PJSC VimpelCom

{{Short description|Russian telecommunications company founded in 1992}}

{{for|the holding company founded in 2009 and known as VimpelCom until 2017|VEON}}

{{Infobox company

| name = PJSC VimpelCom
(ПАО «ВымпелКом»)

| logo =

| logo_size = 200px

| type = Public joint-stock company

| traded_as =

| predecessor = KB Impuls

| founder = Dmitry Zimin & Augie K. Fabela II

| defunct =

| fate =

| area_served = Russia

| key_people = Aleksander Torbakhov (CEO)

| industry = Mobile, telecommunications

| products = Mobile networks, Internet, IPTV

| services =

| revenue = {{profit}} 4.65 billion USD (2018){{cite book |title=Financial overview |url=https://www.veon.com/media/1994/fy-2018-earnings-release_final.pdf}}

| operating_income = {{profit}} 2.21 billion USD (2007){{cite book |title=VimpelCom 2007 Form 20-F |url=http://VimpelCom.com/mediacache/6d107d83-7700-4665-9297-91e69b0633a5.PDF |access-date=2008-07-03 |pages=3–4 }}

| net_income = {{profit}} 1.46 billion USD (2007)

| assets =

| equity =

| owner =

| num_employees = 28,500{{cite web|url=http://static.beeline.ru/upload/images/BEELINE_25.06.pdf |title=Всё главное о компании |publisher=beeline.ru |access-date=2018-06-25}}

| parent =

| divisions = Golden Telecom

| subsid =

| footnotes =

| logo_caption = Beeline latin script logo for non-Russian language markets

| foundation = Moscow, Russia ({{Start date|1992|09|15}})

| location_city = Moscow

| location_country = Russia

| locations = all Russian regions

| homepage = {{URL|about.beeline.ru}}

}}

PJSC VimpelCom ({{langx|ru|ПАО «ВымпелКом»}} or full name {{langx|ru|ПАО «Вымпел-Коммуникации»}}, PAO «Vympel-Kommunikatsii») is a Russian telecommunications company started in 1992 when its co-founders, Dr. Dmitry Zimin{{Cite web |url=http://about.beeline.ru/en/management/founders.wbp?id=38f1d90f-3471-43d4-a4b3-57e9924e8ff9 |title=Founders |access-date=2013-02-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927221604/http://about.beeline.ru/en/management/founders.wbp?id=38f1d90f-3471-43d4-a4b3-57e9924e8ff9 |archive-date=2013-09-27 |url-status=dead }} and Augie K. Fabela II{{Cite web |url=http://about.beeline.ru/en/management/founders.wbp?id=c8b13687-1089-4ba7-a805-57464c6ad559 |title=Founders |access-date=2013-02-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927221429/http://about.beeline.ru/en/management/founders.wbp?id=c8b13687-1089-4ba7-a805-57464c6ad559 |archive-date=2013-09-27 |url-status=dead }} came together to pioneer the Russian mobile industry. Augie Fabela, who was then a young entrepreneur from the US, and Dr. Zimin who was a Russian scientist in his 50s, together launched the Beeline brand.

PJSC VimpelCom is the third-largest wireless{{cite web|author=Фото: Дмитрий Лекай / Коммерсантъ |url=http://Kommersant.ru/doc-rss.aspx?DocsID=1375118 |title=Ъ-Газета - "МегаФон" больше не третий |publisher=Kommersant.ru |date=2010-05-25 |access-date=2013-09-22}} and second-largest telecom{{cite web|url=http://www.cnews.ru/reviews/free/telecom2011/rating/rating1.shtml |title=Интернет-издание о высоких технологиях |publisher=Cnews.ru |access-date=2013-09-22}}{{cite web|author=Фото: Николай Цыганов / Коммерсантъ |url=http://www.kommersant.ru/doc/1891474 |title=Ъ-Online - "Большая тройка" отчиталась |publisher=Kommersant.ru |date=2012-03-13 |access-date=2013-09-22}} operator in Russia. VimpelCom's main competitors in Russia are Mobile TeleSystems and MegaFon.{{cite news|title=Svyazinvest Puts Cell Assets Up for Sale|url=http://Kommersant.com/p777529/r_529/Svyazinvest_Cell_Communication|work=Kommersant|date=2007-06-25|access-date=2008-07-03|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606091627/http://www.kommersant.com/p777529/r_529/Svyazinvest_Cell_Communication/|archive-date=2011-06-06}}

PJSC VimpelCom's headquarters is located in Moscow.{{cite web |url=http://www.vimpelcom.com/contacts/index.wbp |title=VimpelCom - Contacts |access-date=2008-07-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080702181413/http://www.vimpelcom.com/contacts/index.wbp |archive-date=2008-07-02 }} In 1996-2010, traded as {{NYSE|VIP}}. It was wholly owned by VEON, although in the process of being sold after VEON announced the sale of their Russian operations in November 2022. In 2022, the company's revenue amounted to 280 billion rubles.{{Cite web |title=ПАО "Вымпелком" |url=https://www.rusprofile.ru/id/1669461 |access-date=2023-11-30 |website=www.rusprofile.ru |language=ru}} VEON completed the sale of PJSC Vimplecom in October 2023, with Aleksander Torbakhov serving as PJSC Vimplecom CEO.https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/veon-completes-russia-exit-vimpelcom-sale-closes-2023-10-09/