Lyca Group and Ukretelekom

LONDON, [11 July]: Lycamobile, one of the world's largest virtual mobile operators (MVNO), today announced the completion of the licensing process for work in Ukraine. The national telecom operator Ukrtelecom together with the mobile operator 3Mob became a partner in the provision of services in Ukraine. This event is another step towards the expansion of the worldwide Lycamobile network, which now operates in 22 countries.

The telecommunications market in Ukraine is still one of the most developed in the region, and has about 144 "mobile" numbers for 100 people. This means: most of the country's 42.5 million population uses more than one SIM card. For millions of Ukrainians living abroad, the future introduction of services will take advantage of the low-cost services of Lycamobile. They will be able to stay in touch with family and friends, as well as contact with relatives around the world and at home. Lycamobile's offer "inside the country" will show its competitive ability, providing Ukrainians with packages of services with a large number of calls, messages and the Internet for a justified price.

Lycamobile will present its services in Ukraine in partnership with 3Mob, the mobile operator of the largest national telecom operator Ukrtelecom. 3Mob presented the first 3G network in Ukraine, and after the launch of the service, Lycamobile customers will have access to a wide coverage map of the operator throughout the country.

Lyca Group President Allyrada Subaskaran commented: "We are pleased to announce the licensing in Ukraine and the partnership with Ukrtelecom and 3Mob, which will allow us to expand the offer of our service in the region in the coming weeks." We look forward to helping Ukraine develop as one of the most important markets Eastern Europe and create an opportunity for customers to contact their loved ones - at home and abroad. "

Ukrtelecom's director Yuriy Kurmaz added: "The partnership with Lycamobile, which will give its consumers access to 3G coverage of Ukrtelecom in Ukraine, will create new opportunities for 3Mob as well.The existing price calls between networks and the significant market power of the largest Ukrainian mobile operators have historically limited the development of smaller providers of the country Thanks to a partnership with Lycamobile, a strong international player, Ukrainians will have access to the Internet, calls and messages at a reasonable price, which is a significant step towards lenii removing barriers to consumer communication in the region. "

Lycamobile is rapidly developing and currently provides services to more than 15 million users on 5 continents. This rapid development has recently strengthened the company's values: communication, accessibility and trust, and supports its development strategy, which consists in launching calls, messages and data exchange services at a low price in new markets, including Eastern Europe, the southern part of the African continent, Latin America and South-East Asia.

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Lycamobile is the largest virtual mobile operator in the world, which operates in 22 countries and is the leader in the international market for prepaid mobile calls, serving 15,000,000 consumers worldwide, the number of which grows every 2 seconds. The company was founded in 2006 and quickly became a global brand that is synonymous with connecting consumers with their loved ones both within the same country and across oceans, borders and networks at a low price.

The rapid response of Lycamobile, the focus on providing services to the user and an innovative business strategy are his competitive advantages, which helped to achieve greater coverage among the population of Europe than any other operator. The company continues to expand its coverage regularly, recently adding Macedonia to its map and planning additional service presentations in other countries this year.

Lycamobile is available in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Macedonia, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, Ukraine, Hong Kong, Tunisia, USA and Australia.

PJSC Ukrtelecom is the largest fixed-line operator in Ukraine, the leader among Internet providers. Ukrtelecom is the sole founder and participant of OOO "TriMob" - a mobile operator of 3G / UMTS standard.

Ukrtelecom offers its customers a full range of telecom services: high-speed Internet, fixed and mobile telephony, data exchange networks, data center services and cloud solutions.

Since 2013, the majority shareholder of PJSC "Ukrtelecom" is SCM.