MegaFon, previously known as North-West GSM, is the second largest mobile phone operator and the third largest telecom operator in Russia. It works in the GSM, UMTS and LTE standard. Its main competitors are Mobile TeleSystems (MTS), VimpelCom (Beeline), and Tele2 (Rostelecom) in the cellular segment, and Rostelecom and Interregional TransitTelekom in the fixed-line seagment. As of June 2012, the company serves 62.1 million subscribers in Russia and 1.6 million in Tajikistan, South Ossetia and Abkhazia. It is headquartered in Moscow.
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The Scandinavian company sold a stake in MegaFon to Gazprombank.
The merged company may become the second largest in the number of stores.
The mobile operator is ready to consolidate 100% of the retailer.
Tax claim of the Tajikistani officials are forcing the companies to think about leaving this market.
The operator will pay $740 million for 63.8% of the voting shares of Mail.Ru Group, of which $640 million at the time of closing, and another $100 million a year later.
However, the analysts say it doesn't need control to establish the partnership with the Internet holding.
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