TeliaSonera increases its ownership in Uzbekistan network
TeliaSonera says that it ihas increased its ownership in Uzbekistan based mobile network, UCell from 74 percent to 94 percent by acquiring 20 percent of the shares in the jointly owned TeliaSonera Uzbek Telecom Holding from Takilant.
TeliaSonera and Altimo agreed to combine their ownership interests by contributing their respective interests in the country's largest mobile operator Turkcell and in MegaFon, the third largest GSM provider in Russia , into a new company.