Uncertainty about tariffs

Author: Semen STEPANCHIKOV

#8 (637) 3 March 2007

For the first time in five years, a mobile phone operator denies access to its network for a counterpart firm Disagreements between major and minor players on Ukraine’s mobile communications market have boiled over into an open conflict...

Phantom holding

Author: Ihor MASKALEVICH

#7 (636) 24 February 2007

The economic news of the week was the announcement about a possible merger of the Industrial Union of Donbass [a.k.a. ISD owned and controlled by Sergey Taruta and Vitaliy Haiduk – A.B.] and the Russian metallurgical group Gazmetall, controlled by Alisher Usmanov...

WILL UKRTELECOM GO BANKRUPT? FRONT-LINE EXECUTIVES AT UKRTELECOM EXPECT TO END NEXT YEAR WITH LOSSES OF $80 MILLION

Author: Semen STEPANCHIKOV

#39 (618) 14 October 2006

           A draft of next year’s financial projections for Ukrtelecom, Ukraine’s state-owned, fixed-line telephone monopoly, which was submitted to the company’s supervisory board for consideration and possible approval, makes provisions for a gross income of UAH 7.79 billion and a net loss of UAH 400.5 million ($80 million)...

Ukraine for Europe: politics, pipe, economics …

Author: Andrey HONCHARUK

#24 (603) 24 June 2006

Much ado has been made recently over Ukraine’s prospects of EU accession. Any subtle hint of the possible expansion of cooperation with the European Union is interpreted by Ukrainian officials as a major breakthrough toward full EU membership...

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