Brussels, Belgium – Moscow, Russia – 31 August 2011
BICS
About MTS
Mobile TeleSystems OJSC (“MTS”) is the leading telecommunications group in Russia, Eastern Europe and Central Asia, offering mobile and fixed voice, broadband, pay TV as well as content and entertainment services in one of the world’s fastest growing regions. Including its subsidiaries, the Group services over 99 million mobile subscribers in Russia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Armenia and Belarus, a region that boasts a total population of more than 230 million. Since June 2000, MTS’ Level 3 ADRs have been listed on the New York Stock Exchange (ticker symbol MBT). Additional information about the MTS Group can be found at
www.mtsgsm.com
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About BICS
BICS delivers best in class global solutions for Voice, Messaging, Roaming, Connectivity and Mobile Financial Services to hundreds of telecommunication providers around the world. With our passionate and creative teams located in Brussels, Bern, Monaco, Dubai, Singapore and New York, we continuously strive to provide our customers with the highest levels of quality, reliability and interoperability that enable them to maximise end-user value. Our innovative approach is visible through our place at the forefront of the market consolidation and technology advancement. We are a joint venture of Belgacom, Swisscom and MTN, and have rolled out transformative Next Generation Networks (NGN). This together with our continued focus on Value Added Services for Mobile Operators and our growth strategy has enabled us to reach a world-leading position both on the International Voice and Mobile Data markets.
For more information, please visit: www.bics.com.
For further information, please contact:
BICS
Cathérine Bals
Director Marketing & Communications
catherine.bals@bics.com
+32 473 92 28 10
MTS
Evgeny Moskalev
Director of Interconnect, Roaming, Internet & Data services
emoskalev@mts.ru
+7 495 911 65 68
, a leading global provider of voice, messaging, roaming, connectivity and mobile financial services, is proud to have been chosen by MTS (OJSC Mobile TeleSystems), the largest mobile operator in Russia, Eastern Europe and Central Asia, as their Signalling provider for its group companies.
Starting in July this year, MTS began using BICS as the global signalling gateway for its daughter companiesin Russia, Ukraine, Armenia and Uzbekistan, in order to ensure continuity of services for its 95 million strong mobile subscribers while travelling and using their mobile phones all around the globe.
“We are very proud to have been selected as MTS’ signalling partner, providing the necessary global reachto their customers with the best in class voice and mobile data capabilities while roaming,” said Nicholas Nikrouyan, Chief Commercial Officer at BICS. “We are confident that BICS will add significant value to MTS’
growth strategy and ambition to provide their customers with the highest level of customer experience wherever they are around the world. This new agreement is indicative of the commitment both companies have to further enhance and strengthen our partnership for years to come.”
“We are keen to have a strategic partnership with BICS to enhance our roaming relations and to be in touch with future trends. Also we hope that our business relationships will proceed to prosper in the same fruitful and mutually beneficial manner”, said Evgeny Moskalev, Director of Interconnect, Roaming, Internet & Data services at MTS.
