Just like independent Ukraine itself, Ukrainian company DEPS is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year.
The company’s creation is similar to the stories of many legendary American businesses that started in a garage: a group of student innovators developed one of the first Ukrainian satellite receivers in a laboratory at Kyiv Polytechnic Institute. The persistent innovators took a chance and launched serial production of the receiver under the brand DEPS right away.
This started the success story of DEPS. Over the next three decades, the company continued to expand its presence in the telecommunications market of Ukraine, driving the industry’s growth.
Through the telecom solution supplied by the company, Ukrainian providers were able to increase the Internet speed from the laughable 2.5 kbit/s to the now standard 1 Gbit/s. Every Ukrainian received not only access to the Internet, but also to IP telephony, interactive TV, as well as an opportunity to connect security and automation systems at households and companies.
“Today, we hold leading positions among the equipment suppliers in the Ukrainian telecommunications market and we are proud that 99% of the country’s networks are built on our solutions,” stated Hennadiy Lebedev, Distribution Director at DEPS. “DEPS is the No.1 importer of cabling and wiring products for telecommunications networks in Ukraine.”
DEPS is also a system integrator of the largest projects in our country. “We have the required competences for designing, implementing and maintaining corporate telecommunications systems. Our portfolio features dozens of implemented projects on development of IT infrastructure of major geographically dispersed companies all across Ukraine,” shared Oleksandr Linets, Corporate Sales and System Integration Director at DEPS.
Thanks to the powerful technical department with R&D, DEPS knows everything about cutting edge technologies of the future and can influence the determination and implementation of the Ukrainian telecommunications market development strategies.
For example, two years ago, DEPS was the first company in Ukraine to deliver solutions based on the IoT technology to industrial companies. “IoT technologies offered by DEPS are efficient; they are created for the achievement of the best result at minimum costs for their introduction and servicing,” said Yevheniy Yevtushenko, Business Development Director at DEPS. “The Internet of Things and Industry 4.0 are not ideas from the books written by futurists; it is now a reality. Technological solutions that were considered surreal ten years ago are now available in the Ukrainian market!”
The company’s core is its team – over 250 professionals united by one common goal: to improve the quality of every person’s life with the help of high technologies.
DEPS is continuously looking for bright minds, working with specialized learning institutions. The company also has its own educational center with regular skills improvement courses in the area of telecommunications and IT systems, providing training to qualified, client-oriented professionals of the telecom industry of Ukraine.
DEPS is also spreading its values around the world. Telecommunications infrastructures in over 10 countries are being built on DEPS solutions, including Ukraine, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus, Poland, Moldova, Georgia and others.
“The 30th anniversary is an important milestone for us. We have traveled a long path, developing the telecommunications industry and growing together with Independent Ukraine,” says Nataliia Sharova, Executive Director at DEPS. “Development of a business and a country requires the use of modern information technologies; and we continue to search for better products, looking at the opening horizons with confidence.”
The optimistic view of the future is also reflected in the slogan of the 30th anniversary of DEPS – Moving Forward Together!
