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Having received final approval from anti-monopoly authorities to merge Ukraine’s largest cellco by subscribers, Kyivstar, with fellow domestic operators Ukrainian Radio Systems and Golden Telecom (both branded as Beeline Ukraine) under the umbrella of the Vimpelcom group, the president of Kyivstar, Igor Litovchenko, has announced that the Beeline brand will be completely withdrawn from the Ukrainian market by the end of 2011.Click here to read more.