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VimpelCom

Logo: ПАО «Вымпелком», Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons4

Russian telecommunications company founded in 1992

PJSC VimpelCom (Russian: ПАО «ВымпелКом» or full name Russian: ПАО «Вымпел-Коммуникации», PAO «Vympel-Kommunikatsii») is a Russian telecommunications company started in 1992 when its co-founders, Dr. Dmitry Zimin and Augie K. Fabela II came together to pioneer the Russian mobile industry.3 From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

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Last updated Oct 16, 2026.

Overview

$58.8MRevenue, fiscal 20255
$5.3MNet income, fiscal 20255
Sep 15, 1992Founded1

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  • TickerVIP on Nasdaq1
  • Industrytelecommunications industry1
  • HeadquartersMoscow1
  • Founded inMoscow1
  • Websiteabout.beeline.ru
  • Legal formclosed joint-stock company, open joint-stock company1
  • Incorporated inDE6
  • Business address1159 Pittsford-Victor Road, Suite 240, Pittsford, Ny 145346
  • Filer category, Emerging growth company6

PJSC VimpelCom (Russian: ПАО «ВымпелКом» or full name Russian: ПАО «Вымпел-Коммуникации», PAO «Vympel-Kommunikatsii») is a Russian telecommunications company started in 1992 when its co-founders, Dr. Dmitry Zimin and Augie K. Fabela II came together to pioneer the Russian mobile industry. Augie Fabela, who was then a young entrepreneur from the US, and Dr. Zimin who was a Russian scientist in his 50s, together launched the Beeline brand.3

Financials

From the company’s reports to the SEC. Every number links to the filing it came from.

Key numbers, fiscal 2025

-6.5%Operating margin5
9.0%Net margin5
-1.3%Revenue growth, 20255

What sells

Revenue by product, business segment and region, as the company reports it to the SEC.

Products and services

Power And Capacity brought in 38% of the revenue VimpelCom broke down this way in fiscal 2025.

  1. Power And Capacity$22.1M538%up 108% from 2024
  2. Datacenter Hosting$21.5M537%down 28% from 2024
  3. Cryptocurrency Mining$15.2M526%down 20% from 2024
Products and services by year
Products and services20242025
Power And Capacity$10.6M$22.1M
Datacenter Hosting$29.8M$21.5M
Cryptocurrency Mining$19.1M$15.2M

Where the money goes

Where each dollar of revenue went, fiscal 2025

  • Selling, general and admin21¢$12.5M
  • Other costs69¢$40.5M
  • Income tax1¢$479.0K
  • Profit9¢$5.3M

Out of $58.8M in revenue.5

Financial statements

Revenue8910115$58.8M in 2025+192% since 2020
0$25.0M$50.0M$75.0M$100.0M2020: $20.1M$20.1M20202021: $97.3M$97.3M2021+384%2022: $90.0M$90.0M2022−8%2023: $70.4M$70.4M2023−22%2024: $59.5M$59.5M2024−15%2025: $58.8M$58.8M2025−1%
Operating income8910115-$3.8M in 2025+44% since 2020
-$300.0M-$200.0M-$100.0M0$100.0M2020: -$2.6M-$2.6M20202021: $32.8M$32.8M20212022: -$233.2M-$233.2M20222023: -$16.9M-$16.9M2023−93%2024: -$11.4M-$11.4M2024−32%2025: -$3.8M-$3.8M2025−67%
Net income810115$5.3M in 2025
-$300.0M-$200.0M-$100.0M0$100.0M2020: -$3.3M-$3.3M20202021: -$44.5M-$44.5M2021+1252%2022: -$271.1M-$271.1M2022+509%2023: -$29.5M-$29.5M2023−89%2024: -$19.8M-$19.8M2024−33%2025: $5.3M$5.3M2025

Every line of the income statement in the latest annual report, as filed.5

Period ending2025-12-312024-12-31
Total revenue$58.8M$59.5M
Depreciation$11.8M$13.5M
Selling, general and administrative$12.5M$17.3M
Loss (gain) on digital assets$21.0K-$2.2M
(Gain) loss on sale of assets-$11.5M$641.0K
Impairment of long-lived assets$0$169.0K
Gain on insurance proceeds-$399.0K$0
Remeasurement of environmental liability$350.0K$453.0K
Total operating costs and expenses$62.6M$71.0M
Operating Loss-$3.8M-$11.4M
Interest expense, net-$4.0M-$7.1M
Change in fair value of warrant asset$0-$477.0K
Impairment of equity securities$0-$869.0K
Gain on troubled debt restructuring$11.9M$0
Gain on extinguishment of debt$406.0K$0
Loss on liquidation of subsidiary-$348.0K$0
Gain on non-refundable deposit$400.0K$0
Gain on settlement of related party liability$224.0K$0
Other income, net$91.0K$23.0K
Total other income (expense), net$8.6M-$8.4M
Income (loss) before taxes$4.8M-$19.9M
Benefit from income taxes-$479.0K-$69.0K
Net income (loss)$5.3M-$19.8M
Foreign currency translation adjustment$0-$3.0K
Reclassification of foreign currency translation adjustment realized upon liquidation of foreign subsidiary$348.0K$0
Comprehensive income (loss)$5.6M-$19.8M
Basic (in dollars per share)$0.35-$1.88
Diluted (in dollars per share)$0.34-$1.88
Basic (in shares)15.2M shares10.5M shares
Diluted (in shares)15.3M shares10.5M shares

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The story

Founded by Augie K Fabela and Dmitry Zimin on Sep 15, 1992, in Moscow.1

The company was founded in 1992 in Moscow, Russia and initially operated AMPS/D-AMPS network in Moscow and Moscow Oblast.

The brand "Beeline" was created in 1993.

PJSC VimpelCom also acquired companies such as Russia-On-Line in 1999, Cityline and EDN Sovintel in 2001, and Corbina Telecom in 2006. It had also acquired Global TeleSystems (GTS), SovAm Teleport, GlasNet, SLTMobitel, E-Mobile, and Orascom Telecom Holding S.A.E.

In 1996 OJSC VimpelCom became the first Russian company listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: VIP).

In 1997 the company began GSM network roll-out and in 2001 it started GSM networks throughout Russia's regions.

On February 29, 2008 OJSC VimpelCom completed a merger with Golden Telecom. In October 2008 OJSC VimpelCom acquired a 49.9% stake in Euroset, the largest mobile retailer in Russia and the CIS.

In 2010 the ticker “VIP” was transferred to VimpelCom Ltd. holding. In February 2017, VimpelCom renamed itself VEON, after the messaging platform that it had developed.

On April 14, 2005, the company decreased its net income in 2002 and 2003 as a result of this restatement: 2002 - $2.8 million or 2.2%, 2003 - $5.2 million or 2.2%.

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On November 24, 2022, VEON announced that it had entered into an agreement to sell its Russian subsidiary PJSC VimpelCom to the subsidiary's local management team. PJSC VimpelCom was valued at approximately $6.1 billion under the agreement.

From Wikipedia’s article on PJSC VimpelCom, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.7

Leadership

Who has led VimpelCom, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Products and brands

  • Beeline
  • Smart MVNO
  • mobile telephony

Listed on Wikidata.1

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

  • Kopernik-Invest 3

Owners

Subsidiaries

  • First ORD
  • Golden Telecom
  • Hive
  • KaR-Tel
  • VimpelCom-Information Technology
  • Voca-Tech
  • ArmenTel since Nov 16, 2006
  • Beeline
  • DataFort since Dec 23, 2021
  • CDNvideo since Aug 30, 2023
  • Callibri since Nov 22, 2023
  • Spectrum since Apr 24, 2025

Also owns

  • KPL 30% since Jul 26, 2024
  • PlatformCraft 13.2%
  • Euroset

Former owners and parents

  • VEON Apr 21, 2010 to Oct 9, 2023

From Wikidata.1

Acquisitions

  1. Apr 24, 2025Acquired Spectrum1
  2. Jul 26, 2024Acquired KPL1
  3. Nov 22, 2023Acquired Callibri1
  4. Aug 30, 2023Acquired CDNvideo1
  5. Dec 23, 2021Acquired DataFort1
  6. Feb 28, 2008Golden Telecom became a subsidiary1
  7. Nov 2006Acquired ArmenTel1

Employees over time

  • 202528,5001

Former names

  • Greenidge Generation Holdings Inc.Feb 10, 2021 to Jul 9, 20266
  • OJSC VimpelComJul 28, 1993 to 20151

Timeline

  1. Sep 2, 2024New chief executive Sergei Anokhin becomes CEO1
  2. Apr 6, 2020New chief executive Alexandr Torbakhov becomes CEO1
  3. 2015Renamed Name changed to PJSC VimpelCom1
  4. Jan 16, 2012New chief executive Anton Kudryashov becomes CEO1
  5. Apr 21, 2010Acquired Acquired by VEON1
  6. Apr 3, 2009New chief executive Boris Nemšić becomes CEO1
  7. Oct 1, 2003New chief executive Alexander Izosimov becomes CEO1
  8. Apr 2001New chief executive Jo Lunder becomes CEO1
  9. Nov 15, 1996Went public Listed on NYSE1
  10. Sep 15, 1992Founded Founded in Moscow1

Recent filings

  1. Oct 13, 202625-NSE
  2. Oct 13, 20268-K
  3. Oct 9, 20264
  4. Oct 5, 20268-K
  5. Sep 29, 20268-K
  6. Sep 24, 2026D
  7. Sep 21, 20264/A
  8. Sep 17, 2026SCHEDULE 13D
  9. Sep 16, 2026SCHEDULE 13D
  10. Sep 14, 20264
  11. Sep 14, 20264
  12. Sep 14, 20264
  13. Sep 14, 20263
  14. Sep 14, 20263
  15. Sep 14, 20263

Every filing from the last three years, summarized. The full record is on SEC EDGAR.2