Lifecell


lifecell is the third largest Ukrainian mobile telephone network operator, covering 98.82% of Ukrainian inhabited territory.
The company is wholly owned by Turkcell.

History

In January 2005 Astelit launched GSM-1800 service under the life:) brand, and has attracted 7.6 million contract and prepaid subscribers by December 2007. As of the end of Q3 of 2014, Ukrainian GSM operator life:) serves 13.6 million subscribers of prepaid, contract and corporate subscription. Company provides roaming opportunities in 184 countries via more than 456 roaming partners.
The operator was the first mobile network operator in Ukraine to introduce EDGE technology that offers high speed data transfer. Now the technology is enabled in 100% life:) network.
As of today, 6 lifecell customer service centers and 193 exclusive shops operate in 103 cities of Ukraine. In addition, life:) subscribers can order life:) services through 153 branded points of sale and 49 487 GSM and non-GSM sales points throughout Ukraine.
In 2007, lifecell joined the UN Global Compact, as an initiative to encourage CSR follows the 10 basic principles of human rights, labor standards, environmental protection and anti-corruption measures.
In June 2011, it was reported that Alfa Group was negotiating a deal to purchase the 45% share in Astelit.

Turkcell acquisition

In July 2015 Turkcell completed the acquisition of a 44.96% stake in the company owned by Rinat Akhmetov's SCM Holdings.
In 2017 the company ended its operations in Ukraine's separatist entities Donetsk People's Republic and Luhansk People's Republic.
In 2018 the operator received licenses for 4G LTE in the ranges of 2600 MHz and 1800 MHz. On March 30, 2018, lifecell launched LTE Advanced Pro standard in about 20 cities of Ukraine. First and foremost, Kiev, Lviv, Kharkiv, Odessa and Dnipro. The company launched its 4G network on 1 July 2018. It is planned that by the end of 2018 the new standard will be available in 1500 cities, covering up to 50% of the total population of Ukraine.
Lifecell's dialing prefixes are +38063, +38093 and +38073.