Press-releases

February 4, 2010, Moscow, Tyumen, Orenburg. COMSTAR – United TeleSystems (COMSTAR-UTS, LSE: CMST), the leading supplier of integrated telecommunication solutions in Russia and the CIS, announces a new appointment in Regional Technical Center (RTC), the leading alternative telecom operator in Siberian region, a member of COMSTAR-UTS Group.

Moscow, Russia – January 27, 2010 – “COMSTAR – United TeleSystems” JSC (“Comstar” or “the Group”) (LSE: CMST), the largest integrated telecommunications provider in Moscow and 69 Russian cities, today announced that its residential broadband internet business in the Russian regions added 57 thousand subscribers in the fourth quarter of 2009 and a total of 122 thousand subscribers during the whole year 2009[1]. The business therefore had more than 400 thousand subscribers by the end of 2009.

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[1] 278 thousand subscribers as at January 1, 2009 incl. STREAM-TV

January 26, 2010, Moscow. COMSTAR – United TeleSystems (COMSTAR-UTS, LSE: CMST), the leading supplier of integrated telecommunication solutions in Russia and the CIS, has entered the register of operators processing personal data.

Moscow, Russia – January 25, 2010– “COMSTAR – United TeleSystems” JSC (“Comstar” or “the Group”) (LSE: CMST), the largest integrated telecommunications provider in Moscow and 69 Russian cities, today announced that its Moscow City Telephone Network (“MGTS”) subsidiary has added a further 41 thousand residential broadband internet subscribers in Moscow since the end of the third quarter of 2009. As a result, MGTS now has over 250 thousand residential broadband subscribers, just over two years after the launch of its broadband internet service offering in October 2007. Comstar owns 69.93% of MGTS, which is Moscow’s incumbent fixed line telecommunications service provider.

January, 25th, 2010, Moscow. COMSTAR – United Telesystems (OJSC Comstar-UTS, LSE: CMST), the largest operator of integrated telecommunication services in Russia and the CIS, announced Evgeny Lapshin's appointment as director of COMSTAR-REGIONS Central Branch (100 % subsidiary of OJSC Comstar-UTS). He took charge since January, 11th, 2010.