of taxes and payments paid to the budget of Ukraine for 2021 amounted to more than UAH 10,2 billion, and once again became the largest taxpayer to the state among telecom operators in Ukraine. During the year, the company invested UAH 5,5 billion in infrastructure development. Number capacity Kyivstar uses five network codes - 67, 68, 96, 97, 98, and also has number capacities in the fixed telephone network of many cities of Ukraine (for example, 2000 numbers with indexes 695ххх, 696ххх in Poltava, 20,000 numbers with indexes 781хххх, 782хххх in Odesa, till July 2014 - 5000 numbers with indexes 905ххх - 909ххх in Sevastopol. History The 1990s and 2000s The company was founded in 1994 by Igor Litovchenko under the name "Bridge". Subsequently, the name was changed to Kyivstar. 1997 - Launch of the mobile network. The company started providing mobile services on December 9, 1997. 1998 - The first in Ukraine to provide SMS services. 2000 - The first in Ukraine to provide access to mobile Internet using WAP technology. That year, free incoming calls within the network were introduced for all subscribers (for the first time on the market). Internet access services (including WAP) were introduced. The company became the first GSM-banking operator (StarCard). Subscribers are provided with an inter-standard roaming service. 2001 - Kyivstar became the leader of the telecom market of Ukraine by the number of subscribers. 2002 - GPRS data transmission services started. Kyivstar became the first mobile operator in Ukraine to provide roaming services in all European countries. The company was certified according to the international quality system ISO 9001: 2000. In the fall of 2003, the charge for incoming calls was abolished. Kyivstar won the EuroMarket International Award of the European Market Research Center (EMRC), and the Ukrainian Investment Newspaper recognized Kyivstar as the most dynamic company in Ukraine in the TOP-100 rating. In 2004, Kyivstar demonstrated EDGE data transmission technology for the first time in Ukraine, became the official mobile operator of the National Olympic Team of Ukraine, and the issue of Kyivstar GSM corporate bonds was recognized as the best financial transaction of the year in emerging international markets. The 2010s On October 21, 2010, the process of integration of Ukrainian telecommunications operators Kyivstar and Beeline-Ukraine (CJSC Ukrainian Radio Systems and Golden Telecom) into one company began. The combined company provided telecommunications services under the Kyivstar, djuice, Kyivstar-Business, and Beeline