Kyivstar, the leading Ukrainian digital operator and part of Veon Group, a global digital operator, has selected Mavenir, a cloud-native network infrastructure provider, to deliver enhanced enterprise fixed and mobile connectivity for the operator’s B2B customers.

Kyivstar says it has partnered with Mavenir to deploy what the infrastructure provider describes as its leading-edge, future-proof architecture and full-stack solution, including hardware, software and containerised platform.

The fixed and mobile connectivity solution includes a converged telephony application server (CTAS), a media resource function (MRF), an element management system and an analytics platform providing enterprise services.

Mavenir says it also brings to the agreement an in-depth knowledge of the Ukrainian market, and an ability to deliver the solution with short timelines.

Defne, a provider of telecom solutions, software products and services for communications networks and a specialist in providing innovative voice solutions for the enterprise market, will be working alongside Mavenir to deliver some of the niche business services. Mavenir will be responsible for the overall solution.

It's an important agreement at a difficult time, as Kyivstar CIO Andriy Zhukovskyi explains. He says: “Connectivity is incredibly important in Ukraine at this time, and our role is to keep deploying the best services to all our customers. Mavenir has demonstrated to us that they have a world-class solution that meets the needs of our enterprise customers, showcasing the ability to deliver on time – despite the extremely challenging environment in which we are working.”