"Merged into VEON"@en . . "7000"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Weather Investments S.p.A."@en . . . "Wind Telecom S.p.A. was a telecommunications holding company owned by the multinational telecommunications company VimpelCom. In 2011, it was merged into VimpelCom It was originally founded as Weather Investments S.p.A., a holding company controlled by Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris. Wind Telecom owns 100% of Wind Telecomunicazioni S.p.A. (\u201CWind\u201D), the third largest mobile operator and second largest fixed line operator in Italy, with more than 19 million mobile subscribers and over 2.9 million direct fixed line subscribers as of November 2010. Wind Telecom also controls and owns 50% plus one share of Orascom Telecom Holding S.A.E. (\u201COTH\u201D). OTH is a leading international telecommunications company operating Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) networks in seven high growth markets in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia, having a total population under license of approximately 460 million with an average mobile telephony penetration of approximately 29% as at Match 31, 2007. OTH operates GSM network in Algeria, Bangladesh, Egypt, Iraq, Pakistan and Zimbabwe. OTH had over 56 million subscribers as of March 2007. OTH owns 19.3% of , a leading telecommunication services provider operating in eight countries. OTH is traded on the Cairo and Alexandria stock exchange (ORTE.CA ORAT EY) and has GDRs traded on the London Stock Exchange (ORTEq.l, OTLD LI). Wind Telecom S.p.A. is a leading international telecommunications company offering mobile, fixed, Internet and international communication services to about 100 million subscribers in Algeria, Bangladesh, Egypt, Italy, Pakistan and North Korea. Wind Telecom subsidiary Global Telecom Holding formerly had an indirect equity ownership in Canadian mobile operator Wind Mobile which had been granted a spectrum license in Canada. The company is now independently owned by Canadian telecom company Shaw Communications under the name Freedom Mobile. Wind Telecom operates through its subsidiaries Orascom Telecom Holding S.A.E. and Wind Telecomunicazioni S.p.A. (Italy). Wind Telecom is the entry point of choice for both technically advanced attractive markets and high growth, and under penetrated emerging markets."@en . . . . . . . . . "Wind Telecom"@en . . . . "Merged intoVEON"@en . . . . . . "14629221"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "7000"^^ . . . . . "Wind Telecom"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "1116411376"^^ . . . . . . . . . . "Headquarters in Rho."@en . . . . . . "Wind Telecom S.p.A. was a telecommunications holding company owned by the multinational telecommunications company VimpelCom. In 2011, it was merged into VimpelCom It was originally founded as Weather Investments S.p.A., a holding company controlled by Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris. Wind Telecom S.p.A. is a leading international telecommunications company offering mobile, fixed, Internet and international communication services to about 100 million subscribers in Algeria, Bangladesh, Egypt, Italy, Pakistan and North Korea."@en . . . "8089"^^ . . . . . . . . "Wind Telecom"@en . . . . . "7.2E9"^^ . . . "7.2E9"^^ . . . . . . . . . . "Weather Investments S.p.A."@en . . . . . . . . . . . . .