MOSCOW, Oct 10 (Reuters) - Russia's biggest mobile phone
operator MTS said on Thursday it had no firm agreements
on the possible sale of its Ukrainian unit, after a report said
Azerbaijan's Bakcell was seeking approval from the Ukrainian
authorities to buy it.
"MTS is considering various possibilities for the
development of its international business. However, there are no
concrete agreements now," MTS said, adding that submitting
documents to the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine was a
necessary technical formality that did not indicate a deal.
Russian news agency Interfax reported on Thursday that
Bakcell was seeking approval from Ukraine's anti-monopoly
authority to buy MTS's unit, which operates under the Vodafone
Ukraine brand.
(Reporting by Nadezhda Tsydenova and Maria Kiselyova;
Editing by Edmund Blair)