VEON Highlights Uklon’s Expansion into Travel, Strengthening its Mobility Ecosystem in Ukraine Kyiv, Dubai and New York, March 25, 2026 – VEON Ltd. (NASDAQ: VEON), a global digital operator (the “Company” or “VEON”), today announced that Uklon has expanded its mobility ecosystem with the launch of a new “Travel” service, enabling users to book domestic and international bus tickets directly within the Uklon app. Uklon is Ukraine’s leading ride-hailing service and a subsidiary of Kyivstar (Nasdaq: KYIV; KYIVW), VEON’s digital operator in Ukraine. The new Travel service builds on Uklon’s ...
VEON Strengthens Leadership Team to Accelerate Digital Ambition Senior executive appointments are to enhance country operations and VEON Group’s digital assets strategy Dubai,New York, Astana and Tashkent, March 17, 2026 – VEON Ltd. (NASDAQ: VEON), a global digital operator (the “Company” or “VEON”), today announces a series of upcoming leadership appointments, strengthening organizational capabilities and positioning the company for further growth across its headquarters and market teams. Yevgeniy Nastradin will take the helm as the Chief Executive Officer of Beeline Uzbekistan. Yevgeni...
VEON Files its 2025 Annual Report on Form 20-F Dubai and New York, March 16, 2026 – VEON Ltd. (Nasdaq: VEON), a global digital operator (‘VEON’ or the ‘Company’), today announces that it has filed its Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2025 (the "2025 20-F") with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission at The filing follows the completion of the audit of the VEON Ltd. 2025 financial statements by the Company’s independent auditor UHY LLP according to Public Company Accounting Oversight Board standards. The 2025 20-F is also available on the Financial Results s...
VEON printed a strong quarter, with Q4 revenue beating us by 4% and EBITDA ahead of us by 16%. The company has also announced a shareholder remuneration policy consisting of a minimum of $100m in share buybacks annually. However, we were surprised to hear of a $170m charge to settle claims from a previous minority partner in Pakistan
VEON Delivers Record Digital Growth: 4Q25 Digital Revenues Grow 84% to 20.1% of Total, Driving 17% Revenue and 29% EBITDA Growth in 4Q25 VEON Delivers Record Digital Growth: 4Q25 Digital Revenues Grow 84% to 20.1% of Total, Driving 17% Revenue and 29% EBITDA Growth in 4Q25 Dubai and New York, March 13, 2026 – VEON Ltd. (NASDAQ: VEON), a global digital operator, today announced strong financial and operating results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2025. Key Highlights – Fourth Quarter 2025 Total revenue grew 17.4% year-on-year (“YoY”) to USD 1,171 million.EBITDA in...
VEON’s Largest Market Pakistan Almost Triples Mobile Spectrum in Reform Push; Jazz Secures Largest Allocation with 190 MHz Islamabad, Dubai and New York - March 10, 2026: VEON Ltd. (Nasdaq: VEON, “VEON”), a global digital operator, is pleased to note the successful mobile spectrum auction held today in its largest market Pakistan. With the auction, the Pakistani Government nearly triples the spectrum available to mobile operators, with VEON’s subsidiary Jazz, Pakistan’s leading connectivity provider under JazzWorld, securing the largest allocation of 190 MHz. The auction increased the spec...
VEON and JazzWorld Advance Pakistan’s Digital Financial Future with Acquisition of TPL Insurance Acquisition to further financial inclusion through integrated digital financial services ecosystem Dubai, New York and Karachi – March 6, 2026 – VEON Ltd. (Nasdaq: VEON, “VEON”), a global digital operator, today announced that its subsidiary Jazz International Holding Limited (“JIH”) has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a controlling stake in TPL Insurance Limited (“TPL Insurance”), a publicly listed insurance firm in Pakistan. The transaction, which marks a new milestone for VEON...
VEON’s Beeline Uzbekistan and Rakuten Symphony Partner for Open RAN, AI Collaboration Tokyo, Tashkent and Barcelona , March 4, 2026 – VEON Ltd. (Nasdaq: VEON), a global digital operator, and Rakuten Group, Inc. today announce that Beeline Uzbekistan, VEON’s digital operator in Uzbekistan, and Rakuten Symphony, a subsidiary of Rakuten Group, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to explore strategic collaborations that support the development of Uzbekistan’s fast-growing digital economy, including on Open RAN development, AI-powered network intelligence and next-generation digital...
VEON Partners with GSMA Innovation Fund to Accelerate Digital Innovation in Pakistan and Bangladesh Barcelona, Dhaka and Islamabad, March 4, 2026: VEON Ltd. (Nasdaq: VEON), a global digital operator (“VEON”), today announces a partnership with the GSMA’s Mobile for Development Foundation (“GSMA Foundation”) to co-fund digital innovation projects in Pakistan and Bangladesh that are supported by the GSMA Innovation Fund. John Guisti, Chief Regulatory Officer of the GSMA and President of the GSMA Foundation, Aamir Ibrahim, CEO of JazzWorld, and Johan Buse, CEO of Banglalink, have launched th...
VEON and MeetKai Expand Collaboration to Explore Sovereign AI Infrastructure Partnerships Barcelona, Dubai, New York and Los Angeles, March 3, 2026: VEON Ltd. (Nasdaq: VEON), a global digital operator (“VEON”), today announced the expansion of its partnership with MeetKai Inc. (“MeetKai”) to explore launching sovereign, locally-deployed AI infrastructure and in-country AI capabilities across VEON markets, with the intent to expand into further strategic partners over time. A memorandum of understanding (“MoU”) was signed to mark the expansion of the partnership in Barcelona, where the Mobi...
2025 was such a strong year for EM Telcos with the result that while remaining bullish we thought it was not plausible that 2026 would be as strong. Yet if anything the year has started better than 2025, with our picks up 18% ytd already, and up 113% since the start of 2025.
The resumption of pricing power is one of the key drivers of the rally in EM Telcos and perhaps the area where consensus is most sceptical. In this note we analyse which markets have the greatest potential for sustained pricing power, looking at key issues: affordability and regulatory and competitive structure.
VEON to Release FY25 Earnings Update on March 13, 2026 Dubai and New York, February 26, 2026 – VEON Ltd. (NASDAQ: VEON), a global digital operator (together with its subsidiaries “VEON Group” or “the Group”), today confirms that the Group will release its selected consolidated financial and operating results for the fourth quarter and full-year period ended December 31, 2025, at 8:00 GST (0:00 EST) on March 13, 2026. VEON Group will also host a results conference call with senior management at 16:00 GST (8:00 EST) on the same day. FY25 results conference call To register and access the e...
VEON and Hala to Explore Partnership in Ride-hailing Services Dubai, February 17, 2026 – VEON Ltd. (Nasdaq: VEON), a global digital operator (“VEON” or “the Company”), announces that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Hala, Dubai’s leading local e-hailing taxi solution and a joint venture between Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) and Careem, to explore cooperation in expanding ride‑hailing and mobility services across VEON’s operating markets. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed last week at VEON’s headquarters in Dubai. The MoU establishes a framework ...
Kyivstar (VEON’s Ukrainian business ) has announced the acquisition of another digital healthcare related asset in Ukraine, called Tabletki.UA. This seems another sensible deal, at a good price, leveraging Kyivstar & VEON’s digital ecosystem and like previous acquisitions such as Helsi and Uklon is likely to see accelerating growth and improved returns once within the VEON stable.
VEON’s Kyivstar Expands Digital Healthcare Services in Ukraine with Tabletki.ua Acquisition Dubai, Kyiv and New York, February 10, 2026 – VEON Ltd. (Nasdaq: VEON) (“VEON”), a global digital operator, announces that today its subsidiary Kyivstar Group Ltd. (“Kyivstar”) (Nasdaq: KYIV; KYIVW) signed a definitive agreement and completed the transaction to acquire 100% of Tabletki.ua for USD 160 million, payable in Ukrainian hryvna in Ukraine. Tabletki.ua is one of Ukraine’s most widely used digital platforms for finding, comparing and reserving medicines and other products available at Ukrainia...
VEON and JazzWorld Launch “Invest in Pakistan, NOW!” Inviting International Investors to Participate in Pakistan’s Growth Dubai, New York and Islamabad, 8 February 2026: VEON Ltd. (Nasdaq: VEON), a global digital operator (“VEON” or the “Group”), today announced the launching of its “Invest in Pakistan, NOW!” initiative in partnership with JazzWorld, VEON’s services company in Pakistan, during World Governments Summit in Dubai, UAE. “Invest in Pakistan, NOW!” invites international investors to take a fresh look at Pakistan as the country’s economic fundamentals strengthen, and long-term gr...
VEON Welcomes Expanded Kyivstar Free Float After the Successful Kyivstar Secondary Offering Dubai and New York, February 3, 2026 -- VEON Ltd. (Nasdaq: VEON), a global digital operator (“VEON”), notes that Kyivstar Group Ltd. (Nasdaq: KYIV; KYIVW), Ukraine’s leading digital operator (“Kyivstar”), is pleased to announce the closing of a secondary public offering of 14,375,000 common shares of Kyivstar (the “Offering”), at a public offering price of USD 10.50 per share. The Offering, which was over-subscribed by 5 times, was closed on February 2, 2026, and included Kyivstar shares held by VEON...
Our portfolio of Top Picks has started 2026 strongly, up 6% ytd already. This month we make no changes to our top picks. This note also includes key news & other thoughts, to try to help investors generate alpha within the EM Telco space.
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