The VimpelCom press service told a ComNews

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In the fall of 2021, the VEON holding, which included PJSC VimpelCom, signed an agreement to sell the latter's subsidiary, JSC National Tower Company (NBK). The buyer was GC Service-Telecom, which paid RUB 70.65 billion. Under the terms of the deal, VimpelCom (Beeline brand) entered into a long-term agreement to lease space for the placement of telecommunications equipment on approximately 15.4 thousand NBK towers.

correspondent that the ghana whatsapp number database deal to sell a portfolio of antenna-mast structures in Russia to the Service-Telecom group of companies became "a milestone in the development of the entire telecom in Russia" and also became a laureate of the Russia M&A Awards in the Telecom Deal of the Year category. "We are working with Service-Telecom in accordance with the terms of the signed contracts and are satisfied with the results of this work," added a representative of the VimpelCom press service.

A representative of the Service-Telecom Group of Companies reported that their key clients are Russian federal mobile operators: Beeline, MTS, Tele2 and MegaFon, as well as thousands of other tenants: "Our facilities involve the placement of various equipment - including IoT, video surveillance equipment, monitoring systems. We are also developing new areas, such as providing turnkey infrastructure - the IaaS project; placement of equipment for building edge computing distributed computing systems. As part of the IaaS service, the operator is provided with infrastructure with a base station already placed and integrated into the network, which allows operators to significantly reduce capital expenditures on network development."

When asked by a ComNews correspondent whether Service-Telecom plans to buy anyone else's towers - from MTS or Tele2, for example - the company representative did not answer directly, but noted that the general trend of transferring infrastructure management to independent tower companies is correct. "Our plan remains the same - to develop the largest independent tower company in Russia through organic growth and M&A transactions. We are adapting the company to the current macroeconomic conditions, which also applies to all potential future M&A," he added.