Kyivstar is an ISP that sells high-speed home internet (up to 1 Gb/s), fixed telephony, and TV bundles directly to residential and business consumers across Ukraine (Source).
Kyivstar is a Network Operator that owns and operates fixed broadband infrastructure including FTTB and GPON-based full-fibre networks (Source), (Source).
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About
Kyivstar (PJSC Kyivstar) is an ISP and Network Operator that owns and operates fixed broadband infrastructure including FTTB and GPON-based full-fibre networks while selling high-speed home internet (up to 1 Gb/s), fixed telephony, and TV bundles directly to residential and business consumers across Ukraine since its founding in 1994 as Bridge by Ukrainian entrepreneur Ihor Lytovchenko with the first mobile call on December 9, 1997, with major milestones including launch of DSL broadband in 2003, fiber services in 2010, majority acquisition by VEON in 2009, nationwide 4G rollout by 2021, $1 billion investment commitment in 2023 for 5G/cloud expansion, December 2023 cyberattack recovery costing $100 million, Starlink direct-to-cell partnership in December 2024 for satellite messaging by end-2025 and broadband in 2026, and Nasdaq listing in August 2025 as the first U.S.-listed Ukrainian company under ticker KYIV with VEON retaining 87% ownership (Source), (Source).
Operator Characteristics
Retail-only ISP?
No
Kyivstar is not retail-only; Kyivstar constructs and maintains its proprietary full-fibre and part-fibre networks as the leading fixed broadband provider while retailing services to consumers and businesses alongside mobile integrations (Source), (Source).
Wholesale-only Network Operator?
No
Kyivstar is not wholesale-only; Kyivstar retails home internet and bundled services directly to 1.1 million fixed broadband end-users via its website and app while providing limited wholesale access to its infrastructure for smaller regional ISPs under regulatory guidelines (Source), (Source).
Business-only ISP?
No
Kyivstar is not business-only; Kyivstar provides gigabit home internet plans up to 1 Gb/s and FTTB bundles to over 1 million residential households in cities like Kyiv and Dnipro alongside dedicated cloud, VPN, and high-capacity fiber solutions for 500+ enterprise clients in sectors like healthcare, logistics, and government (Source), (Source).
Kyivstar owns Kyivstar Full-Fibre, a proprietary GPON/FTTH network deployed in over 130 cities passing more than 3 million households for gigabit symmetric speeds up to 1 Gb/s with energy-efficient designs supporting 10+ hours of backup power (Source), (Source).
Kyivstar owns Kyivstar Part-Fibre, hybrid FTTB infrastructure utilizing fiber to multi-dwelling buildings with Ethernet drops in urban apartments across 92 cities serving 1.1 million subscribers for up to 500 Mb/s in dense residential areas transitioning to full-fibre (Source), (Source).