MegaFon completes $1.1 billion deal for Euroset stake

Reuters 7 December 2012 MegaFon, Russia’s No.2 mobile operator, has completed a $1.07 billion deal to buy a stake in cellphone retailer Euroset to expand the number of shops through which it can sell its services. MegaFon MGFON.UL, controlled by Russia’s...

Russia’s MegaFon gets nod for $2 billion IPO: sources

Reuters 10 November 2012 Russia’s No.2 mobile phone company, MegaFon MGFON.UL, is likely to go ahead with its planned stock market float in London this year after receiving an unofficial green light from the UK regulator, sources familiar with the matter said.‬...

Megafon Goldman Sachs walks away from Megafon’s imminent IPO

East-West Digital News Goldman Sachs announced on Tuesday that it has pulled out of a role as lead bank on an initial public offering by Megafon, one of Russia’s top mobile operators, scheduled for Nov. 1 simultaneously on the London and Moscow stock exchanges....

MegaFon Confirms London IPO

Moscow Times 9 October 2012 The country’s second-largest mobile phone operator, MegaFon, said Tuesday that it plans to launch an initial public offering on the London Stock Exchange. The IPO, to be completed in the fourth quarter, will give investors the chance...

Megafon could acquire leading mobile phone retailer Euroset

East-West Digital News 26 September 2012 On Monday, the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) announced via Twitter that Megafon, one of Russia’s leading mobile operators, has officially filed a request to acquire a 50% stake in Euroset, the country’s largest mobile...