MBT Mobile TeleSystems Public Joint Stock Company

   By Olga Razumovskaya 
 

MOSCOW --Chairman of Russian conglomerate AFK Sistema (AFKS.RS) Vladimir Yevtushenkov wants the country's no. 1 telecoms company Mobile TeleSystems (MBT) to become a global operator, he told state Russian channel Rossiya-24 Tuesday.

Mr. Yevtushenkov said he "strategically" wants the company to expand its scope of work beyond the former Soviet Union republics.

He did not specify which countries he has in mind for MTS's expansion but said that it is not prepared to expand "at all costs," especially given that the "golden days of telecoms" are over.

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