Bee-Line Samara (merged with Vimpelcom)
Sector: Commercial • Location: Russian Federation
Source: World Bank Group
Bee-Line Samara was a Russian mobile telephone operator incorporated on December 27 1994. The company started commercial operations in May 1995, in the Samara region. Initially the operator did not have a government operating license. Bee-Line Samara acquired its first operating license on March 22 1996, for some $4.5 million. The license allowed Bee-Line to operate a D/AMPS 800 service in the Sam
- Status
- Prospective
- Sector
- Commercial, Government, Manufacturing (Industrial)
- Location
- Russia
- Updated
- 22 Jul 2026
- Source
- World Bank Group
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Description | Bee-Line Samara was a Russian mobile telephone operator incorporated on December 27 1994. The company started commercial operations in May 1995, in the Samara region. Initially the operator did not have a government operating license. Bee-Line Samara acquired its first operating license on March 22 1996, for some $4.5 million. The license allowed Bee-Line to operate a D/AMPS 800 service in the Samara Region for 10 years. The company had 9,000 subscribers in 1996, when it covered Samara City, Togliatty, Novokuybishevsk and the adjacent areas. In 1997 the main shareholders of the company were Vimpelcom (VIP), Incombank, and Mercury Samara. In July 2004 VIP became the owner of 100% of Bee-Line Samara. The Bee-Line trademark was a transnational cellular network that included 25 carriers owned by VIP. Part of Vimpel Communications. |
Original sector | Information and communication technology (ICT) |
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Country | Russia |
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Source | World Bank Group |
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Record type | Project |
Sector | Commercial, Government, Manufacturing (Industrial) |
Article published date | 2024-05-31 |
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