KYIV, March 20 – Additional expenses of the largest Ukrainian mobile operator Kyivstar to ensure its energy independence in the face of problems with external energy supply exceeded UAH 350 million, including the company replacing over 20,000 batteries at base stations to extend their battery life up to 4-6 hours.
As company president Alexander Komarov said at this week's Business Wisdom Summit, batteries had already been replaced at 2,000 sites (base stations and other facilities) out of 14,000, by May-June there would be up to 5,000, but the company appealed to the supervisory board with a proposal expand this program by another 4,000.
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