/IRBIS, July 18, 2011/ - Business unit "CIS" of Group "VimpelCom Ltd" announces the appointment of Alexei Blumin as General Director of LLC "Kar-Tel", which provides services under trade mark Beeline in territory of Kazakhstan, was stated in the report released today by LLC "Kar-Tel" (TM - Beeline).

"In 2008, Alexei led the first business of "VimpelCom" in foreign countries - the company Gtel-Mobile in Vietnam. Under his leadership, in the short term has been deployed network, integration with IT infrastructure has been established, and commercial operations under the brand Beeline were started. I am confident, professionalism and experience of Alexei will enable us to take Business in Kazakhstan to a qualitatively new level" - commenting on the appointment, said Dmitry Kromsky, vice president of business development in the CIS group of "VimpelCom Ltd".

"More than half of net operating revenues of the CIS business unit brings "Kar-Tel", so a new appointment is a serious challenge, given the increasing attention from shareholders of VimpelCom Ltd. Our team of Kazakhstan to increase profitability, and the main potential for growth, I see in the development of services of broadband Internet access, both fixed and mobile, expanding cover FTTB and 3G, and in the future in introducing LTE ", - said Alexei Blumin, whose words are reported.

Alexei Blumin graduated from Moscow State University. University, and in 1995 began his career in the telecommunications industry. For 8 years Alexei has held management positions in subsidiaries "Golden Telecom" in Moscow, Vladivostok and St. Petersburg.

In 2003, Alex joined the "VimpelCom", where for five years successfully led the business in the Southern region of Russia. In 2008, Alex headed a subsidiary company of "VimpelCom" in Vietnam - Gtel-Mobile.

[2011-07-18]