Kcell and Beeline team up for 4G network in Kazakhstan
Kazakh mobile operator Kcell and its rival Beeline have signed a network sharing agreement for the joint rollout of 4G/LTE services in the country. However, ...
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L1 invests US$50m in WiFi-based carrier FreedomPop to fund expansion plans
Russian billionaire Mikhail Fridman’s investment business LetterOne (L1) has revealed it has injected US$50m into FreedomPop as the US wireless internet mobile service provider ...
Hutchison and VimpelCom set to win EC merger approval, Wind CEO optimistic
Russia-focused VimpelCom (NASDAQ:VIP) and Hong Kong’s CK Hutchison (SEHK:0013) could reportedly win European Commission (EC) approval to create Italy’s largest ...
VimpelCom shareholders elect supervisory board with focus on digital expertise
Russia-focused VimpelCom’s shareholders elected, during the AGM on 5 August, the nine members of the company’s supervisory board. Facebook’s head of product for ...
MTS sells stake in Uzbek operator to gov’t in wake of corruption probe
Russia’s largest wireless operator Mobile TeleSystems (MTS) has sold its 50.1% stake in Uzbekistan’s Universal Mobile Systems (UMS) to the ...
Swisscom to sell stake in Metroweb ahead of broadband network launch
Swisscom Italia has agreed to sell a 10.6% stake in local fixed-line unit Metroweb to its main shareholder Metroweb Italia for €80m (US$89.1m). The Swiss incumbent’s ...
VimpelCom names Kjell Morten Johnsen as head of major markets
Russia-focused VimpelCom has appointed Kjell Morten Johnsen (pictured) to the newly-created role of head of major markets with responsibility for the businesses in Russia ...
CDP green-lights Enel Open Fiber-Metroweb merger, deal completion on track
Italian state lender Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (CDP), which has a 46.2% indirect stake in Metroweb Italia, has approved the merger of the ...
CK Hutchison appeals EC’s decision to block Three-O2 merger
Hong Kong’s CK Hutchison has confirmed it is appealing the European Commission’s (EC) ruling to block its plan to merge ...
Enel board approves Metroweb merger
Italian partly state-owned energy firm Enel has won approval from its board of directors to acquire Metroweb in a deal valuing ...
