Amsterdam, 28 September 2023 – VEON Ltd. (NASDAQ:VEON, Euronext Amsterdam: VEON)), a global digital operator that provides converged connectivity and online services, addressed MWC Las Vegas 2023, the mobile telecommunication industry's largest event in the Americas, with Volodymyr Lutchenko, the Chief Technology Officer of Kyivstar, taking the stage to share how Kyivstar keeps Ukraine connected.
Addressing the participants of GSMA Sec Con as a part of the session "Securing Telecoms in Times of Conflict", Lutchenko underlined the importance of emergency preparedness and building resilience. Over the course of the past 19 months, Kyivstar has focused extensively on resilience, building multiple redundancy into its core network and investing in the energy infrastructure of its sites with power generators and batteries.
Despite significant impacts on its network and doubling of the intensity of DDoS attacks, Kyivstar maintains network availability at 94% and support Ukraine's cybersecurity.
"Rebuilding and defending the telecoms network in Ukraine has been critical in keeping the people of Ukraine connected during the past 19 months," states Volodymyr Lutchenko, CTO of Kyivstar. "We have worked closely with the Ukrainian Government and benefitted from the support of the telecoms industry to ensure access to communications and digital services for the ...