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November 29, 2004 - MCT Corp. has sold its Siberian cellular operator "Sibintertelecom" to OJSC "Mobile TeleSystems".
MCT Corp., which operates in Russia and Central Asia under the "Indigo" brand, has sold its 93.53% equity interest in the Siberian cellular operator CJSC Sibintertelecom to OJSC "Mobile TeleSystems". As MCT Corp. owns its interest in Sibintertelecom indirectly, it actually sold its interest in a US registered holding company. Sibintertelecom has GSM licenses for the Chita oblast and Aginsky Buriatsky autonomus okrug and is the leading provider of cellular mobile communications in the Chita region. MTS will pay MCT Corp. 37.3 million USD. MTS guarantees 3.9 million USD payable by Sibintertelecom to MCT as part of the transaction.
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November 16, 2004 - SIBI GSM has overcome a boundary of 100 thousand subscribers.
SIBI GSM, the leading cellular communications operator in Chita oblast, has announced the connection of 100,000th subscriber to its network and informed about the further development plans. The press conference was held in the city administration hall of Chita.
The number of SIBI GSM subscribers has practically reached 100,000 subscribers' mark. Due to this on November 8th, 2004 the company launched an action "Become the 100,000th!". The action will be conducted during 30 days and will be finished on December 8th, 2004.
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August 17, 2004 - SIBI GSM introduces ZBest Prepaid Tariff in Chita region cellular communications market
A presentation of a new ZBest prepaid tariff of the cellular operator SIBI GSM was held on August 14, 2004 in the entertaining complex "Gold Olimpus"
ZBest is a separate trademark, under which the company introduces a new product on the market. The regional cellular company offers prepaid service for the first time not only in Chita oblast, but also in Zabaykalsk region. Prepaid service has a number of important features, which determine a special place of ZBest tariff not only in the line of tariff plans, but in the company's history as a whole. Supply and installation of the prepaid system equipment were carried out by Bercut, one of the leaders on the Russian market of intellectual platforms.
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July 30, 2004 - MCT CORP. ANNOUNCES COMPLETION OF NETWORK EXPANSION IN UZBEKISTAN.
ALEXANDRIA, Va. - MCT Corp. announced today that COSCOM, its 85% owned national mobile services joint venture in Uzbekistan, has completed a major 9-month network coverage expansion project. Doubling the number of its radio base stations, COSCOM is now the leading coverage provider in Tashkent, and many other areas of the country. Users can also now access the COSCOM network in the western Uzbek cities of Khorezm, Nukus, Urgench, and Khiva. In addition, COSCOM completed installation and introduced a state-of-the-art voice messaging system.
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July 1, 2004 - CJSC “Saratov Mobile” is starting commercial operations of a new GSM-1800 network.
On June 1, 2004 the company “Saratov Mobile”, serving more 20 thousand subscribers in DAMPS standard, is launching a new GSM-1800 network into commercial operations. The network has been built in record time on the equipment of the Chinese producer “Huawei Technologies Co.” At present the network contains 35 base stations, providing the stable radio coverage in the cities Saratov and Engels.
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June 25, 2004 - The company “Parma Mobile” is continuing the building of a new GSM-1800 network and its trial operations.
In the end of May 2004 the company “Parma Mobile”, incorporated into the holding “Indigo Group”, began trial operations of a new network “INDIGO GSM”. During the month 12 base stations from 20 planned were launched in Syktyvkar city and 5 base stations from 7 planned in the cities Ukhta and Sosnogorsk.
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June 3, 2004 - MCT CORP. ANNOUNCES INTRODUCTION OF FULL-FEATURE PREPAID SERVICES IN UZBEKISTAN
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – MCT Corp. announced today that COSCOM, its 85% owned national mobile services joint venture in Uzbekistan, has launched full-featured, prepaid services under the brand name Real™. Users can now access the COSCOM network using prepaid service cards with real-time billing, real-time access to account balances, and real-time customer service. The introduction of prepaid service by COSCOM marks the first prepaid system in Uzbekistan.
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May 17, 2004 - CJSC “Novgorod Telecommunications” is launching GSM-1800 network into commercial operations.
On May 18, 2004 CJSC “Novgorod Telecommunications” will conduct a press conference devoted to the commercial launch of a new cellular network “Indigo-GSM” in Novgorod Veliky.
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April 28, 2004 - CJSC “Arkhangelsk Mobile Networks” is starting the trial operations of a new GSM-1800 network.
On April 27, 2004 the company “Arkhangelsk Mobile Networks” started the trial operations of new network of GSM-1800 cellular communications standard.
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April 26, 2004 - 50 thousand subscribers in the "SIBI GSM" network.
On the 23d of April, 2004 a 50th subscriber was connected to the network of CJSC “Sibintertelecom” (trade mark “Sibi GSM”), the operator of the cellular communications standard GSM-900/1800 in Chita oblast and Aginsky Buryatsky autonomous okrug. Malysheva Natalia, the lecturer of the Chita State University, became an anniversary subscriber.
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April 15, 2004 - CJSC “Novgorod Telecommunications” has started a new GSM-1800 network trial operations.
By the middle of April, 2004 “Novgorod Telecommunications” company, incorporated into “Indigo Group” holding, has completed the building of a new network of GSM-1800 standard on the basis of AMPS standard network and is starting its trial operations.
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April 9, 2004 - “Chuvashia Mobile” company has completed GSM-1800 network building and is starting its technical operations.
By the end of March, 2004 “Chuvashia Mobile” company, incorporated into “Indigo Group” holding, has completed the building of a new network of GSM-1800 standard on the basis of AMPS standard network. At the time of launch the stable coverage is provided on the territory of Cheboksary city, its suburbs and Novocherkassk city.
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August 22, 2003 - MCT CORP. ANNOUNCES BID FOR IRAQ MOBILE TELECOM NETWORKS
Alexandria, VA – MCT Corp., an Alexandria, Virginia based company announces the submission of its bid for a license to operate a GSM cellular telephone network in Iraq. MCT is leading an American/Iraq consortium in its bid for this license to develop advanced communications solutions that meet the needs of the Iraqi people as rapidly as possible.
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August 11, 2003 - MCT Corp. has concluded a binding agreement with OJSC “Mobile TeleSystems” on the sale of five cellular operators.
MCT Corp., which operates in Russia and Central Asia under the “Indigo” brand, has signed a binding agreement to sell its equity interests in five Russian cellular communications operators to OJSC “Mobile TeleSystems”.
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September 20, 2001 - MCT CORP. ANNOUNCES COVERAGE OF UZBEKISTAN’S SILK ROAD
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Coscom, an Uzbek-U.S. joint venture, has completed the next phases of its expansion plan, now covering the entire Uzbek portion of the “Silk Road”, a traditional Asian/European trading route, linking industrial and population centers. Coscom now provides GSM coverage from Uzbekistan’s eastern borders with Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to the southern border with Turkmenistan.
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August 1, 2001 - MCT CORP. ANNOUNCES INTRODUCTION OF ADDITIONAL GSM COVERAGE
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – PrimTelefone, an MCT affiliate, has introduced commercial GSM mobile service in Primorskiy krai. Service has been introduced in the cities of Vladivostok, Ussuriysk, Nakhodka, Fokino, Bol’shoi Kamen, Slavyanka and Artem.
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June 18, 2001 - MCT CORP. INTRODUCES NEW MOBILE SERVICE BRAND “INDIGO”
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – MCT has introduced the new cellular brand “INDIGO” for cellular businesses operating in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States.
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May 8, 2001 - MCT CORP. ADDS AMBASSADOR PALMER TO BOARD OF DIRECTORS
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Ambassador Mark Palmer has been elected to the board of directors of MCT Corp., a provider of mobile telecommunication service through twenty-five joint ventures in Russia and Central Asia.
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March 01, 2000 - MCTR JOINT VENTURE SOMONCOM INITIATES FIRST GSM CELLULAR SERVICE IN TAJIKISTAN
ALEXANDRIA, Va. - MCTR announced today that its Tajik-American joint venture, Somoncom, initiated commercial service of the first GSM-standard cellular system in the Republic of Tajikistan.
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January 2001 - Russia’s cellular communication market at 2001/01/01
The year 2000 - was a year of cellular communication in Russia.
Now in Russia there are almost 3,400.000 cellular subscribers – a 152% increase over the number at the end of 1999.
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October 2, 2000 - GOLDEN TELECOM SIGNS AGREEMENT TO ACQUIRE 18 PERCENT OF MCT CORP. IN EXCHANGE FOR THE GOLDEN'S RUSSIAN MOBILE PROPERTIES
MOSCOW--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 2, 2000--Golden Telecom, Inc. (“GTI”) (Nasdaq: GLDN - news) has agreed to acquire 18 percent of MCT Corp. (“MCT”) in exchange for GTI's 100 percent ownership of Vostok Mobile B.V., a Netherlands registered private limited holding company that owns GTI's Russian cellular operations.
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January 1, 2000 - MCTR ANNOUNCES 1999 SUBSCRIBER GROWTH
ALEXANDRIA, Va. - MCTR today announced a 164% increase in cellular subscribers for the year ended December 31, 1999, reflecting increases of 166% and 163% in Russia and Central Asia, respectively.
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