Astelit

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Astelit

Type	Public
Founded	2005
Headquarters	Kyiv, Ukraine
Industry	Mobile telecommunications
Products	Mobile phone services, mobile phone related goods
Website	www.life.ua

Astelit is the third largest Ukrainian mobile telephone network operator, behind MTS Ukraine and Kyivstar, covering the territory where 91% of population lives.

The company is co-owned by Turkcell (54.2%) and Ukrainian SCM Holdings (45.8%).

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. life:) network today covers all towns with inhabitants over 35 000, a total of more than 22 000 settlements of Ukraine, as well as all the major highways. Company provides roaming opportunities in 193 countries via more than 500 roaming partners.^{[citation needed]}

The life:) was the first in the market to introduce EDGE technology, today offering the largest EDGE coverage in the country - in 99 cities.^{[citation needed]}

More than 380 life:) customer care centers and exclusive sales points operate in 151 cities of the country. In addition to that, life:) subscribers can order life:) services through 33 800 non-exclusive shops.^{[citation needed]}

Astelit's dialing prefixes are +38063******* and +38093*******.