Public Joint-Stock Company Ukrtelecom (DB:UK1) is planning to acquire small regional Internet providers as part of the development of fixed Internet services, Yuriy Kurmaz, Chief Executive Officer of Ukrtelecom, said during a telecoms conference, organized by the Adam Smith Institute. According to him, Ukrtelecom has already carried out three or four such transactions, the matter concerned not only buying networks, but also acquiring individual fragments of the network.