"Today there are very powerful investors who are ready to invest money in this and develop this technology on the territory of Ukraine," Transport and Communications Minister Viktor Bondar said at a press conference in Kyiv.

According to the minister, at present all the largest Ukrainian providers, including the national telecommunications operator VAT "Ukrtelecom," are actively working on developing internet access services.

Bondar also recalled that in October 2005, LLC "Ukrainian New Technologies" launched into commercial operation the first WiMAX-based wireless broadband internet access network in the CIS and one of the first in the EMEA region, which will allow the introduction of mobile internet technologies in Ukraine to begin.

"After WiMAX spreads across all of Ukraine, Wi-Fi internet will actively develop, that is, wireless access points to the network," the minister believes.

In addition, Bondar reported that the Ministry of Transport and Communications had preliminarily discussed with "Ukrtelecom" a project to open 30-35 wireless internet access points in Kyiv.

It is also planned to open 50-70 such points across the entire territory of the country "in the most hard-to-reach areas where there is demand (for internet services) but no possibility of extending the old, that is, wired technologies."

According to the minister, the introduction of wireless technologies will give a powerful boost to the development of the internet in the country.

Wi-Fi (IEEE 802.11b) is one of the wireless communication standards for data transmission of the 802.11b standard, uses the 2.4 GHz frequency. The maximum speed achieved with this protocol is 11 Mbit/s.

The presence of Wi-Fi zones (points) allows the user to connect to an access point (for example, to an office, home or public network), as well as to maintain a connection between several computers, allowing them to exchange files.

The IEEE 802.16-2004 standard, also known as WiMAX, is an advanced wireless communication standard that provides broadband communication over significant distances at speeds comparable to cable connections.

Building networks based on WiMAX technology will make it possible to provide broadband internet access in remote areas where there are no cable networks, as well as to organize communication between buildings and other facilities located several kilometers apart.