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1992–2005 2005–2017 2017–2022 2022-present
1992–2005 2005–2017 2017–2022 2022-present

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 (until 2022) as well as several Eurasian countries. It also uses a number of other brands, such as Jazz (formerly Mobilink) in Pakistan, Banglalink in Bangladesh and Kyivstar in Ukraine.

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

Vimpelcom

2005–2017

Vimpelcom 2

VEON

2017–2022

Logo-Veon
Designer:  Moving Brands
Typography:  Custom
Launched:  February 2017

2022–present

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References

  1. ↑ Telenor Group Q4 2017 report
  2. ↑ Telenor annual report 2017
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VEON
Parent: Altimo (56%) | Telenor (14.8%)

Current operations: Beeline (Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan)

Global Telecom Holding: Bangladesh: Banglalink | North Korea: Koryolink | Pakistan: Jazz | Ukraine: Kyivstar (Other)

Defunct operations: Armenia: Beeline | Georgia: Beeline | Laos: Beeline | Pakistan: Mobilink1 (Indigo | Jazba) | Ukraine: Beeline (djuice)2
Divested operations: Algeria: Djezzy | Italy: Wind Tre (formerly Wind)3 | Kyrgyzstan: Beeline | Tajikistan: Beeline | Russia: Beeline4
Related: Greece: Wind Hellas

Notes:
1Merged with Warid Telecom to create Jazz.
2Joint venture with Telenor.
3Originally a joint venture with CK Hutchison Holdings, which has since acquired Wind Tre.
4Currently independent from VEON.


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Current operations:

Mobile networks:
Europe: Telenor (Norway | Denmark | Sweden) | DNA (Finland)
Asia: Bangladesh: Grameenphone | Malaysia: CelcomDigi (assets)1 | Thailand: dtac

Other operations:
Maritime telecommunication: Telenor Maritim Radio (Norway)
Television services: T-We (Norway), Telenor MyTV (Hungary)
Machine-to-machine/IoT: Telenor Connexion
Other holdings: VEON (14.8%) (Kyivstar/Other)

Related: Telenor Arena

Former operations:
Disbanded/divested: Telenor Bulgaria2 (Internity) | Telenor Hungary2 | Telenor Pakistan7 (djuice | TalkShawk) | Telenor Serbia2 | Telenor Microfinance Bank (Pakistan) | Telenor Montenegro3| Telenor Myanmar | Mobi Banka (Serbia)
Defunct: Telenor (India)4 | djuice (Norway, Hungary, Ukraine) | Bredbandsbolaget (Sweden) | Esat Digifone5 (Ireland) | Canal Digital (Nordics) | Canal Digital Kabel (Norway) | Canal Digital Kabel-TV (Sweden) | Allente Group (Nordics)8

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.
2Sold to PPF Group in 2018 with the Telenor brand changed to Yettel in 2022.
3Sold to PPF Group in 2018, and later to 4iG in 2022 with the Telenor brand changed in the same year.
4Merged into Bharti Airtel in 2018 and closed.
5Became O2 Ireland; merged with Three in 2015.
6Co-owned with Canal+ France.
7Sold to PTCL.
8Co-owned with Viaplay Group until 2025 when Telenor's stake was bought out.

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