Ukrainian national telecommunications regulator NKRZI has issued new licences for companies enabling them to provide telecommunications services. Operator Intellect Dnipro Telecom received a licence to provide local fixed telephony services using up to 1,000 telephone numbers in the Dnipropetrovsk region. Mobile operator Intertelecom obtained a licence for providing fixed local telephony services using CDMA technology in the Dnipropetrovsk and Kharkiv regions. Both the licences are valid for five years.