As of October 1 this year, the total number of broadband subscribers (private and corporate), estimated by iKS-Consulting, totaled 2.05 million. As of the end of 3Q 2009, the number of private broadband subscribers totaled 1.8 million.
Thus, in 3Q 2009, the level of penetration of broadband Internet access reached 10.2 % of the total number of households.Major players of the broadband Internet access market (Top 9) serve three quarters of all subscribers.
The indisputable leader is Ukrtelecom, which serves 790 thousand BB subscribers.It is followed by Volia (370 thousand) and Vega (115 thousand).
According to iKS-Consulting, the revenue from BB by the end of 3Q 2009 increased by 3% compared with 2Q this year, and amounted to 539 million UAH (1 USD = 7.98 UAH).
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