Golden Telecom, Inc.

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its forty-eight contiguous states and Washington, D.C., the capital district, lie between the Pacific and Atlantic... Oceans, bordered by Canada to the north and Mexico to the south. The state of Alaska is in the northwest of the continent, with Canada to the east and Russia to the west, across the Bering Strait. The state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific. The country also possesses several territories in the Pacific and Caribbean. At 3.79 million square miles and with over 312 million people, the United States is the third or fourth largest country by total area, and the third largest by both land area and population. It is one of the world's most ethnically diverse and multicultural nations, the product of large-scale immigration from many countries. The U.S. economy is the world's largest national economy, with an estimated 2011 GDP of $15.
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Beeline is the trademark of the third largest Russian telecommunication operator, VimpelCom . Its headquarters is located in Moscow. Beeline's brand was designed by Wolff Olins as a re-brand for their old corporate identity, assisted by Marina Willerr. As of January 2005, Beeline has more than 25 million subscribers in 74 of the 89 Russian regions and in Kazakhstan, and is less than 1% market share short of becoming the leader of the Russian... cellular market in terms of subscriber base. Its revenue, profits and revenue per subscriber figures are slightly lower than competitor Mobile TeleSystems's figures, while being gradually improving in latest years. Its current license portfolio covers a territory where 97% of Russia's population resides, as well as 100% of the territory of Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Georgia and Armenia. VimpelCom was founded in 1992 and initially operated AMPS/D-AMPS network in Moscow area. In 1996 became the first Russian company listed on the New York Stock Exchange . In 1997 the company began GSM network roll-out.
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