5 VimpelCom brands honoured

KARACHI: “VimpelCom Ltd,” a leading global provider of telecommunications services, announces on Monday that five of its brands have been recognised as being among the world’s most valuable telecoms brands in 2015, a press release from the company said.
VimpelCom, headquartered in Amsterdam, serves over 218 million customers.
Out of the 900 assessed, VimpelCom’s Djezzy (Algeria), Mobilink (Pakistan), Beeline (Russia), WIND (Italy) and Kyivstar (Ukraine) are featured among the world’s top 250 telecoms brands. The group’s Banglalink brand (Bangladesh) was ranked number 262, which places it in the top 300 telecom brands.
While Djezzy rose 29 positions to 171, Mobilink moved up 59 places to 201.
VimpelCom’s Beeline and WIND brands were recognised among the report’s top 100 global telecom brands: Beeline was valued at $2.6 billion and Wind at $1.6 billion.
In addition to being recognised among the top 100 global telecom brands, WIND has been named Italy’s Telecommunications Operator of the Year for 2015 by the Le Fonti International Awards in Milan.