As of 2016[update] the Ukrainian MTS network supports various value-added services based on GPRS / EGPRS / EDGE and SMS / WAP / MMS / USSD.
[citation needed] In 2007 MTS Ukraine joined the United Nations Global Compact to acknowledge the obligations of the business sector with regard to universally accepted[by whom?]
[citation needed] Corporate social responsibility is one of the major strategic priorities of MTS Ukraine activity.
MTS Ukraine activity is constructed on social responsibility with respect to the state, consumers, employees, partners, competitors and Ukrainian society in general.
[8] Until the Vodafone Ukraine line was repaired the remaining mobile phone carriers available in the region were the two operated by the separatist authorities.
[10] However, the territory controlled by the Donetsk People's Republic remained without a mobile connection; "the network does not work for reasons unknown to us" according to Vodafone Ukraine.
The company has been providing free national roaming in order to allow soldiers as well as civilians to remain connected, even in damaged areas.