is one of the most modern, diverse and fast-growing sectors in the economy of Ukraine. Unlike the country's dominating export industries, telecommunications, as well as the related Internet sector, remain largely unaffected by the global economic crisis, ranking high in European and global rankings.
The industry also leads in demonopolisation of Ukraine's economy as Ukrtelekom (once the country's sole telephone provider) was successfully privatised, and is now losing its retail market share to independent, foreign-invested private providers.
The entire population of Ukraine now has telephone and/or mobile phone connection; Internet access is universally available in cities and main transport corridors, expanding into smaller settlements. In 2025 the communications sector recorded 16.5% revenue growth to UAH 178.6 billion despite wartime infrastructure damage and power outages.
Ukraine's telecommunication development plan emphasises further improving domestic trunk lines, international connections, and the mobile cellular system. The sector has shown resilience through satellite backhaul and direct-to-cell services.
During the Russian invasion of Ukraine, telecommunications were supported by the Starlink satellite service.
As of January 2025 Ukraine had 31.5 million internet users, equating to 82.4% penetration of the population. Mobile broadband dominates access; fixed broadband subscriptions stood at 19.68 per 100 people in 2023. Usage remains high for social media, digital government services such as Diia, and e-commerce, even under wartime conditions and blackouts.
Two new domestic trunk lines are a part of the fibre-optic Trans-Asia-Europe (TAE) system and three Ukrainian links have been installed in the fibre-optic Trans-European Lines (TEL) project that connects 18 countries; additional international service is provided by the Italy-Turkey-Ukraine-Russia (ITUR) fibre-optic submarine cable and by earth stations in the Intelsat, Inmarsat, and Intersputnik satellite systems.
Ukraine maintains multiple redundant fibre-optic routes to the European Union via Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Hungary. Since the 2022 invasion, Starlink satellite backhaul and, from November 2025, direct-to-cell integration have provided redundancy against attacks on terrestrial infrastructure.
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Telecommunications in Ukraine
Telecommunications is one of the most modern, diverse and fast-growing sectors in the economy of Ukraine. Unlike the country's dominating export industries, telecommunications, as well as the related Internet sector, remain largely unaffected by the global economic crisis, ranking high in European and global rankings.
The industry also leads in demonopolisation of Ukraine's economy as Ukrtelekom (once the country's sole telephone provider) was successfully privatised, and is now losing its retail market share to independent, foreign-invested private providers.
The entire population of Ukraine now has telephone and/or mobile phone connection; Internet access is universally available in cities and main transport corridors, expanding into smaller settlements. In 2025 the communications sector recorded 16.5% revenue growth to UAH 178.6 billion despite wartime infrastructure damage and power outages.
Ukraine's telecommunication development plan emphasises further improving domestic trunk lines, international connections, and the mobile cellular system. The sector has shown resilience through satellite backhaul and direct-to-cell services.
During the Russian invasion of Ukraine, telecommunications were supported by the Starlink satellite service.
As of January 2025 Ukraine had 31.5 million internet users, equating to 82.4% penetration of the population. Mobile broadband dominates access; fixed broadband subscriptions stood at 19.68 per 100 people in 2023. Usage remains high for social media, digital government services such as Diia, and e-commerce, even under wartime conditions and blackouts.
Two new domestic trunk lines are a part of the fibre-optic Trans-Asia-Europe (TAE) system and three Ukrainian links have been installed in the fibre-optic Trans-European Lines (TEL) project that connects 18 countries; additional international service is provided by the Italy-Turkey-Ukraine-Russia (ITUR) fibre-optic submarine cable and by earth stations in the Intelsat, Inmarsat, and Intersputnik satellite systems.
Ukraine maintains multiple redundant fibre-optic routes to the European Union via Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Hungary. Since the 2022 invasion, Starlink satellite backhaul and, from November 2025, direct-to-cell integration have provided redundancy against attacks on terrestrial infrastructure.