What did Telia pay over its entry into Uzbekistan's telecoms market?

confidence: highas of 31 Oct 2026

Confirmed fact · as of 31 Oct 2026

Telia resolved US, Dutch and Swedish proceedings in 2017 for at least USD 965 million, via a DOJ deferred prosecution agreement with the parent and a guilty plea by its Uzbek subsidiary Coscom; separately, former executives were later acquitted in Sweden.

A U.S. Department of Justice, Telia Company AB and Its Uzbek Subsidiary Enter into a Global Foreign Bribery Resolution of More Than $965 Million (21 Sep 2017) · retrieved 31 Oct 2026

Reasoning

Established from the exchange/listing record and the cross-linked, separately fact-checked issue record.

A claim review answers one narrow factual question from the cited sources. It is not a verdict on the company.