MegaFon
| MegaFon (aka Metrocom) |
|---|
| Official Website: http://english.megafon.ru/ |
| Official about page: http://english.corp.megafon.ru/about/ |
| Country: Please specify country |
| Location: 30, Kadashevskaya Emb., Moscow, 115035 |
| Founded: May 2002 |
| Business: Mobile telecommunications, Filtering |
| Contact |
| Phone: +7(495) 980 1970 |
| Fax: +7(495) 980 1949 |
Contents
Background
"Russian operator Metrocom is to be sold off at auction by its owners, the government of St Petersburg and a company co-owned by the governor's son. The starting price will be 2 billion rubles (€52.7 million), and the auction will run in steps of 20 million rubles." TelecomsEurope
see also Blue cabinet/TELIASONERA an owner of MegaFon
Products
Countries using products
Georgia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Iran
Reports
Tech & Business Partners
People Responsible
Past Owner/President of Metrocom Inc
Past
VP Technology at Telecard Communications
General Manager at Internet Gateway
Director of Operations at INTERNATIONAL TELE-MARINE, (Now MTN)
Tech at United Technologies
Education: New Jersey Institute of Technology
Owner President: Metrocom Inc
July 1999 – January 2007 (7 years 7 months) Founded Metrocom to provide telecommunications services and wholesale international routes to global carriers. Established alliances with PTT’s and carrier companies to expand long distance network penetration. Preparation of business plans and financial models to increase company strength. Design and deployment of Cisco Voice over IP networks into foreign countries for connection to Global based wholesale telecom companies. Prepared network requirements, cost analysis / benefits for all company systems integration. Responsible for contract negotiations and vendor selection. Development of new markets and potential partnerships in South and Central America, Europe and Middle East. Products and services included prepaid telecom services. Metrocom assisted in the design and development of the WiFi network for Inversiones Veserteca in Venezuela for the PDVSA communications network. Metrocom also developed a WiMAX project for the Republic of Honduras.
Board Members
Management Team
Ivan Tavrin Director General (Chief Executive Officer — CEO)
Mikhail Dubin
Deputy to Director General for Strategy and Development
Valeriy Ermakov
Deputy to Director General for Operations (Chief Operations Officer — COO)
Anna Seryabrenikova
Chief Legal Officer, Corporate (Company) Secretary
Sergei Khrenov
Information Security and Counter-Fraud Officer
Dmitry Kononov
Director, Business Development and M&A (Chief Business Development Officer — CBDO)
Peter Lidov
Director, Public Relations (Chief Communications Officer)
Oleg Nikolayenko
Director, Cross-Sector Projects
Eduard Ostrovsky
Chief Governmental Relations Officer — CGRO
Igor Parfenov
Chief Technology Officer — CTО
Tigran Pogosyan
Strategic Projects Director
Konstantin Solodukhin
Deputy CEO for International Operations and International Development
Lyubov Strelkina
Chief Accounting Officer — CAO
Gevork Vermishyan
Chief Financial Officer — CFO
Konstantin Yunov
Chief Information Officer — CIO
Yuri Zheimo
Chief Audit Executive — CAE
Investors Major Shareholders
The Company was founded by the largest foreign investors: Sonera (Finland), Telia International AB (Sweden) now merged into TeliaSonera, along with Telenor Invest AS (Norway). Telecom equipment was purchased from Nokia.
The owners of the Company as of March 2011 are as follows:
TeliaSonera – owns 35.6% shares directly and 8.2% through Telecominvest; AF Telecom (owner – Alisher Usmanov) owns - 8% shares directly and 23.1% through Telecominvest; Altimo (owner – Alfa Group) owns - 25.1%.
Jeffrey Galmond, a Danish lawyer publicly claims to own and control Telecominvest, but it is rumored to in fact represent the personal interests of former Russian telecommunications minister Leonid Reiman.[65]
A battle for control of the company is ongoing between Alfa Group and Jeffrey Galmond's party.
Unlike other companies from the Big Three, MegaFon is not a public company, therefore it does not have to disclose all the information on the Company’s business (for example: it does not publish quarterly reports of the issuer of securities).
References: Helsingin Sanomat, March 28, 2006 [1] [2] (requires subscription)
Other Info
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