MegaFon (Russian: МегаФон), previously known as North-West GSM, is the second largest mobile phone operator and the fourth largest telecom operator in Russia. It works in the GSM and UMTS standard. Its main competitors are VimpelCom (Beeline) and Mobile TeleSystems (MTS). As of December 2011, the company serves 62.8 million subscribers. Its headquarters are located in Moscow.
In 2002 the company changed its name from North-West GSM to MegaFon whe...
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MegaFon (Russian: МегаФон), previously known as North-West GSM, is the second largest mobile phone operator and the fourth largest telecom operator in Russia. It works in the GSM and UMTS standard. Its main competitors are VimpelCom (Beeline) and Mobile TeleSystems (MTS). As of December 2011, the company serves 62.8 million subscribers. Its headquarters are located in Moscow.
In 2002 the company changed its name from North-West GSM to MegaFon when it acquired several regional companies, becoming the first GSM company in Russia to cover all its territory. The name "MegaFon" in Russian looks exactly like the word for a megaphone; other connotations are mega- as "big" and fon as "telephone".
June 17, 1993 – registration date of North-West GSM CJSC (Saint Petersburg). Alexander Malyshev became the first General Director. The major international investors included Scandinavian companies Sonera (Finland), Telia International AB (Sweden) and Telenor Invest AS (Norway). Telecommunication...
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