Russia's Altimo failed to secure a majority stake in Egypt-based Orascom Telecom by a Monday deadline and said it was ready to take a smaller interest in the company if Egypt's financial market ...

Simply sign up to the European companies myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Russia’s Alfa group looks increasingly unlikely to form an alliance with a western telecoms company after the ...

Emerging markets telecoms operator Vimpelcom said on Monday it would receive around $1.4 billion for the conversion of its preferred shares by Russian shareholder Altimo into the ordinary shares.

the move will infuriate Telenor, which fought a long battle to protect its Vimpelcom powerbase from being eroded as a result of the deal Vimpelcom's key Russian shareholder Altimo expects the telecoms ...

Russian investor Altimo fired the latest broadside in its battle to control Turkish operator Turkcell on Thursday, when it turned down an offer from owners Cukurova to pay off a $1.3bn loan. To recap, ...

Overview Baskindale Limited (the "Offeror"), a wholly owned subsidiary of Altimo Holdings & Investments Limited ("Altimo"), announces today that it has launched a mandatory cash tender offer to ...

The FINANCIAL — Open Joint Stock Company “Vimpel-Communications” (“VimpelCom” or the “Company”) (NYSE: VIP) welcomes today’s decision by its two major shareholders, Altimo and Telenor, to combine ...

Nordic operator TeliaSonera and Russian conglomerate Altimo (formerly known as the Alfa Group) were playing happy families this week, agreeing to combine their telecoms assets in Turkey and Russia.

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Altimo, the Russian telecommunications investment company, and Telenor, the Norwegian mobile phone company, are ...