Kyivstar expands 'Chance' fixed broadband offer
UKRAINE 15 JUN

Kyivstar expands 'Chance' fixed broadband offer

Ukrainian operator Kyivstar announced that its fixed broadband tariff plan 'Chance' in eight cities until the end of this year. Customers can take advantage of the offer in Kiev, Dnipro, Poltava, Chernivtsi, Bila Tserkva, Fastiv in the Kiev region, Zhovti-Vodi in the Dnipro region, and Sheptitskiy in the Lviv region and receive broadband at up to 100 Mbps for UAH 50 monthly for the first six months and then UAH 100 per month. Customers covered by the fibre-optic network are offered up to 1 Gbps speeds inste

Selectel, Hystax launch joint disaster recovery service
RUSSIAN FEDERATION 15 JUN

Selectel, Hystax launch joint disaster recovery service

Russian data centre services provider Selectel and the company Hystax have launched a disaster recovery (DR) service on the basis of the Hystax Acura platform, reports Rambler. The service will enable companies to establish dedicated storage on the Selectel cloud platform. This enables rapid restoration of IT systems and business applications if they should lose access to their main infrastructure.

Russian B2B customers make 17% more calls in 2025 - study
RUSSIAN FEDERATION 15 JUN

Russian B2B customers make 17% more calls in 2025 - study

Russian B2B customers made 1.57 billion voice calls in 2025, up by 16.5 percent year-on-year, reports Vedomosti citing a study by research service Skorozvon. The figure for 2024 was 1.35 billion calls. The study is based on anonymised data from 3,000 companies located in fifteen regions.

MTS to invest RUB 1 bln in modernising core fixed broadband network
RUSSIAN FEDERATION 15 JUN

MTS to invest RUB 1 bln in modernising core fixed broadband network

Russian operator MTS said that it plans to invest RUB 1 billion in upgrading and expanding its core fixed broadband network in 2026 and 2027. The project will be carried out in 26 regions. A significant part of the investment will be allocated to installation BRAS/BNG routers developed by MTS. The routers will replace those from foreign vendors.

Lifecell offers 5G roaming in 67 countries
UKRAINE 15 JUN

Lifecell offers 5G roaming in 67 countries

Ukrainian operator Lifecell has announced that its 5G roaming services are now available in 67 countries globally. The operator began offering 5G roaming in 2023. Its VoLTE roaming services are accessible in 41 countries. 

MTS Belarus offers Fifa World Cup access to MTS TV subscribers
BELARUS 15 JUN

MTS Belarus offers Fifa World Cup access to MTS TV subscribers

MTS Belarus is offering subscribers of its fixed internet services the opportunity to watch matches from the Fifa World Cup men's football tournament. The games are broadcast on the channel Sport TV, which is available for subscribers of the MTS TV service, which lets viewers watch more than 120 television channels and five online video services.

EU includes Ukraine in Cybersecurity Reserve
UKRAINE 15 JUN

EU includes Ukraine in Cybersecurity Reserve

Ukraine can now activate emergency EU cyber support to respond to large-scale cybersecurity incidents, after the Council of the European Union approved its inclusion in the EU Cybersecurity Reserve on 15 June. The Reserve, managed by the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA), provides incident response services from trusted private providers to help address significant or large-scale incidents.

Orange Poland offers bonus data to Nju sign-ups before 28 June
POLAND 15 JUN

Orange Poland offers bonus data to Nju sign-ups before 28 June

Orange Poland is running a promotion for its postpaid and prepaid Nju services. It is offering new customers who sign up for Nju before 28 June a free 500 GB mobile data package as a bonus for three months. The promotion applies to customers switching to Nju using mobile number portability, too.

Orange Slovakia adds 3 new TV channels to line-up
SLOVAKIA 15 JUN

Orange Slovakia adds 3 new TV channels to line-up

Orange Slovakia has added three new television channels to its pay-TV line-up, reports Zive.sk, namely Dog & Cat TV, BBC Earth and BBC First. The Dog & Cat TV channel will be available with bundles, starting from the L package but will be accessible in an open window for all pay-TV customers from 15 June to 31 August. The channel BBC Earth will be added to  pay-TV bundles starting from the M package. The BBC First will appear in the thematic packages 'Foreign' and 'Films'.

Poland to discontinue regulation of fixed call termination market
POLAND 15 JUN

Poland to discontinue regulation of fixed call termination market

Polish national telecommunications regulator UKE has announced a draft decision to discontinue regulating the wholesale call termination market for fixed networks. The deregulation affects 161 operators. The watchdog claims that market competition is sufficient.

Czech broadcaster Prima expected to launch new sport channel
CZECH REPUBLIC 15 JUN

Czech broadcaster Prima expected to launch new sport channel

Czech broadcaster Prima has submitted an application for a broadcasting licence for a new thematic television channel, reports Zive.sk. The news portal speculates that the new TV channel could be a sports one. Prima broadcasts localised versions of some of its channels in Slovakia, too. 

Orange Slovakia raises 5G coverage to 91% of population
SLOVAKIA 15 JUN

Orange Slovakia raises 5G coverage to 91% of population

Orange Slovakia has raised the coverage of its 5G network to 91.3 percent of the country's population, reports Zive. Its 5G services are now available in 1,359 locations after the addition of nine more villages.

ROMANIA 15 JUN

SNS-JU project examines XR connectivity in Romanian schools

A pre-6G pilot backed by the EU's Smart Network Services Joint Undertaking (SNS-JU) is progressing a trial deployment of extended reality in action in two rural schools in Romania. A recent update of SNS-JU activity said that the trial was implemented in May. Existing 5G capacity from Orange Romania was deployed to carry XR content, but the programme also provided a glimpse at technologies likely to become more prevalent in 6G cellular, such as advanced dynamic slicing and quality-of-service (QoS).

RUSSIAN FEDERATION 15 JUN

T2 switches to local document management system

Russian mobile operator T2, a subsidiary of the national operator Rostelecom, has implemented the ECM platform SED Tezis from Russian company Haulmont, reports Vedomosti. The operator switched from a foreign IT service for management of business processes and documents, after the vendor withdrew support in Russia. The new system processes more than 2 million documents daily.

UKRAINE 15 JUN

Kyivstar named to good taxpayers club in Ukraine

Ukrainian operator Kyivstar, a subsidiary of Veon Group, has been included in the 'White Business Club' - a list of taxpayers with a high level of voluntary tax compliance.

ROMANIA 15 JUN

Vodafone Romania launches app-based Easy eSIM for roaming in 90 countries

Vodafone Romania has launched a new Easy product designed specifically for customers who plan to travel abroad. The new mobile data eSIM provides connectivity in over 90 countries. The offer allows users to remain connected during travel by selecting a package optimized for their destination and vacation duration. Activation is entirely digital and completed through the Vodafone Easy application, available to both existing Vodafone subscribers and non-customers.

ROMANIA 15 JUN

Liberty Global returns to Romanian market, launches CloudXEdge digital infra company

Liberty Global has re-entered the Romanian market with the launch of CloudXEdge, a digital infrastructure company delivering integrated public, private, and hybrid cloud services for local enterprises and public institutions. Liberty Global exited the Romanian market in 2019 when it sold UPC Romania to Vodafone. Led by Mihnea Rădulescu, the former head of UPC Romania who now serves as CEO of CloudXEdge and VP of Digital Infrastructure for Liberty Global CEE, the new venture is built by a team of Romanian IT

HUNGARY 12 JUN

One Hungary offers World Cup rewatch option for late-night matches

One Hungary is offering a convenient rewatch feature for FIFA World Cup men's football tournament matches kicking off after midnight or in the early morning hours, Hungarian time. Subscribers with a One TV Family package and an interactive media device (OneTV MiniBox Pro, OneTV SoundBox or Interactive TV Mediabox) will be able to watch World Cup matches broadcast on M4 Sport and M4 Sport+ for up to three days after their live airing.

HUNGARY 12 JUN

One TV subscribers to see ads on RTL+ after end of free access

Starting 30 June, One TV subscribers who currently enjoy ad-free access to RTL+ Premium as part of their package will begin being shown commercials. This change follows a partnership formed when One Hungary secured exclusive rights to distribute RTL+ content, including Champions League broadcasts, by integrating the streaming service into its TV plans. Previously, subscribers received the ad-free RTL+ Premium, but a recent decision will shift them to the ad-supported (AVOD) version.

UKRAINE 12 JUN

Kyivstar TV acts as information partner for AdoptMe Days Only Dogs festival

Ukrainian operator Kyivstar, a subsidiary of Veon Group, said that its service Kyivstar TV has become an information partner of the festival 'AdoptMe Days Only Dogs'. The NGO Pethouse and Gostomel Shelter acts as the host of the festival. Kyivstar TV will offer free use of its Premium HD package for 30 days for people adopting dogs during the festival.

BELARUS 12 JUN

A1 Belarus expands taxi service to Zhodino

A1 Belarus said it has expanded A1 Taxi service to the town of Zhodino. The operator launched A1 Taxi in Minsk in May 2025 before expanding it to other locations. The service is available on the A1 Taxi app for Android and iOS devices, supported by A1's data centre and other infrastructure.

BELARUS 12 JUN

MTS Belarus offers discounts for 5G smartphones to MTS Red subscribers

MTS Belarus said customers connected to its MTS Red tariff are being offered the opportunity to buy selected 5G smartphones at a 70 percent discount. Subscribers can purchase the Tecno Camon 50 Ultra for BYN 599. New customers are also able to buy the Tecno Spark Go 3 for BYN 19.90.

UKRAINE 12 JUN

Kyivstar's Uklon launches marketplace, starting with flower delivery

Veon Group, the parent company of Ukrainian company Kyivstar, said that ride-hailing service Uklon has opened Uklon Store in a first step to diversity beyond mobility, travel and logistics into in-app commerce. Uklon Store is a new way to buy goods and have them delivered and initially, customers can order flowers for despatch in Kyiv.

POLAND 12 JUN

RBS Media reaches mid-point of fibre deployment in Kolbudy

Polish telecommunications construction company RBS Media, headquartered in the city of Mielec, said that it has reached the mid-way point of its deployment of a fibre-optic network in Kolbudy municipality in the Pomerania region. It is being deployed under the European Funds for Digital Development programme. RBS Media is acting as a sub-contractor to wholesale operator Polski Swiatlowod Otwarty (PSO). 

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