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[27 October 2009 – Moscow, Russia] OJSC Mobile TeleSystems (NYSE: MBT), the largest cell operator in Russia and CIS countries, announced that MTS Uzbekistan, a 100% subsidiary of OJSC Mobile TeleSystems, obtained the license of the Uzbek telecom and informatization agency to use the frequency range at the disposal of the company for the construction of the LTE network in Uzbekistan. The company also signed an agreement with Huawei, a leader in providing next generation telecommunications network solutions for operators around the world, on organizing an LTE network based on Huawei equipment in Uzbekistan.

The agreement stipulates the creation of a project work group for the introduction of the LTE technology in Uzbekistan, as well as the organization of the LTE pilot zone in 2010-2012 in Tashkent. The agreement also covers the development of the technical solutions in the sphere of network construction based on the new technology considering the configuration of the current 2G/3G network. Besides Huawei will conduct training for employees of MTS Uzbekistan technical block based on the Vodafone LTE network.

«MTS has launched 3G network in Uzbekistan recently, and intends to further introduce the cutting edge telecom technologies in the country. I' m sure that the license for LTE networking that we obtained, and an agreement we signed with Huawei regarding our intentions to develop this telecom standard in Uzbekistan will contribute to the introduction of this technology as well as give a powerful incentive to the development of the telecom sphere in the country», - remarked Oleg Raspopov, Vice President, Director of MTS Overseas companies business unit.

«The agreement with MTS is very important not only for our companies, but for the development of the whole telecom industry as well. We are proud that the first LTE project in CIS will be realized on our equipment», - said Wang Kexiang, President of Huawei CIS Regional Division. 

OJSC Mobile TeleSystems (MTS) is the largest mobile operator in Russia and CIS countries. The company' s consolidated subscriber base amounts to 96.17M. The population of 82 regions of Russia, plus Armenia, Belorussia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, where MTS and its subsidiaries have licenses for rendering GSM services, exceeds 230M. From June 2000 MTS stock is quoted in New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) with MBT code. 

In April 2008 MTS became the first and sole Russian brand to be included in 100 world' s top brands according to BRANDZ™ rating, published by Financial Times and the leading international research agency Millward Brown. For more information, please visit www.mts.ru.