MegaFon

Summary

MegaFon is a business^[1]. MegaFon ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (612 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• MegaFon was a member of ITU Radiocommunication Sector^[3].
• MegaFon was a member of ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector^[4].
• MegaFon is in the country of Russia^[5].
• MegaFon is in the country of RU^[6].
• MegaFon's instance of is recorded as business^[7].
• MegaFon's instance of is recorded as trademark^[8].
• MegaFon's instance of is recorded as enterprise^[9].
• MegaFon's instance of is recorded as public company^[10].
• MegaFon is owned by USM Holdings^[11].
• MegaFon is owned by Gazprombank^[12].
• MegaFon's headquarters location is recorded as Moscow^[13].
• MegaFon's child organization or unit is recorded as VK^[14].
• MegaFon's child organization or unit is recorded as Yota^[15].
• MegaFon's child organization or unit is recorded as NetByNet^[16].
• MegaFon's child organization or unit is recorded as Start^[17].
• MegaFon's child organization or unit is recorded as Gars Telecom^[18].
• MegaFon's child organization or unit is recorded as Citymobil^[19].
• MegaFon's child organization or unit is recorded as Aquafon^[20].
• MegaFon is part of FreeMove^[21].
• MegaFon's Commons category is recorded as Megafon^[22].
• MegaFon's industry is recorded as mobile phone industry^[23].
• MegaFon's industry is recorded as telecommunications^[24].
• MegaFon's industry is recorded as telecommunications^[25].
• 1993 marks the founding of MegaFon^[26].
• 1998 marks the founding of MegaFon^[27].

Product Details

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GLEIF Golden Copy — Level 1 entity data

• Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 213800HE6VDVJWT85874^[28]

• Registered legal name: Публичное Акционерное Общество "Мегафон"^[29]

• Legal jurisdiction: RU^[30]

• GLEIF entity category: GENERAL^[31]

• Legal form (ISO 20275 ELF): 4TYO^[32]

• Entity status: ACTIVE^[33]

• LEI registration status: LAPSED^[34]

• LEI first registered: 2017-10-03^[35]

• LEI last updated: 2024-02-26^[36]

• LEI next renewal: 2019-10-03^[37]

• Managing LOU: 213800WAVVOPS85N2205^[38]

• Registration authority: RA000499^[39]

• Authority entity ID: 1027809169585^[40]

• Other names: ""Megafon"" ", Пао ""Мегафон""^[41]

• Conformity flag: NON_CONFORMING^[42]

Body

Founding

Recorded inception include 1993^[26], 1998^[27], June 2000^[43], and December 2004^[44].

Identity

MegaFon is part of FreeMove^[21].

Operations

MegaFon's headquarters location is recorded as Moscow^[13]. MegaFon's parent organization or unit is recorded as USM Holdings^[45]. Subsidiaries include VK^[14], an enterprise^[46], in Russia^[47], founded in 2005^[48], headquartered in Moscow^[49]; Yota^[15], a mobile virtual network operator^[50], in Russia^[51], founded in 2007^[52], headquartered in Saint Petersburg^[53]; NetByNet^[16], a business^[54], in Russia^[55], founded in 2006^[56], headquartered in Moscow^[57]; Start^[17], a video streaming service^[58], founded in 2017^[59], headquartered in Russia^[60]; Gars Telecom^[18], a business^[61], in Russia^[62], founded in 1999^[63]; and Citymobil^[19], a company^[64], in Russia^[65], founded in 2007^[66], headquartered in Moscow^[67].

Industry

Industries include mobile phone industry^[23] and telecommunications^[24].

Ownership

Owners include USM Holdings^[11] and Gazprombank^[12], a business^[68], in Russia^[69], founded in 1990^[70], headquartered in Moscow^[71]. Products include cellular network^[72], local telephone service^[73], cable television^[74], broadband Internet access^[75], 3G^[76], and 4G^[77].

Why It Matters

MegaFon ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (612 views/month).^[2] MegaFon has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[78]