History
2025: $22.4 million Astel purchase
Freedom Telecom Holding Ltd, controlled by businessman Timur Turlov, acquired a 100% stake in the private company Astel Group Ltd. This was reported in May 2025 by Freedom Telecom. Freedom Telecom paid 11.46 billion tenge for the new company in its portfolio. The transaction was completed on April 30, 2025. The buyer retains the Astel brand, with the infrastructure and networks of the two companies - Astel and Freedom Telecom - "working in synergy to improve efficiency." Read more here
2024: Purchase of rival SilkNetCom
On November 8, 2024, it became known that the Kazakhstan telecom company Freedom Telecom acquired the IT provider SilkNetCom. The transaction value amounted to $23.88 million. Read more here.

