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VEON Ltd. reports developments as a Nasdaq-listed digital operator providing connectivity and digital services through mobile, fixed-line and broadband networks. Company news commonly covers operating and financial results, integrated annual reporting, governance actions from annual general meetings, ADS program updates and capital allocation policies.
Recurring operating updates include Kyivstar activity in Ukraine, Banglalink activity in Bangladesh, satellite-enabled connectivity agreements with Starlink, network resilience investments and the expansion of digital services such as healthcare, ride-hailing, delivery and enterprise connectivity. These updates describe how VEON combines telecom infrastructure with consumer and business digital platforms across its markets.
VEON (Nasdaq: VEON) subsidiary JazzCash has onboarded its 1 millionth Raast QR-enabled merchant, expanding Pakistan's largest digital payment acceptance network and advancing the country's cashless economy. JazzCash serves 58 million registered customers and processed PKR 15 trillion in transaction value in 2025 (≈USD 53 billion, ~13% of GDP).
The milestone highlights JazzCash's role in digitizing commerce across neighbourhood shops, micro-entrepreneurs, retailers and online businesses while supporting financial inclusion and interoperability via Pakistan's national Raast system.
VEON (Nasdaq: VEON) said management holds 1.84% of total share capital in ADSs, with CEO Kaan Terzioglu owning slightly more than 1%, triggering insider disclosure. The company is executing a USD 100 million buyback program started Nov 14, 2025.
As of Mar 26, 2026, VEON repurchased 745,420 ADSs for USD 39.0 million and USD 3 million of 2027 notes; total repurchases since Aug 2024 equal 2.89 million ADSs for USD 139.0 million. VEON introduced a policy targeting at least USD 100 million returned to shareholders annually via buybacks.
VEON (NASDAQ: VEON) highlighted Uklon’s March 25, 2026 launch of a beta Travel service, enabling domestic and international bus ticket bookings inside the Uklon app.
The move expands Uklon from urban ride‑hailing to intercity and cross‑border mobility, leveraging 3.8 million monthly active users and an annualized revenue run rate of over USD 100 million. As of Q4 2025 Uklon operated in 27 cities, logged 43.6 million rides and completed 1.3 million deliveries during the quarter.
VEON (NASDAQ: VEON) announced leadership appointments effective April 1, 2026, subject to corporate and regulatory approvals. Yevgeniy Nastradin will become CEO of Beeline Uzbekistan; Jabbor Kayumov will be CEO of Beeline Kazakhstan; Andrey Pyatakhin moves to COO of Beeline Uzbekistan reporting to Nastradin. Ahmet Kayhan joins as Chief Payments & Digital Assets Officer to accelerate VEON's financial services and digital assets strategy.
The changes aim to strengthen country operations and VEON Group’s headquarters capability to drive digital expansion across markets.
VEON (Nasdaq: VEON) filed its Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2025, with the U.S. SEC on March 16, 2026.
The filing follows completion of the 2025 audited financial statements by independent auditor UHY LLP under PCAOB standards and is available on VEON's website; shareholders can request a free hard copy.
VEON (NASDAQ: VEON) reported strong 4Q25 and FY25 results, led by record digital growth. 4Q25 revenue rose 17.4% YoY to USD 1,171m; 4Q25 EBITDA increased 29.1% to USD 527m with a 45.0% margin. Digital revenues were USD 235m (20.1% of Group).
Full‑year 2025 revenue reached USD 4,399m, EBITDA USD 2,009m, digital revenue USD 759m; equity free cash flow was USD 624m. VEON launched ongoing buybacks and made strategic acquisitions (Tabletki.ua, Kyivstar secondary offering).
VEON (Nasdaq: VEON) reported that Pakistan’s mobile spectrum auction nearly tripled available spectrum from 274 MHz to 754 MHz. VEON subsidiary Jazz secured the largest allocation with 190 MHz (50 MHz @3500, 70 MHz @2600, 50 MHz @2300, 20 MHz @700).
Payments start in 2027; Jazz will pay the PKR equivalent of approximately USD 239.5 million and will use the spectrum to expand nationwide mobile broadband and digital services.
VEON (Nasdaq: VEON) subsidiary Jazz International Holding has agreed to acquire a controlling stake in TPL Insurance for approximately PKR 4.15 billion (USD 14.6 million). The deal expands VEON’s digital financial services in Pakistan, adding TPL Insurance’s PKR 5.7 billion gross written premium and 277,000 policies. Closing is expected in mid-2026 and remains subject to Competition Commission of Pakistan approval.
MeetKai and GSMA launched ModelChorus, an online platform showcased at MWC26 Barcelona to evaluate and deploy language models for under-resourced languages and regional dialects.
ModelChorus offers side-by-side testing, real-time leaderboards, sovereign sandboxes, hardware-aware metrics, and support for fine-tuning using preference feedback. VEON (Nasdaq: VEON) is the first mobile operator to join.
VEON (Nasdaq: VEON) announced a Memorandum of Understanding between Beeline Uzbekistan and Rakuten Symphony to explore collaboration on Open RAN, AI-powered network intelligence, cloud-native platforms, eSIM and international roaming. The MoU, signed at MWC Barcelona 2026, frames technical and commercial assessment across deployment, optimization and digital services.