Articles tagged with: Vimplecom and Farimex

Vimpelcom and Kyivstar Reported to be in Merger Talks

The long-running feud between Telenor and Russia's Alfa Group may be nearing a conclusion after it was reported that the two companies are again considering merging VimpelCom and Ukraine's Kyivstar. Two executives close to the companies told Vedomosti that the deal envisions Alfa's telecoms arm, Altimo and Telenor each receiving a 40 percent stake of the merged company, with the additional shares going to various VimpelCom minority shareholders  more

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Farimex Launches Attack Against Telenor in Ukraine

According to a statement from Telenor, Farimex, reputed to be attacking Telenor's investments in the Russian mobile operator VimpelCom, is also behind an investigation launched by the Anti-Monopoly Committee of Ukraine (AMC) against Telenor and Kyivstar. Telenor says that it was officially notified of the commenced investigation earlier this month.  more

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