"Direct" Local Numbers Available Again!
19 April 2006
to become the first cellular operatorto offer 'direct' local telephone numbers since introduction of newRegulations. This strengthens our cooperation and makes the efforts weundertake to develop joint services for a broad spectrum of subscribersmore productive."
VimpelCom is a leading international provider of mobile telecommunicationsservices in Russia and Kazakhstan, with newly acquired operations inUkraine, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. The VimpelCom Group's license portfoliocovers approximately 232 million people. Geographically it covers 78regions in Russia (with 136.5 million people, representing 94% of Russia'spopulation) as well as the entire territories of Kazakhstan, Ukraine,Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. VimpelCom was the first Russian company to listits shares on the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE"). VimpelCom's ADSs arelisted on the NYSE under the symbol "VIP."
For additional information please contact:Public Relations, OAO VimpelComYevgenia Dyomina+7 (495) 725-07-42, media@beeline.ru
About Golden Telecom (www.goldentelecom.com):
Golden Telecom, Inc. (NASDAQ: GLDN) is a leading facilities-based providerof integrated telecommunications and Internet services in major populationcenters throughout Russia and other countries of the Commonwealth ofIndependent States ("CIS"). The Company offers voice, data and Internetservices to corporations, operators and consumers using its overlay networkin major cities including Moscow, Kiev, St. Petersburg, Nizhny Novgorod,Samara, Kaliningrad, Krasnoyarsk, Almaty, and Tashkent, and via intercityfiber optic and satellite-based networks, including approximately 259combined access points in Russia and other countries of the CIS. TheCompany offers cellular communication services in Kiev and Odessa.
Statements made in this press release are forward looking and are madepursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Securities Litigation ReformAct of 1995. Such statements include those on our intentions to offer"direct" local numbers to customers. It is important to note that suchstatements involve risks and uncertainties, which may cause outcomes todiffer materially from those set forth in these statements. Such risks anduncertainties include, but are not limited to, the possibility that we arenot able to offer "direct" local numbers to our customers on the basis ofthe agreement with VimpelCom. Additional information concerning factorsthat could cause results to differ materially from those in theforward-looking statements is contained in the Company's filings with theU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission including the Company's quarterlyreport on Form 10-Q and current reports on Form 8-K filed during 2006, andthe Company's annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,2005.
For additional information please contact:
Public relations:Anna Chin Go Pine-mail: Email Contacttel.: +7-495-797-9300fax: +7-495-797-9332
Investor Relations:Ranjit Singhe-mail: Email Contacttel.: +7-495-797-9300fax: +7-495-797-9331
SOURCE: Golden Telecom
Source: marketwire
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