Tele2 to finish rebranding former Rostelecom mobile assets in 2015
ST. PETERSBURG. Nov 14 (Interfax) - OJSC T2 RTC Holding, which operates the Tele2 brand, is planning to finish rebranding the mobile assets it received this year from OJSC Rostelecom in 2015, Tele2's commercial director, Roman Volodin, said on Friday.
"The switch to a single brand, Tele2, will take place in 2015," he said. Currently, Rostelecom's former assets in St. Petersburg have been rebranded as Tele2.
The company is not planning to do away with the brand Sky Link, which includes CDMA networks in Moscow and St. Petersburg, T2 RTC First Deputy CEO Alexander Provotorov said.
Rostelecom and Tele2 Russia completed the deal to set up T2 RTK Holding on August 6. Rostelecom received a 45% stake after contributing its mobile assets. A consortium of investors consisting of VTB , Bank Rossiya, Sogaz and Alexei Mordashov retain control of the JV.
During the merger, Rostelecom transferred its mobile subsidiaries Sky Link, Nizhny Novgorod Mobile Networks, Baikalvestkom, BIT, Volgograd GSM, Yeniseitelecom and AKOS, along with infrastructure in regions where networks are being built, including Moscow and St. Petersburg, to LLC T2 RTC Holding.