Epic Buys $1.3B Ukrtelecom Stake

Austrian investment house, Epic, will acquire a 93% stake in Ukraine’s state telephone company.

Austrian investment house, Epic, will acquire a 93% stake in Ukraine’s state telephone company, Financial Times reports. The company will pay $1.3 billion to Ukrtelecom for the acquisition. Vienna-based Epic plans to complete the transaction by March. European telecom groups, including Deutsche Telekom and Norway’s Telenor, had previously shown interest in Ukrtelecom.

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