The Ukrainian mobile market shed ---,--- subscribers in H- ---- and over -.-mn in ----. This resulted from the country s loss of territory after Russia s military incursions in ----, as well as efforts to close inactive accounts. The Ukrainian mobile market shed ---,--- subscribers in H- ---- and over -.-mn in ----. Underlying growth will come from efforts to upgrade customers to -G networks, but we caution that many more accrued inactive SIMs will be shed throughout the medium term, leading to volatile top-line growth. In July ----, Ericsson and Huawei along with operator Intellecom tested LTE services in the country over the -.-GHz spectrum. ...Deployment of more advanced wireline voice and broadband accesses by incumbent and independent players will slow the rate of decline. Fibre deployments and sustained use of basic mobile broadband services will see the number of broadband connections grow, reaching -.---mn by ----.
...BMI View: We have made some minor downwards revisions for the Ukrainian mobile market to account for the contractions in H- ----. We are of the opinion that organic subscriber growth in the market will remain elusive out to ----. ...Growth and revenues to ---- and beyond will be driven by -G and advanced data technology uptake as the national mobile market begins to advance and mature in technological terms. -G/-G Migration to Support Saturated Market --------- Cellular Mobile Phone Subscribers, --- -G & -G phone subscribers, --- -G & -G market, of mobile market ---- ---- ----f ----f ----f ----f ----f - --,--- --,--- --,--- - -- -- -- f = BMI forecast. -G/-G Migration to Support Saturated Market --------- Cellular Mobile Phone Subscribers, --- -G & -G phone subscribers, --- -G & -G market, of mobile market ---- ---- ----f ----f ----f ----f ----f - --,--- --,--- --,--- - -- -- -- f = BMI forecast. ...-G/-G Migration to Support Saturated Market --------- Cellular Mobile Phone Subscribers, --- -G & -G phone subscribers, --- -G & -G market, of mobile market ---- ---- ----f ----f ----f ----f ----f - --,--- --,--- --,--- - -- -- -- f = BMI forecast.
...The mobile market served --.---mn subscribers at end of Q---, down by -.- y-o-y. We have made further minor downwards adjustments to our mobile forecasts and will monitor the market in the months ahead before making further revisions. ...
