B: Rostelecom may pay for the WiMax operator FreshTel 880 million rubles
MOSCOW, 17 Feb - RIA Novosti/Prime." Rostelecom may pay for the WiMax operator FreshTel 880 million, which is four times more than it was planned before.
The amount is able to be increased if FreshTel during the year will receive the permission of the state Commission for radio frequencies (SCRF) on the development of LTE networks. Owners WiMax operator are patterns of Russian businessman Suleiman Kerimov and Ukrainian billionaire Victor Pinchuk.
The government agreed with the Ministry of economy and Minkomsvjazi the acquisition of "Rostelecom" FreshTel, informs the print edition citing Federal bureaucrat close to one of the parties. Currently, the Price of the organization is 210 million rubles. In case the permission of the SCRF to work in LTE technology, Rostelecom is willing to pay for FreshTel another 670 million rubles.
As underlined by the magazine, the WiMax operator is placed in a difficult financial position due to the loss from operations and a high level of debt. Another interlocutor of the newspaper warned about currency risk FreshTel associated with investments in its network.
Rostelecom did not explain these data, indicating that the frequency FreshTel necessary " to provide fixed wireless Internet areas with low-rise buildings ". According to the source of the newspaper, the company is engaged in the valuation of currency risks WiMax operator.
FreshTel with a subscriber base 22 by thousands of users in 40 cities of Russia has a Federal license for frequencies in the range 3, 4-3, 5 GHz. Group FreshTel includes LLC " interproject ", LLC " Progress ", LLC "Capital" and LLC " Orion ", the Owners of which, according to the Kartoteka. EN is the Cyprus Comenetti Investments Ltd.
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