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BROADBAND ACCESS MARKET UP 77% IN Q3 2007, TO $70M
Ukrtelecom, Volia Cable, Datagroup, SigmaBleyzer

Interfax Ukraine Economic, Thursday, November 1, 2007

KYIV - The volume of revenues from broadband access services in Ukraine
in July through September 2007 was over $70 million, which is 77% up
year-on-year.

According to an iKS Consulting company report, there is a tendency on the
market for an increase in the number of private broadband access
subscribers.

According to the company, by the end of September 2007, there were over
630,000 broadband access subscribers in Ukraine, and the saturation level is
3.6%.

As iKS Consulting reported, during the period under review, the market
leader changed, with OJSC Ukrtelecom overtaking CJSC Volia-Cable.

At the same time, Volia-Cable remained the leader in the segment of private
subscribers, and also leads in the number of subscribers in Kyiv alone.
According to iKS Consulting, only four operators had over 20,000 customers
in Q3 2007.

The company also noted that the market was showing consolidation tendencies.
The most active consolidators on the market were CJSC Datagroup and
SigmaBleyzer investment company (the owner of CJSC Volia-Cable.)