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lifecell

Logo: Lifecell, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Ukrainian mobile operator

lifecell (formerly DCC, and later life:)) is a Ukrainian telecommunications company based in Kyiv. It is the third largest Ukrainian mobile telephone network operator, (after Kyivstar and Vodafone Ukraine) covering 98.82% of Ukrainian inhabited territory. KKR is the parent company of Lifecell.2 It is part of DVL Telecom.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

2004Founded1
  • Industrymobile phone industry, telecommunications industry1
  • HeadquartersKyiv1
  • Websitewww.lifecell.ua
  • Legal formprivate limited company1

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lifecell (formerly DCC, and later life:)) is a Ukrainian telecommunications company based in Kyiv. It is the third largest Ukrainian mobile telephone network operator, (after Kyivstar and Vodafone Ukraine) covering 98.82% of Ukrainian inhabited territory. KKR is the parent company of Lifecell. Lifecell's dialing prefixes are +38063, +38093 and +38073.2

Corporate structure

lifecell sits at the top of its group. 2 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • lifecell Kyiv
    • Volia Subsidiary · Kyiv, Ukraine

Built from subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

In January 2005, Astelit launched GSM-1800 service under the life:) brand, and has attracted 7.6 million contract and prepaid subscribers by December 2007.

In June 2011, it was reported that Russian conglomerate Alfa Group was negotiating a deal to purchase the 45% share in Astelit.

In July 2015, Turkcell completed the acquisition of a 44.96% stake in the company owned by Rinat Akhmetov's SCM Holdings.

In 2017, the company ended its operations in Ukraine's Russian-occupied territories Donetsk People's Republic and Luhansk People's Republic.

In 2018, the operator received licenses for 4G LTE in the ranges of 2600 MHz and 1800 MHz. On March 30, 2018, lifecell launched LTE Advanced Pro standard in about 20 cities of Ukraine. First and foremost, Kyiv, Lviv, Kharkiv, Odesa and Dnipro. The company launched its 4G network on 1 July 2018. It is planned that by the end of 2018 the new standard will be available in 1500 cities, covering up to 50% of the total population of Ukraine.

In January 2025, dual stack IPv6/IPv4 network was made available to mobile customers.

From Wikipedia’s article on Lifecell, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

  • DVL Telecom

Owners

  • NJJ Holding

Subsidiaries

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. 2004Founded Founded1

Sources

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