Lifecell
{{Short description|Ukrainian mobile operator}}
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{{Infobox company
| name = lifecell
| logo = Lifecell logo.svg
| type = Public
| foundation = {{Start date and age|2005}}
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| industry = Telecommunications
| products = Mobile phone services, mobile phone related goods
| key_people = Mykhaylo Shelemba (CEO)
| revenue = {{increase}} 11.712 billion ₴ (2023) {{cite web|url=https://ffo3gv1cf3ir.merlincdn.net/hakkimizda/en/yatirimciiliskileri/InvestorReportLibrary/trkcll-efr-2023-en_web.pdf |title=Annual Report 2023|website=merlincdn.net|access-date=19 May 2024}}
| operating_income =
| net_income = {{increase}} 2.567 billion ₴ (2023)
| num_employees =
| parent = NJJ Holding (85%), Horizon Capital (10%), Mikhaylo Shelemba (5%)[https://disclosures.ifc.org/project-detail/AS-ESRS/46596/datagrouplifecell-ukraine]. Retrieved January 10, 2025.
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| homepage = {{URL|lifecell.ua/en}}
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lifecell (formerly life:)) is a Ukrainian telecommunications company based in Kyiv. It is the third largest Ukrainian mobile telephone network operator, (after Kyivstar and Vodafone Ukraine) covering 98.82% of Ukrainian inhabited territory. DVL Telecom is the parent company of Lifecell. Lifecell's dialing prefixes are +38063, +38093 and +38073.{{cite web|url=http://www.pcweek.ua/themes/detail.php?ID=148009|title=life:) получил новый код сети – 73 - PC Week/UE|website=www.pcweek.ua|access-date=29 June 2017}}
As of the end of Q3 of 2014, Ukrainian GSM operator life:) serves 13.6 million subscribers of prepaid, contract and corporate subscription. Company provides roaming opportunities in 184 countries via more than 456 roaming partners.{{cite web |url=http://www.scmholding.com/en/media-centre/news/view/1793/ |title=SCM - Media centre - Press releases |access-date=2014-11-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20141106081101/http://www.scmholding.com/en/media-centre/news/view/1793/ |archive-date=2014-11-06 }} The operator was the first mobile network operator in Ukraine to introduce EDGE technology that offers high speed data transfer. Now the technology is enabled in 100% life:) network.
As of today, six lifecell customer service centers and 193 exclusive shops operate in 103 cities of Ukraine. In addition, life:) subscribers can order life:) services through 153 branded points of sale and 49 487 GSM and non-GSM sales points throughout Ukraine.
History
In January 2005, Astelit launched GSM-1800 service under the life:) brand, and has attracted 7.6 million contract and prepaid subscribers by December 2007.
In June 2011, it was reported that Russian conglomerate Alfa Group was negotiating a deal to purchase the 45% share in Astelit.{{cite journal|url=http://www.kommersant.ru/doc/1665753|title="Альфа-групп" связалась с Ринатом Ахметовым|first=Инна|last=Ерохина|journal=Коммерсантъ|date=24 June 2011|issue=113|pages=1|access-date=29 June 2017|via=Kommersant}}
In July 2015, Turkcell completed the acquisition of a 44.96% stake in the company owned by Rinat Akhmetov's SCM Holdings.Read more on UNIAN: http://www.unian.info/economics/1611442-russias-vtb-says-agrees-with-alfa-on-turkcell-joint-investment.html
In 2017, the company ended its operations in Ukraine's russian-occupied territories Donetsk People's Republic and Luhansk People's Republic.{{Cite web|url=https://www.afp.com/en/news/826/nearly-two-million-lose-mobile-access-war-torn-east-ukraine-doc-wt0tm2|title=The news hub|date=16 January 2012}}
In 2018, the operator received licenses for 4G LTE in the ranges of 2600 MHz and 1800 MHz. On March 30, 2018, lifecell launched LTE Advanced Pro standard in about 20 cities of Ukraine. First and foremost, Kyiv, Lviv, Kharkiv, Odesa and Dnipro. The company launched its 4G network on 1 July 2018. It is planned that by the end of 2018 the new standard will be available in 1500 cities, covering up to 50% of the total population of Ukraine.{{cite web|url=https://www.epravda.com.ua/news/2018/06/26/638185/|title=Lifecell анонсувала 4G з 1 липня|website=Ukrainska Pravda|access-date=26 June 2018}}
In January 2025, dual stack IPv6/IPv4 network was made available to mobile customers. {{cite web|url=http://itnews.com.ua/news/105694-lifecell-pokrashhiv-yakist-mobilnogo-internetu-zavdyaki-novij-tekhnologiyi|title=lifecell покращив якість мобільного інтернету завдяки новій технології|website=ITNews|access-date=21 January 2025}}
Corporate social responsibility
In 2007, lifecell joined the UN Global Compact, as an initiative to encourage CSR (corporate social responsibility) practices by example including the 10 basic principles of human rights, labor standards, environmental protection and anti-corruption measures.
References
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External links
- {{official|https://www.lifecell.ua/en/}} {{in lang|en}}
{{Turkcell Group}}
{{Ukraine mobile phone companies}}
Category:Ukrainian companies established in 2005
Category:Telecommunications companies established in 2005
Category:Mobile phone companies of Ukraine
Category:Companies based in Kyiv
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