Veon expects customers using Starlink in Ukraine to more than double this year


VEON Group CEO Kaan Terzioglu speaks during a keynote conference at the 2026 Mobile World Congress (MWC), in Barcelona, Spain, March 2, 2026. REUTERS/Albert Gea

BARCELONA, March 3 (Reuters) - ⁠The number of people in Ukraine connecting to the internet using SpaceX's ⁠Starlink will probably reach around 12 million by the end of this ‌year from the current 5 million users, the CEO of telecoms group Veon said on Tuesday.

Last year, Veon signed a partnership with Elon Musk's company in a bid to bring satellite connectivity to mobile ​users in remote areas as competition in satellite-to-smartphone connectivity ⁠intensifies. Veon unit Kyivstar has ⁠rolled out the service in war-torn Ukraine.

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