The Operator provided backup for IT-infrastructure of FUIB that is a top ten largest financial institutions of the country according to the NBU rating

Ukrtelekom has completed the first project on the construction of an individual module in DPC. The operator performed works for the bank FUIB within a short time, namely within 4 months. On the basis of this module, the financial institution placed high-tech equipment, which will be incorporated into bank's corporate network through fiber-optic data transmission channels. The project will provide backup for bank's IT-infrastructure.

'Ukrtelekom has entered the market of the provision of individual modules in DPC for large corporate clients, and we are particularly pleased that such a solution satisfied one of the largest banks of Ukraine,' shared Mykola Davydenko, Head of B2B of Ukrtelecom PJSC. - We see the demand in the banking industry for the solutions for backup and fault tolerance of IT-infrastructure, and are planning to develop this area'.

'Security and reliability of operations is the key competence of FUIB. Together with Ukrtelekom, FUIB has brought into operation a backup data processing center - one of the two DPCs of the bank. Currently, FUIB is one of the few financial institutions in Ukraine, which has its own data centers, located in safe and protected locations. This enables us to minimize risks related to data processing and storage as much as possible and to provide high reliability of all banking operations,' pointed out Tomas Wisniewski, FUIB's Deputy Chairman of Board of operational activity.

Proper functioning of the equipment located at the data center is supported by all systems, appropriate for a modern data processing center, namely: guaranteed power supply, conditioning, security and monitoring system. Also, built individual module meets the requirements of the NBU on shielding.

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Ukrtelecom JSC is the largest fixed line operator in Ukraine, the leader among Internet providers. Ukrtelecom is the sole founder and member of TriMob LLC, 3G/UMTS mobile operator.

Today the Company provides fixed telephony service to almost 7.2 mln subscribers, and broadband Internet to over 1.6 mln customers.

SCM is the professional investment company, the managing company for a major Ukrainian financial and industrial holding company Its business including three areas: metals and mining, power generation, and finance, as well as telecommunications, media business, real estates, retail, clay mining, oil trading, agriculture, mechanical engineering, and transport business. On October 4, 2013 Ukrtelecom JSC became part of SCM Group.

SCM Group includes Metinvest and DTEK, FUIB, ASKA and ASKA Life, Ukrtelecom, Vega Telecommunications Group, Ukraina Media Group, ESTA Holding (real estate), Ukrainskiy Retail (retail), UMG (mineral materials production), Parallel (petroleum products retail), HarvEast (agriculture), Corum Group heavy engineering holding, Portinvest transport holding, and others.

Oleg Popov is CEO of SCM.

100% of SCM shares are held by Ukrainian businessman Rinat Akhmetov.

SCM website: http://www.scm.com.ua/

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