PJSC VimpelCom<br />(ПАО «ВымпелКом»)
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| Public joint-stock company | |
| ISIN | 🆔 |
| Industry | Mobile, telecommunications |
| Predecessor | KB Impuls |
| Founded 📆 | Moscow, Russia (September 15, 1992) |
| Founder 👔 | Dmitry Zimin & Augie K. Fabela II |
| Headquarters 🏙️ | , Moscow , Russia |
Number of locations | all Russian regions |
Area served 🗺️ | Russia |
Key people | Vasil Latsanich, CEO (2018) |
| Products 📟 | Mobile networks, Internet, IPTV |
| Revenue🤑 |  4.65 billion USD (2018)[1] |
| 2.21 billion USD (2007)[2] | |
| 1.46 billion USD (2007)[2] | |
| Members | |
Number of employees | 28,500[3] |
| Parent | Veon |
| Divisions | Golden Telecom |
| 🌐 Website | www |
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PJSC VimpelCom (Russian: ПАО «ВымпелКом» or full name Russian: ПАО «Вымпел-Коммуникации», PAO «Vympel-Kommunikatsii») is a Russian telecommunications company started in 1992 when its co-founders, Dr. Dmitry Zimin[4] and Augie K. Fabela II[5] came together to pioneer the Russian mobile industry. Augie Fabela, who was then a young entrepreneur from the US, and Dr. Zimin who was a Russian scientist in his 50s, together launched the Beeline brand.
PJSC VimpelCom is the third-largest wireless[6] and second-largest telecom[7][8] operator in Russia. VimpelCom's main competitors in Russia are Mobile TeleSystems and MegaFon.[9]
PJSC VimpelCom's headquarters is located in Moscow.[10] In 1996-2010, traded as NYSE: VIP. It is wholly owned by Veon.
History[edit]
The company was founded in 1992 in Moscow, Russia and initially operated AMPS/D-AMPS network in Moscow and Moscow Oblast.
The brand "Beeline" was created in 1993.
In 1996[11] OJSC VimpelCom became the first Russian company listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: VIP).[12]
In 1997 the company began GSM network roll-out and in 2001 it started GSM networks throughout Russia's regions.
On February 29, 2008 OJSC VimpelCom completed a merger with Golden Telecom. In October 2008 OJSC VimpelCom acquired a 49.9% stake in Euroset, the largest mobile retailer in Russia and the CIS.[13]
In 2010 the ticker “VIP” was transferred to VimpelCom Ltd. holding. In February 2017, VimpelCom renamed itself Veon, after the messaging platform that it had developed.[14]
On April 14, 2005, the company decreased its net income in 2002 and 2003 as a result of this restatement: 2002 - $2.8 million or 2.2%, 2003 - $5.2 million or 2.2%.[15]
References[edit]
- ↑ Financial overview (PDF). Search this book on
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 VimpelCom 2007 Form 20-F (PDF). pp. 3–4. Retrieved 2008-07-03. Search this book on
- ↑ "Всё главное о компании" (PDF). beeline.ru. Retrieved 2018-06-25.
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-09-27. Retrieved 2013-02-15. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help)CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link) - ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-09-27. Retrieved 2013-02-15. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help)CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link) - ↑ Фото: Дмитрий Лекай / Коммерсантъ (2010-05-25). "Ъ-Газета - "МегаФон" больше не третий". Kommersant.ru. Retrieved 2013-09-22.
- ↑ "Интернет-издание о высоких технологиях". Cnews.ru. Retrieved 2013-09-22.
- ↑ Фото: Николай Цыганов / Коммерсантъ (2012-03-13). "Ъ-Online - "Большая тройка" отчиталась". Kommersant.ru. Retrieved 2013-09-22.
- ↑ "Svyazinvest Puts Cell Assets Up for Sale". Kommersant. 2007-06-25. Archived from the original on 2011-06-06. Retrieved 2008-07-03. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "VimpelCom - Contacts". Archived from the original on 2008-07-02. Retrieved 2008-07-03. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "NYSE Euronext Timeline". Archived from the original on 2015-05-08. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Kramer, Andrew E. "Vimpelcom". New York Times.
- ↑ "About company". About.beeline.ru. Archived from the original on 2013-04-16. Retrieved 2013-09-22. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Google and Facebook face an unlikely competitor in emerging markets: a telecom giant". Quartz. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
- ↑ "VimpelCom Announces Fourth Quarter and Annual 2004 Financial and Operating Results;- 61% Year-on-Year Increase in Total Operating Revenues -".
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