Veon is the third- largest wireless carrier in Russia, with close to 60 million mobile subscribers. It also has some fixed-line assets in the country. It controls operations in 11 other countries, such as Ukraine and Uzbekistan, with about 150 million wireless customers in total. It has a strong presence in Pakistan following the acquisition of Warid Telecom and a wireless operation in Bangladesh. It merged its Italian unit with 3 Italia into a joint venture that become the largest carrier in the country with 31.3 million wireless subscribers.