KYIV, June 13 – Ukrainian mobile communications operators and vendors selling network equipment believe that 5G communication could be launched in Ukraine in 2020 only in the specific area with specific functionality, and the pilot launch across Ukraine is possible only in two or three years.

"If we set a task for ourselves, we can fulfill it next year [presidential decree dated May 17, 2019 on providing services for the introduction of 5G]. The issue is in the scale. On the national scale, this is probably an ambitious task. On the scale of point solutions why not, for example, for the industry... Together, it is possible to make 5G coverage in a specific area with specific functionality," Director for Business Development at Ericsson in Ukraine Igor Srebrodolskiy said at the 5G: Opportunities and Challenges talk held at UNIT Park.City (Kyiv).