Tele2 Russia [SEP] inception
Tele2 Russia
Tele2 Russia () is a Russian telecommunications company, founded in 2001 by the Swedish group Tele2, based on networks it acquired in Russia, but now owned by Russian interests. It provides mobile telephony and other services to more than 40 million subscribers in 41 subjects of the Russian Federation.
Tele2 functions as a group of companies, and the full name of the parent structure of the holding is Limited Liability Company "T2 RTK Holding", which reflects the partial ownership by Russia's largest fixed-line
2013, the company announced the provision of services to its customers due to national roaming mobile operator MTS.
On March 27, 2013, it was announced that the Swedish group Tele2 decided to sell its Russian subsidiary Tele2 Russia to the VTB Group. April 4 deal was completed. June 24, 2013 the company announced the acquisition of mobile operator Voronezh KodoTel.
On October 17, 2013, closing of the sale of VTB 50% shares of the company Tele2 Russia to a consortium of private investors holding bank "Rossiya