Telekom Austria Group announces that it has agreed to acquire 100% of the shares in the Belarusian operators Atlant Telecom and its subsidiary TeleSet. The sellers are the private equity firm ZUBR Capital as well as the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).

Atlant Telecom and TeleSet are the leading privately owned fixed-line operators in Belarus and deliver fixed-line broadband, IPTV and cable TV, as well as a video and audio library to their approximately 125,700 fixed broadband and 46,000 cable TV customers by year end 2015. In the previous year, Atlant Telecom and TeleSet generated revenues and an EBITDA of approximately EUR 16 mn and EUR 4 mn respectively.

"The acquisition of Atlant Telecom is a further step in Telekom Austria Group's convergence strategy. It allows Telekom Austria Group to develop its Belarusian subsidiary velcom from a mobile-only player into a fully converged operator", says Alejandro Plater, CEO & COO Telekom Austria Group.

Telekom Austria Group will finance the transaction via existing cashflow; the closing is expected within the next days.

Telekom Austria Group