Residential Broadband in Ukraine Bouncing Back: Point Topic
Residential broadband demand in Ukraine is rebounding, with Ukrtelecom connecting 2,000 residential subscribers a week to fiber networks since June, Point Topic analyst Jolanta Stanke wrote Monday. More than 13,000 SpaceX Starlink terminals have been donated to Ukraine, she said.…
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She said 87% of Ukrainian settlements covered by Ukrtelecom have internet access, including those in the Kharkiv region liberated by Ukrainian forces earlier this fall. Ukrtelecom deployed nearly 5,000 kilometers of fiber in 2022, with its fiber subscriber base up 33% over September 2021. The start of war in February meant Ukrainian ISPs limiting broadband speeds to residential subscribers as they dedicated more bandwidth to Ukrainian military needs. Services have returned to normal, with main backbones now having significant redundancy, she said.