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The VimpelCom press service told a ComNews

Posted: Wed Jan 22, 2025 7:17 am
by tanjimajuha20
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.