OREANDA-NEWS. On December 05, 2007 Mobile services operator life:) announced about expansion of its EDGE coverage. Now to the 42 existing cities, 12 more cities of Ukraine are added, reported the press-centre of SCM Group.

In march 2005 mobile services operator life:) was the first to introduce EDGE data transfer technology to the Ukrainian market, and now it continues to increase the number of base stations, supporting this technology. Earlier life:) EDGE coverage existed in the biggest cities – all oblast centers of the country, on the Crimea coast and in the Carpathian resorts.

Now inhabitants of 12 more cities will be able to receive and send data five times faster, than by using GPRS. EDGE coverage will expand to the following cities: Pavlohrad and Novomoskovs'k (Dnipropetrovs'ka oblast’), Melitopol' and Enerhodar (Zaporiz'ka oblast’), Chuhuiv (Kharkivs'ka oblast’), Kotovs'k (Odes'ka oblast’), Zhmerynka and Mohyliv-Podil's'kyi (Vinnyts'ka oblast’), Kolomyia (Ivano-Frankivs'ka oblast’), Konotop (Sums'ka oblast’), Oleksandriia (Kirovohrads'ka oblast’) and Novovolyns'k (Volyns'ka oblast’).

As life:) General Director Tansu Yegen noted: “Data transfer services are among the most popular and perspective on the Ukrainian market. That’s why we have built the network, all base stations of which support EDGE data transfer technology, and now we are dynamically activating the new cities”.

In the nearest future the list of cities, covered by EDGE, will be expanded!

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life:) is the third national mobile services operator of Ukraine which covers the territory where 91% of population lives. life:) network is growing at a record pace: today it covers all towns with inhabitants over 35,000 and more than 22,000 settlements of Ukraine, as well as all the major highways of the country. life:) provides roaming opportunities in 193 countries via more than 500 roaming partners. The operator was the first in the market to introduce EDGE technology and today life:) offers large EDGE coverage  in 54 cities of Ukraine. life:) offers high-quality products and customer care services for all segments of the Ukrainian society. More than 380 life:) customer care centers and exclusive sales points operate in 151 cities of the country. In addition to that, life:) subscribers can order life:) services through 33 800 non-exclusive shops.