MegaFon

Summary

MegaFon is a business^[1]. MegaFon ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (340 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's instance of is recorded as business^[6].
• MegaFon's instance of is recorded as trademark^[7].
• MegaFon's instance of is recorded as enterprise^[8].
• MegaFon's instance of is recorded as public company^[9].
• MegaFon is owned by USM Holdings^[10].
• MegaFon is owned by Gazprombank^[11].
• MegaFon's headquarters location is recorded as Moscow^[12].
• MegaFon's child organization or unit is recorded as VK^[13].
• MegaFon's child organization or unit is recorded as Yota^[14].
• MegaFon's child organization or unit is recorded as NetByNet^[15].
• MegaFon's child organization or unit is recorded as Start^[16].
• MegaFon's child organization or unit is recorded as Gars Telecom^[17].
• MegaFon's child organization or unit is recorded as Citymobil^[18].
• MegaFon's child organization or unit is recorded as Aquafon^[19].
• MegaFon is part of FreeMove^[20].
• MegaFon's Commons category is recorded as Megafon^[21].
• MegaFon's industry is recorded as mobile phone industry^[22].
• MegaFon's industry is recorded as telecommunications^[23].
• MegaFon's industry is recorded as telecommunications^[24].
• 1993 marks the founding of MegaFon^[25].
• 1998 marks the founding of MegaFon^[26].
• June 2000 marks the founding of MegaFon^[27].

Body

Founding

Recorded inception include 1993^[25], 1998^[26], June 2000^[27], and December 2004^[28].

Identity

MegaFon is part of FreeMove^[20].

Operations

MegaFon's headquarters location is recorded as Moscow^[12]. MegaFon's parent organization or unit is recorded as USM Holdings^[29]. Subsidiaries include VK^[13], an enterprise^[30], in Russia^[31], founded in 2005^[32], headquartered in Moscow^[33]; Yota^[14], a mobile virtual network operator^[34], in Russia^[35], founded in 2007^[36], headquartered in Saint Petersburg^[37]; NetByNet^[15], a business^[38], in Russia^[39], founded in 2006^[40], headquartered in Moscow^[41]; Start^[16], a video streaming service^[42], founded in 2017^[43], headquartered in Russia^[44]; Gars Telecom^[17], a business^[45], in Russia^[46], founded in 1999^[47]; and Citymobil^[18], a company^[48], in Russia^[49], founded in 2007^[50], headquartered in Moscow^[51].

Industry

Industries include mobile phone industry^[22] and telecommunications^[23].

Ownership

Owners include USM Holdings^[10] and Gazprombank^[11], a business^[52], in Russia^[53], founded in 1990^[54], headquartered in Moscow^[55]. Products include cellular network^[56], local telephone service^[57], cable television^[58], broadband Internet access^[59], 3G^[60], and 4G^[61].

Why It Matters

MegaFon ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (340 views/month).^[2] MegaFon has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[62]