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VEON Ltd. (Nasdaq: VEON) is a United Arab Emirates-based digital operator active in wireless telecommunications and digital services across Pakistan, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Bangladesh, and Uzbekistan. The VEON news page on Stock Titan aggregates company announcements, operating company updates, and regulatory communications that illustrate how the group is developing connectivity, digital services, and financial solutions in its core markets.
Recent news highlights VEON’s focus on next-generation connectivity and network resilience. Kyivstar in Ukraine has launched Starlink Direct to Cell satellite connectivity services and a 5G pilot zone in Lviv, while Beeline Kazakhstan has tested Starlink Direct to Cell for voice and messaging. Kyivstar has also invested in solar power generation as part of its energy resilience strategy. These stories show how VEON’s operating companies are combining terrestrial and satellite networks and investing in infrastructure to support reliable communications.
VEON’s news flow also covers digital financial services and financial inclusion. Mobilink Microfinance Bank in Pakistan has launched Islamic banking operations, and Banglalink in Bangladesh has received regulatory approval to operate as a payment service provider, enabling digital payment and money transfer services. Group-level announcements include VEON’s transfer to the Nasdaq Global Select Market and its inclusion in major equity indices such as the S&P Global Broad Market Index and the MSCI Ukraine Index.
Investors and followers of VEON can use this news page to review official press releases on connectivity initiatives, digital financial services, capital markets milestones, and corporate transactions involving VEON and its operating companies. The page provides a centralized view of how VEON’s strategy is reflected in concrete projects and regulatory developments across its five markets.
VEON (Nasdaq: VEON) set its 2026 Annual General Meeting for May 11, 2026 at 12:00 GST with a record date of March 31, 2026.
The Board recommended seven incumbents for re-election, including CEO Kaan Terzioglu and Michael R. Pompeo. The AGM agenda includes re-appointment of UHY LLP as external auditor and receipt of the 2025 audited financial statements. Management highlighted an 84.1% YoY increase in digital revenues to 20.1% of Group revenue in 4Q25, the August 2025 Nasdaq listing of Kyivstar, and progress on a global SpaceX partnership integrating terrestrial and satellite networks.
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.