History in Russia Beeline (brand)
dmitry zimin, founder , honorary president
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ojsc vimpelcom founded in 1992 , operated amps/d-amps network in moscow area. in 1996 became first russian company listed on new york stock exchange (nyse: vip).
in 1997 company began gsm network roll-out , in 2001 started gsm networks throughout russia s regions, having gradually increased regional presence majority of russia s territory.
in november 2005 ojsc vimpelcom stepped further foreign acquisitions acquiring 100% of ukrainian radiosystems, marginal ukrainian gsm operator operating under wellcom , mobi brands. deal has been surrounded controversy involving 2 major shareholders of vimpelcom: russian alfa group , telenor, incumbent norwegian telecommunications company.
the company s current (as of july 2008) license portfolio covers territory 97% of russia s population resides, 100% of territory of kazakhstan, ukraine, uzbekistan, tajikistan, georgia, , armenia. vimpelcom has 49.9% stake in euroset, largest mobile retailer in russia , commonwealth of independent states (cis). in may 2010 vimpelcom merged kyivstar form vimpelcom ltd., largest telecom operator group in cis. alexander izosimov, ceo of ojsc vimpelcom, appointed president.
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