VimpelCom is one of the world’s largest integrated telecommunications services operators providing voice and data services through a range of traditional and broadband mobile and fixed technologies in Russia, Italy, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Armenia, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, Laos, Algeria, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Burundi, Zimbabwe, Central African Republic and Canada. VimpelCom’s operations around the globe cover territory with a total population of approximately 782 million people. VimpelCom provides services under the "Beeline", "Kyivstar", "djuice", “Wind”, "Infostrada" “Mobilink”, “Leo”, “banglalink”, “Telecel”, and “Djezzy” brands. As of March 31, 2012 VimpelCom had 209 million mobile subscribers on a combined basis. VimpelCom is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol (VIP).

Key Milestones:

In November 1996 OJSC VimpelCom was the first Russian company to list its shares on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).
 
On February 29, 2008 OJSC VimpelCom completed a merger with Golden Telecom, a leading facilities-based provider of integrated telecommunications and Internet services in Russia and the CIS.
 
In October 2008 OJSC VimpelCom acquired a 49.9% stake in Euroset, the largest mobile retailer in Russia and the CIS.
 
In May 2009 OJSC VimpelCom launched commercial operations outside of the CIS in Cambodia.
 
In April 2010, a new entity,VimpelCom Limited, completed a tender offer to exchange ownership of OJSC VimpelCom and Ukraine’s Kyivstar for shares in VimpelCom Limited, listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “VIP” previously held by OJSC VimpelCom.

In April 2011, VimpelCom Ltd. closed the transaction with Wind Telecom S.p.A. to combine the two groups. As a result of the Transaction, VimpelCom owns, through Wind Telecom, 51.7% of Orascom Telecom Holding S.A.E. (“Orascom Telecom”) and 100% of WIND Telecomunicazioni S.p.A. (“Wind Italy”). 

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