KIEV, Nov. 16 ??“ Ukrainian Newest Technologies Ltd. on Nov. 10 launched commercial operations of the CIS's first EMEA network of wireless broadband Internet access based on WiMAX technologies.

As company director general Yuriy Chuykov said at a press conference in Kiev last week, the first commercial subscribers have been connected to the network in Kiev and Kharkiv. The company plans to introduce its services in 26 regions of Ukraine by the end of 2006.