Govt asks NBU to allow companies to make payments on eurobonds from Ukraine

The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine appealed to the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) with a request to allow the sale of currency to large Ukrainian companies and holdings and its further transfer for settlements on eurobonds and with Western creditors. The corresponding applications for individual permits for cross-border transfers of currency values are formalized … Read more

Vodafone Ukraine buys back $10 mln eurobonds

VFU Funding Plc, the financial division of Vodafone Ukraine (VF-Ukraine), the mobile communications operator, on July 15, 2020 bought back and annulled its loan participation notes worth $10 million, VFU Funding Plc said in a report on the Irish Stock Exchange. These are notes issued under Reg S. As reported, all obligations of the company … Read more

Kyivstar, Vodafone Ukraine agree on sharing of networks to develop 4G in rural areas

The memorandum of intent for the joint use of the passive and active infrastructure of their mobile networks has been signed by the mobile communications operators Kyivstar and Vodafone Ukraine. According to a joint press release of the companies issued on Thursday, sharing telecommunications infrastructure will enable the parties to accelerate the deployment of 4G … Read more

Fitch assigns VF Ukraine first-time ‘B’ IDR, outlook positive

Fitch Ratings has assigned PJSC VF Ukraine, the second largest mobile operator in Ukraine, a Long-Term Foreign-Currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) of ‘B’, the outlook on the IDR is positive, Fitch has said on its website. “Fitch has also assigned VFU Funding plc’s (VFU Funding) proposed loan participation notes (LPNs) an expected rating of ‘B … Read more

Vodafone-Ukraine to raise up to $500 mln of external financing for development

The shareholders of PrJSC VF Ukraine (provides mobile services under the Vodafone-Ukraine brand) on January 20 decided to provide prior consent to raising funds of up to $1 billion, but the company plans to gradually raise up to $500 million from external sources for the implementation of the development strategy, the operator’s press service has … Read more

MTS selling Ukrainian business for $734 mln

PJSC MTS, Russia’s leading mobile provider is selling its telecommunications business in Ukraine, which operates under the Vodafone brand, to an Azerbaijani provider, and the Russian company’s shareholders will receive special dividends as a result of the deal. MTS said in a press release that it has signed a legally binding agreement with Telco Solutions … Read more

Fozzy Group uses Vodafone BigData tool to choose perfect location of new stores

Fozzy Group applied BigData provided by Vodafone Ukraine mobile operator for planning and development of its retail network, reads a joint press release of two companies. Analysts at the Fozzy Group received accurate data on a high-quality portrait of an audience that visit stores allowing to divide the flow of people into those, who live, … Read more

Vodafone Ukraine did not by Vega operator – competition agency representative

The Vodafone Ukraine mobile communications operator (PrJSC VF Ukraine) did not buy Vega Telecom (managed by PrJSC Farlep-Invest), Government Plenipotentiary of the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine Maria Protsyshen has written on her Facebook page. “We want to inform you that we have already received an answer to our official request from VF Ukraine, which said … Read more

Vodafone Ukraine sees 3.7% rise in revenue in Q3 2017, 16.3% rise in net profit

Vodafone Ukraine (PrJSC VF Ukraine) in July-September 2017 saw UAH 2.97 billion of revenue, which is 3.7% more than a year ago, according to a quarterly report of the parent company MTS. According to a press release of the Ukrainian mobile communications operator, revenue grew thanks to an increase in revenue from data transfer by … Read more