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VEON (formerly VimpelCom) is a global telecommunications company owned largely by Russian interests (particularly Altimo), but headquartered in Amsterdam. It is the world’s tenth-largest telecom company by subscriber base.
VEON operates primarily using the Beeline brand in its home market of Russia as well as several Eurasian countries. It also uses a number of other brands, such as Jazz (formerly Mobilink) in Pakistan, Banglalink in Bangladesh, Kyivstar in Ukraine and Djezzy in Algeria.
Telenor, the Norwegian telecom conglomerate, was a major shareholder in VEON until September 2017, when it reduced its stake to 14.8%. It no longer has an influence over VEON.[1][2] Some of Telenor’s subsidiaries are in direct competition with VEON’s subsidiaries, such as Telenor Pakistan that competes with Jazz, and Grameenphone that competes with Banglalink.
VimpelCom[]
1992–2005[]
2005–2017[]
VEON[]
2017–present[]
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VEON
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| Parent: Altimo (56%) | Telenor (14.8%)
Current operations: Beeline (Armenia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Laos, Russia, Uzbekistan) Global Telecom Holding: Algeria: Djezzy | Bangladesh: Banglalink | North Korea: Koryolink | Pakistan: Jazz | Ukraine: Kyivstar (Other) Defunct operations: Pakistan: Mobilink1 (Indigo | Jazba) | Ukraine: Beeline (djuice)2
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Mobile networks: Other operations: Related: Telenor Arena Former operations: Telenor Plus Group:
Telenor CTV (Denmark | Norway | Sweden) | Telenor Conax AS | Telenor ColurSat AS | Telenor Satellite Services AS | MultiChoice (Denmark | Norway | Sweden)6
1Co-owned with Axiata.  |