launch of the first GSM network in Eastern Europe and beginning of mobile communication services provision in Kyiv. Golden Telecom becomes the first Ukrainian and Eastern European GSM operator.
January
the company starts to provide fixed-line telephony services for corporate clients in Kyiv.
Call Center is created.
Golden Telecom adds data transmission and internet to business solutions package.
February
Golden Telecom becomes an international communication operator and starts to provide services for communication operators.
February
merging with Sovam Telecom. Golden Telecom internet and data transmission services become available in all regional centers of Ukraine.
the company introduces dial-up Internet access under Svit Online brand and international IP-telephony «ALLO!».
August
launch of the mobile communication service in Odessa.
July
emergence on the fixed-line telephony market in Dnepropetrovsk and Odessa.
Golden Telecom Call Center is branched out as a separate business division for outsourcing services (services for external customers).
Golden Telecom Data Center is created
April
emergence on the fixed-line telephony market in Lviv.
May
launch of the fixed-line communication network in Zaporizhia.
January
the company enters B2C market. The subscribers are provided with fixed-line telephony services and ADSL internet access at the speed up to 22.5 Mbps.
April
beginning of the fixed-line services delivery in Kharkiv.
January
emergence on the fixed-line telephony market in Donetsk.
May
acquisition of Ivano-Frankivsk fixed-line operator TTK. Fixed-line communication services from Golden Telecom become available in Ivano-Frankivsk
October
Golden Telecom starts the fixed-mobile convergence (FMC) project.
November
Golden Telecom becomes the first Ukrainian operator to introduce national roaming to Golden Telecom GSM mobile subscribers.
June
the company enters the market of fixed-line telecommunication in Lutsk.
July
beginning of the fixed-line telecommunication services delivery in Simferopol
September
the new Data Center is brought into commercial service
October
emergence on the fixed-line telephony market in Rivne.
November
launch of the large-scale project on the city optical fiber networks building on the basis of FTTB (Fiber-to-the-Building) technology. Introduction of the 100-Mbps broadband internet access delivery under the Svit Online brand.
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About the company
Golden Telecom is the Ukrainian leading operator of integrated communication services.
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Licenses
«Golden Telecom has all licenses required for rendering the full range of communications services.
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