Who is behind the buyer of MTS-Armenia?
Posted: Sat Jan 18, 2025 9:24 am
Now MTS has emphasized that all necessary permits have been received to carry out the transaction, including permits from the State Commission for the Protection of Economic Competition of Armenia and the Public Services Regulatory Commission.
MTS Armenia stated that the company's ultimate owners are now ZHe Zhang and Konstantin Sokolov. They are said to be investors with experience in telecommunications, finance, energy and asset management. MTS Armenia uk whatsapp number list also reported that the new owners of the company have decided to transfer 20% of the company to the state free of charge.
Formally, Fedilco Group belongs to two other offshore companies: Nofal Holdings (755%) and Ortasano Investments (25%). Earlier, the Armenian publication Civinet named a number of potential buyers for the purchase of MTS-Armenia. One of them is the brokerage company 1xbet, owned by Roman Semenikhin, Dmitry Kazorin and Sergey Karshkov. Earlier, they acquired the Armenian Aibusinessbank through the Swiss FM Global.
Another potential contender was a union between Gazprom and the Armenian telecommunications company Team, owned by Hayk and Alexander Yesayan. The Yesan brothers worked for the Armenian telecommunications operator Ucom for a long time. In 2020, they left Ucom and founded a new company, Team, which acquired the telecommunications operator Veon Armenia (a subsidiary of the Veon group, which until recently included the Russian VimpelCom). The third potential contender was the American Golden State Bank, created by people from Armenia.
History and performance indicators of MTS-Armenia
MTS came to Armenia in 2007, acquiring the leader of the local cellular market, K-Telecom, which operated under the Vivacell trademark. The sellers were Lebanese brothers Pierre Fattouche and Moussa Fattouche. Later, K-Telecom was renamed MTS-Armenia and switched to operating under the Vival-MTS trademark. The Fattouche brothers retained 20% of K-Telecom shares. This stake was transferred to MTS in 2019 in exchange for writing off the Fattouche brothers' loan in the amount of $99.1 million.
MTS Armenia stated that the company's ultimate owners are now ZHe Zhang and Konstantin Sokolov. They are said to be investors with experience in telecommunications, finance, energy and asset management. MTS Armenia uk whatsapp number list also reported that the new owners of the company have decided to transfer 20% of the company to the state free of charge.
Formally, Fedilco Group belongs to two other offshore companies: Nofal Holdings (755%) and Ortasano Investments (25%). Earlier, the Armenian publication Civinet named a number of potential buyers for the purchase of MTS-Armenia. One of them is the brokerage company 1xbet, owned by Roman Semenikhin, Dmitry Kazorin and Sergey Karshkov. Earlier, they acquired the Armenian Aibusinessbank through the Swiss FM Global.
Another potential contender was a union between Gazprom and the Armenian telecommunications company Team, owned by Hayk and Alexander Yesayan. The Yesan brothers worked for the Armenian telecommunications operator Ucom for a long time. In 2020, they left Ucom and founded a new company, Team, which acquired the telecommunications operator Veon Armenia (a subsidiary of the Veon group, which until recently included the Russian VimpelCom). The third potential contender was the American Golden State Bank, created by people from Armenia.
History and performance indicators of MTS-Armenia
MTS came to Armenia in 2007, acquiring the leader of the local cellular market, K-Telecom, which operated under the Vivacell trademark. The sellers were Lebanese brothers Pierre Fattouche and Moussa Fattouche. Later, K-Telecom was renamed MTS-Armenia and switched to operating under the Vival-MTS trademark. The Fattouche brothers retained 20% of K-Telecom shares. This stake was transferred to MTS in 2019 in exchange for writing off the Fattouche brothers' loan in the amount of $99.1 million.