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02.07.2008« [telecommunications — телекоммуникация — telekommunikation]
russia — vimpelcom reorganises to promote convergence
Russian telco Vimpelcom has made changes to its organisational structure to bring its fixed line and cellular operations together into a single business unit. The firm, which recently completed its acquisition of wireline operator Golden Telecom, says the reorganisation will enable it to offer a suite of fully converged products. Alexander Izosimov, Chief Executive Officer of Vimpelcom, said, ‘We believe that our growth opportunities in Russia depend on the development of Vimpelcom as an integrated player. The creation of a single centre to manage all business segments in Russia is a logical step to strengthen our competitive advantages as a leading integrated telecommunications operator.’
Source: TeleGeography's CommsUpdate
golden telecom
Golden Telecom Inc., part of the VimpelCom Group, is a leading facilities-based provider of integrated telecommunications and Internet services in major population centers throughout Russia and other countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). The Company offers voice, data and Internet services to corporations, operators and consumers using its metropolitan overlay network in major cities including Moscow, Kiev, St. Petersburg, Nizhny Novgorod, Samara, Kaliningrad, Krasnoyarsk, Almaty, and Tashkent, and via intercity fiber optic and satellite-based networks, including approximately 314 combined access points in Russia and other countries of the CIS.
vimpelcom
JSC Vimpel-Communications (Vimpelcom) is a Russia-based provider of wireless telecommunications services in Russia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Georgia and Armenia under the Beeline brand name. It is active in Kazakhstan under the K-mobile and EXCESS brand names and in Armenia under the Armentel brand name. Vimpel offers its services through global system for mobile communications (GSM) and digital advanced mobile phone system (D-AMPS) wireless networks. The wireless services include voice telephony service and value-added services using technologies, such as unstructured supplementary services data, subscriber identity module toolkit, cell broadcast, wireless application protocol and multimedia messaging service. As of December 31, 2006, the Company had roaming agreements with 541 GSM operators in 204 countries and supported GPRS roaming in 113 countries. In March 2008, the Company, through its subsidiary, VimpelCom Finance B.V., acquired Golden Telecom, Inc.
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