The media announced the association of "coherent" and "Euroset"

The shareholders of the Svyaznoy and Megaphone are discussing the possibility of the merger of the Euroset and the Svyaznoye. About this in the issue of March 22 writes "Kommersant" with reference to unnamed sources.

“There is a plan for a transaction, as a result of which a separate company will be created, which manages the communication salons of both retailers,” the source said.

He added that when the transaction was concluded by the co -founders of the new organization, MegaFon will perform and co -owners of the “Svyaznoy”. The interlocutor did not rule out that the number of shareholders may increase.

Under what name the company will work, Kommersant could not be found out. At the same time, the newspaper indicates that “at the first stage” “Svyaznoy” and “Euroset” will receive about five thousand salons, then the number of stores can increase to six thousand.

Earlier, Vedomosti wrote that the Vimpelcom and Megafon agreed to the separation of the Euroset. According to the sources of the publication, Megafon will buy a 50% retailer from Vimpelkoma and bring its share to 100%. Vimpelcom, in turn, will receive two thousand salons of Euroset of the available 4.2 thousand. The amount of the transaction will be at least 1 billion rubles.

The possible separation of Euroset became known in May 2016. The interlocutors of Vedomosti said that the content of a conditionally independent network for operators who seek to conclude the largest number of contracts with subscribers, and not to sell, became unprofitable.