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TriMob
Ukrainian: ТриМоб
Company typeState-owned enterprise
IndustryTelecommunications
Mobile communications
Founded1992
HeadquartersKyiv, Ukraine
ProductsMobile phone services
3G: UMTS-2100
BrandsUtel
ParentUkrtelecom
Website3mob.ua

TriMob LLC (Ukrainian: ТОВ ТриМоб) d/b/a 3Mob,[1] formerly Ukrtelecom (Country Ukraine: (ОГО! мобільний) "Укртелесом"), formerly Utel[2] (Ukrainian: Ютел) is a telecommunications company in Ukraine. It is a subsidiary of Ukrtelecom, formerly government-owned fixed phone operator.[3]

History

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Utel launched Ukraine's first commercial 3G cellular network based on the UMTS/HSDPA standard on November 1, 2007.[4]

Utel logo in 2009

Until 2015, 3Mob was the only network in Ukraine that provided UMTS 2100 service (other providers provided data services on EDGE and CDMA technology). It's 3G coverage exists only in Kyiv, free 2G/3G roaming is available in Vodafone-Ukraine network.[5]

Network

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The network is built on the W-CDMA technology under the UMTS standard and operates at the frequency of 2100 MHz[6] (two FDD bands: 1935—1950 MHz and 2125—2140 MHz[7]). It also supports the HSDPA protocol, which theoretically allows achieving a download speed of 14.4 Mbps. Until 2010, services were provided at a download speed of up to 3.6 Mbps,[8] from 2010 a speed of up to 7.2 Mbps was available.[9]

The core of the network consists of data transmission switches SGSN and GGSN, a switch for voice and video calls MSS and six voice traffic gateways MGW, which are located in the six largest cities of the country.[10]

As of 2011, the 3G network was available in more than 100 cities of Ukraine, where about 35% of the country's population lives, including all regional and the largest industrial and administrative centers of Ukraine.[10][11] From September 29, 2014, the operator's services became unavailable in Sevastopol.[12] The 2G network (services GSM and GPRS in national roaming mode) has been unavailable in the territory of Crimean Peninsula since September 22, 2014[13] On the night of February 9 to 10, 2015, due to the seizure of the company's assets, communication services were discontinued throughout the territory of the AR Crimea.[14][15]

As of August 1, 2017, the network had the least coverage, not being updated since 2015.

On July 11, 2017, LLC «TriMob» received from NCCIR a copy of its own license to provide mobile communication services with the right to technical maintenance and operation of the telecommunications network and granting frequencies to LLC «Lycamobile Ukraine» throughout the territory of Ukraine,[16] based on which on July 24 the operator «Lycamobile Ukraine» began its operation. [17]

At the same time, «Ukrtelecom» announced its intention to invest $2 million in the network owned by «TriMob», primarily to improve the reliability of Lycamobile's connection in Ukraine.[17]

In December 2019, «Ukrtelecom» announced its intention to leave the frequency resource for «TriMob» only within the city of Kyiv, and outside its limits to use the resource licensed to Lycamobile.[18][19]

As of January 2020, TriMob discontinued support for its own UMTS network, except for the city of Kyiv,[20] switching subscribers to national roaming.[21]

References

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  1. ^ "TriMob LLC". LinkedIn. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
  2. ^ "Utel". Linkedin. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
  3. ^ "TriMob JSC: Private Company Information". bloomberg.com. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
  4. ^ "3G arrives in Ukraine". TeleGeography. 2007-11-06. Retrieved 2018-07-27.
  5. ^ "Карта покриття 3G". 3mob.ua. Retrieved 2022-01-11.
  6. ^ Sergey Koloskov (15 August 2008). "Mobile communication in Ukraine. Networks and standards". mАbіla. MSP «Magnet». Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 10 December 2011.
  7. ^ Stanislav Yurasov (2011-11-18). "«Ukrtelecom» cut up 3G". «proIT» (proit.com.ua). LLC «Evolution Media». Archived from the original on 2012-07-14. Retrieved 2011-12-10.
  8. ^ "Ukrtelecom — leader of the Internet market in Ukraine for 2008" (Press release). PJSC «Ukrtelecom». 19 February 2009. Archived from the original on 3 December 2010. Retrieved 11 December 2011.
  9. ^ "«OGO! Mobile»: starter package, tariffs, impressions from the work". VKurse.ua (vkurse.ua). 2010-04-06. Archived from the original on 2013-07-06. Retrieved 2011-12-11.
  10. ^ a b "Branch U-tel - Branch today". Branch «U-tel» PJSC «Ukrtelecom». PJSC «Ukrtelecom». 2007. Archived from the original on 5 June 2010. Retrieved 1 January 2011.
  11. ^ "Ukrtelecom - Coverage Map". PJSC «Ukrtelecom». 2011. Archived from the original on 2013-01-14. Retrieved 2011-12-03.
  12. ^ "LLC «TriMob» reports the impossibility of providing services in the city of Sevastopol" (Press release). LLC «TriMob». 29 September 2014. Archived from the original on 6 February 2015. Retrieved June 2, 2015.
  13. ^ "The situation with the connection in the national roaming partner's network in Crimea" (Press release). LLC «TriMob». 22 September 2014. Archived from the original on 6 February 2015. Retrieved June 2, 2015.
  14. ^ Daniliv, Irina (11 February 2015). "In Crimea, «Ukrtelecom» owned by Akhmetov was nationalized". Zaxid.net. PJSC «Tele-radio company “Lux”». Archived from the original on 11 February 2015. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  15. ^ "The connection «MTS Ukraine» disappeared in Crimea". DePo.ua. PJSC «Cartel». 10 February 2015. Archived from the original on 12 February 2015. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  16. ^ "Нацкомиссия выдала лицензию для захода мирового виртуального мобильного оператора в Украину Джерело" [The National Commission issued a license for the entry of a global virtual mobile operator in Ukraine]. Business Censor (biz.censor.net). «Censor.NET». NGO «IA «CENSOR.NET». 11 July 2017. Archived from the original on 21 February 2022. Retrieved 2 March 2021.(in Russian)
  17. ^ a b "Operator LycaMobile announced the start of operations in Ukraine". Korrespondent.biz. Korrespondent.net (ua.korrespondent.net). LLC «Korrespondent». 24 July 2017. Archived from the original on 11 June 2021. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  18. ^ PJSC «Ukrtelecom» (24 December 2019). "Ukrtelecom «virtualizes» «TriMob»". www.scm.com.ua. PJSC "System Capital Management".
  19. ^ "Ukrtelecom sells mobile communication towers". www.ukrinform.ua. Ukrainian National News Agency «Ukrinform». 15 June 2020. Archived from the original on 19 November 2020. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  20. ^ "Coverage Map «TriMob»". 3mob.ua (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 6 August 2021. Retrieved 2021-09-10.
  21. ^ "Ukrtelecom «virtualizes» «TriMob»". ukrtelecom.ua (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 24 March 2022. Retrieved 2021-09-10.
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