"Beeline" celebrates the 10th anniversary of the beginning of regional expansion

Operator VimpelCom (trademark "Beeline"), announced a ten-year anniversary with the release of the Company to the regional market of Russia. Commercial exploitation of the network of "Beeline" outside of Moscow and Moscow region began in 2001. In September 2001, six branches of the Central Region became the first regional branches of JSC "VimpelCom", started to provide mobile services "Beeline" in standard GSM. They were Tver, Kaluga, Tula, Vladimir, Ryazan and Yaroslavl affiliates. In October and November of the same in 2001 for branches - "pioneers," added Lipetsk, Smolensk and Belgorod branch. Since the beginning of the regional expansion of subscriber base of "Beeline" in Russia has increased about 50 times, and the proceeds - 37 times, with the investment the network infrastructure amounted to about $ 10 billion in Russia's labor productivity "Beeline" has almost 6 times: in 2000 one person served 514 mobile subscribers in 2010 - 2924 subscriber. The company currently operates in all regions of the country, and "Beeline" brand, in addition to Russia, is presented in eight states and abroad.