The Ukrainian government has repeatedly declared its readiness to provide acceptance certificates to certificates issued by EU countries. However, no practical steps have been made in this direction. The State Committee for Communication was repeatedly criticized by the international business community for troublesome and prohibitive certification practices. In response to these critics and to follow up on a joint decision taken at the January 1999 meeting of the U.S.-Ukraine Committee on Trade and Investment, the state committee recently announced it plans to organize an international seminar on telecommunications certification issues in March or April 2000. U.S. Commercial Service, Kiev Wireless communications is the most active, open and attractive segment of the local telecommunications market.
Ukrainian authorities regulate the market for wireless services through licensing and taxes.
This method gives investors an opportunity to bid for attractive segments of the market based on its commercial viability. Most of the investors focused on mobile phone services, and there is also a growing interest in fixed wireless telephony and paging. Radio trunking communications is one of the industrial sub-sectors in Ukraine that may offer potential export opportunities for U.S. manufacturers. Experts estimate that there are around 50,000 active radio trunking users in Ukraine and that this number is going to increase. Radio Trunking USD 1.3 Million .