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Vimpel-Communications

(VIP:NYSE)

LAST $20.66 USD
CHANGE TODAY 0.00 0.00%
VOLUME 0.0
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Snapshot of Vimpel-Communications (VIP)

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$20.66
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52 WEEK HIGH
11/16/09 - $22.55
52 WEEK LOW
03/9/09 - $4.81
MARKET CAP
21.2B
AVERAGE VOLUME 3 mo
3.3M
DILUTED EPS TTM
$0.16
SHARES OUTSTANDING
1.0B
EX-DATE
11/9/09
P/E TTM
128.3x
DIVIDEND
$0.33
DIVIDEND YIELD
1.58%
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VIP Details

Open Joint Stock Company “Vimpel-Communications”, a telecommunications operator, provides voice and data services through various mobile, fixed, and broadband technologies in the Russian Federation, the Commonwealth of Independent States, Vietnam, and Cambodia. The company provides fixed-line services, including business and corporate services, carrier and operator services, and consumer Internet services. It offers mobile telecommunications services that comprise voice telephony services; call completion services; and access to national and international roaming services, as well as value-added services, such as short messages, multimedia messages, caller number identification, voice mail, call waiting, music and data transmission, mobile Internet, music downloads, call forwarding, wireless Internet access, Internet protocol telephony, and entertainment and information services. The company offers its telecommunications services primarily under the Beeline and Beeline Business brand names. In addition, it sells mobile handsets, equipment, and accessories. As of December 31, 2008, the company served approximately 61.0 million mobile subscribers, including 47.7 million in the Russian Federation, 6.3 million in Kazakhstan, 3.6 million in Uzbekistan, 2.1 million in Ukraine, 0.5 million in Armenia, 0.6 million in Tajikistan, and 0.2 million in Georgia; and approximately 1.2 million residential broadband subscribers. It has a strategic partnership with Telenor East Invest AS. The company was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Moscow, the Russian Federation.

38,403 Employees
Founded in 1992

VIP Top Compensated Officers

People Page No compensation data is available at this time for the top officers at this company.

Executives, Board Directors

Key developments for Vimpel-Communications (VIP)

Vimpel-Communications's Board of Directors Recommends Interim Dividend Payment for Nine Months of 2009

Vimpel-Communications announced that its Board of Directors approved convocation of an Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders of the company to vote on an interim dividend payment based on the operating results for the nine months ending on September 30, 2009. The Board recommended that the Shareholders Meeting approve interim dividends based on the operating results for the nine months ending on September 30, 2009 (calculated in accordance with Russian statutory accounting principles) in the amount of RUB 190.13 per common share of VimpelCom stock (or approximately $0.32 per American Depositary Share based on the Russian Central Bank exchange rate as of September 30, 2009), amounting to a total of approximately RUB 9.75 billion (or approximately $324 million based on the Russian Central Bank exchange rate as of September 30, 2009), to be payable within 60 days of the approval at the Shareholders Meeting.

Vimpel-Communications, Special/Extraordinary Shareholders Meeting, Dec 17, 2009

Vimpel-Communications, Special/Extraordinary Shareholders Meeting, Dec 17, 2009 Agenda: To vote on an interim dividend payment based on the operating results for the nine months ending on September 30, 2009.

Vimpel-Communications, Board Meeting, Dec 17, 2009

Vimpel-Communications, Board Meeting, Dec 17, 2009 Agenda: To vote on the recommended dividend for the first nine months of 2009.

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