KIEV, Nov. 15 ??“ As of early October over 24.5 mln Ukrainians used mobile communications services, which is almost 50% of the country's population, Interfax-Ukraine reported.

Kyivstar GSM has the largest number of subscribers. By November 1, 2005 it had 11.687 mln subscribers, of which 10.739 mln were pre-paid service users.