The Week Ahead: Transtelecom's bond vote, VEON's results and a Tajik loan date

Seven dates for the corridor from Monday 26 October, nearest first, each with the document behind it.

• Friday 30 October. Holders of Transtelecom's TCOMb1 bonds (KZ2C00006344) meet to vote on amending the coupon rate and the issue prospectus, according to the notice on the Kazakhstan Stock Exchange. The notice does not give the current or the proposed rate.
• Friday 6 November. VEON reports results for the quarter to 30 September, the company said. They will be the first accounts since VEON began repurchasing 72.5 million shares, about $200 million at the 22 September close, all to be cancelled, according to the release furnished to the SEC.
• Saturday 7 November. Last day for Kcell to make materials available for its 17 November extraordinary meeting on merging KazNet Media into the operator, which the notice requires no later than 10 days before the meeting, according to the notice published on KASE.
• Monday 9 to Friday 27 November. The ITU Plenipotentiary Conference meets in Doha to elect the union's senior officials, the 48 members of its Council and the Radio Regulations Board for 2027 to 2030, according to an ITU media advisory.
• Wednesday 16 December. Approval date for the EBRD's proposed sovereign loan of up to EUR 48.4 million for Tajikistan's fibre backbone and rural broadband, listed as in exploratory status pending final review in the bank's project summary.
• Friday 25 December. Turkcell's second 5G licence instalment of USD 408 million falls due, with a third of the same size due by 2 May 2027, according to its annual report on Form 20-F.
• End of December. Kazakhstan aims to commission the 4,511 km West-East fibre line, half of which had been laid by 6 October, according to the government's session summary, and expects the main buildings at Data Center Valley to be erected by the same date, according to its review of 13 August.

Not yet dated in any document reviewed: commercial service on the Trans-Caspian cable, which Kazakhtelecom's chairman expects to be adjusted until the end of 2026, The Times of Central Asia reported, and an auction under the 5G spectrum caps proposed by Kazakhstan's competition agency on 14 October, BES.media reported.