Vimpelcom has no plans to participate in the frequency auctions in the Crimea

Vimpelcom, which owns 100% of Russia's VimpelCom, does not wish to participate in the auction for frequencies in the Crimea, said Last news General Director of Vimpelcom Jo Lunder.

in September the head of Roskomnadzor Alexander Zharov said That in the Crimea in early 2015 will be raffled off frequency for GSM networks.

" We do not plan to participate in the auction for frequencies in the Crimea ", - said the Lunder, answering the question of whether to participate in auctions of Russian VimpelCom " or some other structure of the holding." Considering the current economic situation, We decided to focus on improving our services in those regions where the Company already works. The best option for yourself on the current site We observed connectivity to our Russian customers through roaming partners, " added the Lunder.

General Director of VimpelCom Mikhail Slobodin at a press conference in the Russian capital said the Firm until he sees no economic viability of output on the Crimean market. He explained That the volume of the Telecom market on the Peninsula is small, and the dominant position there is " Crimean operator " ( " K-Telecom " ).

in the Crimea until recently worked as a Ukrainian subsidiary of Vimpelcom - Kyivstar, which in the summer of discontinued operations on the Peninsula, and the customer service has translated into roaming on the network " K-Telecom ". According to the Company?s, according to the results of the 3rd quarter of 2014 Vimpelcom conducted a write-down of assets in the Crimea, but At this point in time, not considering their sale." Unfortunately, in the circumstances of Kyivstar there is no possibility to continue to provide service on the current site. What will happen next it is difficult to predict, for this reason can't talk about any specific plans for the Crimea ", - said General Director of the holding company.

" MTS Ukraine " ( " daughter " of the Russian MTS) in early August has stopped working on the Peninsula, but then organized customer service based on technical roaming network " K-Telecom ". Since October 1, the operator moved the customer service in the Crimea (excluding Sevastopol) in the roaming network organization " Trimob " (mobile a subsidiary organization Ukrtelecom Rinat Akhmetov). In October " MTS Ukraine " sold their possessions in the Crimea.


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