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Type: Public
On the web:
http://www.vimpelcom.com
Employees:
38,403
Employee growth: 65.6%
Vimpel-Communications (VimpelCom) has made a beeline to become a leading mobile phone service provider in Russia. Offering its services primarily under the Bee Line brand, the company has more than 50 million mobile subscribers across Russia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Armenia, and Georgia. Most VimpelCom subscribers use the prepaid plan on VimpelCom's GSM network. The company owns wireless licenses that cover 96% of the Russian population. VimpelCom also provides fixed-line telecom and Internet services. Its major shareholders include Russia's Alfa Group (which controls 44% of VimpelCom's voting stock through its Eco Telecom unit), and a subsidiary of Norway's Telenor (30%).
Key numbers for fiscal year ending December, 2008:
Sales: $10,481.7M
One year growth: 46.0%
Net income: $543.2M
Income growth: (62.9%)
Officers:
CEO: Boris Nemsic
EVP and CFO: Elena A. Shmatova
CTO and EVP International Business Development, CIS: Sergei M. Avdeev
Competitors:
Mobile TeleSystems
Rostelecom
Tele2
