MTS-Ukraine (Ukrainian Mobile Communications, UMC) is the second-largest mobile operator in Ukraine with 17.74 million GSM subscribers (November 2009).[1]

In 1993, MTS-Ukraine was the first company to introduce mobile (cellular) services in Ukraine, initially in the analog NMT standard, then in GSM 900 and 1800. In October 2006, MTS-Ukraine terminated its NMT service with plans to use the spectrum for the CDMA-450 rollout. From late 2006, MTS-Ukraine has been developing their 3G mobile network with the CDMA-450 1xEV-DO standard. As of today, Ukrainian MTS network support various value-added services based on GPRS / EGPRS / EDGE and SMS / WAP / MMS / USSD. MTS is the only BlackBerry service provider in Ukraine and is also a service provider of WiFi hotspots, mainly in large cities and airports.

According to a survey of 500 companies by GfK Ukraine Company and the magazine "Correspondent", MTS-Ukraine was one of the three best employers in the country.

In 2007 MTS-Ukraine joined the United Nations Global Compact to acknowledge the obligations of business with universally accepted principles in the areas of human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption. The company always gives a great attention to advancement of principles of social responsibility and 10 principles of The United Nations Global Compact. Corporate social responsibility is one of the major strategic priorities of MTS-Ukraine activity. MTS-Ukraine activity is constructed on social responsibility before state, consumers, employees, partners, competitors and Ukrainian society altogether.