Tag: digital operator

Dubai and New York, June 3, 2026 – VEON Ltd. (Nasdaq: VEON), a global digital operator (“VEON” or “the Company”), today confirms that it will release its consolidated financial and operating results for the second quarter and half-year ended June 30, 2026, on July 31, 2026.

Dubai and New York, June 2, 2026 – VEON Ltd. (Nasdaq: VEON), a global digital operator (“VEON” or the “Company”), today announces the successful closing of a USD 1.4 billion dual-tranche senior unsecured notes offering (the “Offering”) by its subsidiary VEON Midco B.V. (the “Issuer”). The Offering refinances substantially all of VEON’s debt maturing in 2027 ahead of schedule and reflects sustained confidence in VEON’s digital operator transformation and AI1440 strategy.

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Kyiv, New York, Dubai, and Philadelphia – 14 August 2025  - VEON Ltd. (Nasdaq: VEON) (“VEON”), a global digital operator and parent company of Ukraine’s leading digital operator JSC Kyivstar (“Kyivstar”), and Cohen Circle Acquisition Corp. I (Nasdaq: CCIR) (“Cohen Circle”), a special purpose acquisition company, have today closed the previously announced business combination between Kyivstar Group Ltd. and Cohen Circle (the “Business Combination”), which will make Kyivstar Group Ltd. a U.S.-listed company.

Dubai, August 13, 2025: VEON Ltd. (Nasdaq: VEON), a global digital operator (“VEON”), announces that it has completed the sale of its 50.1% indirect stake in Sky Mobile LLC, operating under the Beeline brand in Kyrgyzstan, to Open Joint Stock Company “Eldik Bank” (“Eldik Bank”). The transaction was completed following receipt of all necessary regulatory approvals.

Dubai and Kyiv, August 12, 2025 – VEON Ltd. (Nasdaq: VEON), a global digital operator, today announces that Kyivstar, its digital operator in Ukraine, has successfully conducted a test of satellite and terrestrial network integration using Starlink Direct to Cell technology. This is the first field test of of Starlink Direct to Cell in eastern Europe. 

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Almaty, July 28, 2025 – VEON Ltd. (Nasdaq: VEON), a global digital operator (“VEON” and together with its subsidiaries, the “Group”), today announces the launch of Beeline Kazakhstan’s new home base in Almaty, the business hub of Kazakhstan.

Kyiv, New York, Dubai, and Philadelphia – July 10, 2025 – VEON Ltd. (Nasdaq: VEON) (“VEON”), a global digital operator, and Cohen Circle Acquisition Corp. I (“Cohen Circle”), a special purpose acquisition company (Nasdaq: CCIR), today announce the execution of non-redemption agreements (“NRAs”) totaling approximately USD 52.3 million with accredited institutional investors, including Helikon and Clearline. These commitments cover approximately 5.05 million CCIR Class A shares, securing the minimum USD 50 million cash condition for the proposed business combination of Kyivstar Group Ltd (“Kyivstar Group”) and Cohen Circle (the “Business Combination”).

Dubai, July 2, 2025: VEON Ltd. (Nasdaq: VEON), a global digital operator (“VEON”), announces today that it has completed the pricing of a private placement of USD 200 million of senior unsecured notes due in 2029 with institutional investors (the “Notes”), following its announcement on June 16, 2025 that it is considering options to raise external financing through a private placement.

Dubai and Kyiv, June 18, 2025 – VEON Ltd. (Nasdaq: VEON), a global digital operator (“VEON” or the “Company”), today announces that Kyivstar, its digital operator in Ukraine, has received regulatory approval to conduct testing of Starlink Direct-to-Cell (D2C) services from the Ukrainian National Commission for the State Regulation of Electronic Communications, Radio Frequency Spectrum and the Provision of Postal Services (NCEC). Today’s regulatory approval for field testing follows successful integration of Kyivstar’s core mobile network with Starlink’s Direct-to-Cell service.

Dubai and Kyiv, June 17, 2025: VEON Ltd. (Nasdaq: VEON), a global digital operator, announces today that Kyivstar, VEON’s digital operator in Ukraine, has joined forces with Ukraine’s Ministry of Digital Transformation to develop Ukraine’s first national large language model (“LLM”) trained on Ukrainian-language data. The cooperation memorandum builds on VEON’s and Kyivstar’s pledge to invest USD 1 billion to rebuild Ukraine’s digital infrastructure over 2023-2027.