VimpelCom after US$2bn loan – report
Russia-focused telco VimpelCom is reportedly seeking a US$2bn three-year syndicated loan from a consortium of banks. The majority of the ...
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Videotron emerges from Canadian 700 MHz auction as national player
Canada has raised C$5.27bn from its auction of 700 MHz spectrum licences and gained a fourth national player after Quebecois ...
Wind Italy could sell towers for €500m
Russia-focussed telco VimpelCom is considering selling mobile towers belonging to Italian unit Wind Telecomunicazioni (Wind Italy), reportedly valued at about ...
Strategy panel at TelecomFinance 2014: no ‘cookie-cutter’ solution for ideal model
Panellists: Martin WeissExecutive VP Strategy & Corporate Development, Millicom Sergey PlykinGroup Director Strategy, VimpelCom Philipp Meier-ScherlingHead of Telecoms EMEA, Deutsche ...
Uzbekistan’s Unitel has new CEO
VimpelCom has promoted Alexander Vorobyov, financial director of Uzbekistan unit Unitel, to the position of CEO. Vorbyov succeeds Andrey Safronyuk, ...
Billionaire sells Altimo stake – report
Russian billionaire Gleb Fetisov has reportedly sold most of his assets, including a 14.17% stake in telecoms investment firm Altimo, ...
Tohme becomes Djezzy CEO
Telecoms group VimpelCom has announced that its chief technology officer Philip Tohme has been appointed CEO of its Algerian subsidiary ...
VimpelCom pulls Wind out of Canada’s 700 MHz auction
Canada’s fourth largest operator Wind Mobile has withdrawn from the country’s 700 MHz auction, which starts today, because its parent ...
Uzbekistan’s Unitel names new acting CEO
VimpelCom’s Uzbek unit, Unitel, has named Alexander Vorobyov as its acting CEO. Vorobyov, Unitel’s CFO, replaces Andrew Safronyuk, whose contract has expired. The latter plans ...
Rostelecom board green-lights JV with Tele2 Russia
The board of Russian-state owned Rostelecom has approved the transferral of its mobile assets into a joint venture with Tele2 ...
