Case Study: Russian telecoms giant MegaFon achieves risk-aware budgeting and improved CAPEX efficiency with Palisade DecisionTools Suite

Palisade’s DecisionTools Suite Underpins Enterprise Risk Management Programme at Russian Telecoms Giant, MegaFon

MegaFon, one of Russia’s largest mobile operators, needed to move from informal risk handling to a formal enterprise risk management process that integrated with budgeting and investment planning. To give its management transparent, data‑driven insight into budget and investment risks, MegaFon adopted Palisade’s DecisionTools Suite—notably @RISK and TopRank—to support forecasting, sensitivity analysis and scenario modelling across its eight regional branches.

Palisade’s tools were used to consolidate branch inputs, run Monte Carlo simulations, produce tornado charts to identify the five most critical revenue drivers, and generate realistic minimum, median and best‑case budget figures and probability distributions for NPVs and cash flows. Using TopRank and @RISK to compare potential data‑centre locations and model project and exchange‑rate risks, Palisade enabled MegaFon to make informed investment choices, maximize capital‑expenditure efficiency, and replace static guesses with measurable probabilities and actionable risk mitigation.

MegaFon

Dmitry Shevchenko

Head of Risk Management