OREANDA-NEWS. On November 28, 2008 The Ministry of Transport and Communications of Ukraine proposed to amend the order of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of June 7 2008 #316-r “On approval of telecommunication development in Ukraine till 2010”.

The draft document agreed with the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine, Ministry of Economy of Ukraine, National Commission on regulating relations of Ukraine and the State Property Fund of Ukraine, has been submitted for consideration of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine.

A new version of the Concept of telecommunication development in Ukraine provides the rise of capacity and carrier capacity of networks for transport telecommunication networks using the promising technological decisions, in particular, fiber-optic circuit and radio technologies. Within 3-4 years telecommunication operators and, first of all, the national communication operator Ukrtelecom public corporation shall transfer from analog technologies to digital in the telecommunication networks in general use.

It is envisaged till 2012 to complete introducing the promising system of telephone numeration complied with the European standards. The development of digital on-air broadcasting networks remains a topical task.