Russia's Altimo failed to secure a majority stake in Egypt-based Orascom Telecom by a Monday deadline and said it was ready to take a smaller interest in the company if Egypt's financial market ...

Simply sign up to the European companies myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Russia’s Alfa group looks increasingly unlikely to form an alliance with a western telecoms company after the ...

Emerging markets telecoms operator Vimpelcom said it would receive around $1.4 billion for the conversion of its preferred shares by shareholder Altimo into ordinary shares in a move that will boost ...

Russian investor Altimo fired the latest broadside in its battle to control Turkish operator Turkcell on Thursday, when it turned down an offer from owners Cukurova to pay off a $1.3bn loan. To recap, ...

The bitter battle for control over a 25.1 per cent chunk of Russia’s smallest mobile operator MegaFon looks to be over, according to reports on Monday. It is believed that Russian conglomerate Altimo, ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Altimo, the Russian telecommunications investment company, and Telenor, the Norwegian mobile phone company, are ...

Emerging markets telecoms operator Vimpelcom said on Monday it would receive around $1.4 billion for the conversion of its preferred shares by Russian shareholder Altimo into the ordinary shares.