KIEV, Oct. 25 ??“ UkrTelekom, the national phone company, should probably be the next in the list of state-owned assets that will be sold to investors, President Viktor Yushchenko said Tuesday.

UkrTelekom, which operates local and long-distance and international telephony, has been losing its market share due to the booming cell phone markets, Yushchenko said explaining why the assets must be sold fast.