Michael Smirnov, the General Director of MGTS, said: "This is an outstanding event for the Moscow residents. New MGTS services will combine convenience of traditional telephony services with regard to payment methods and dialling with low prices typical for cards offered by alternative operators."

To call to any destination worldwide by means of MGTS telematic services, customer will have to dial 8-499-7-6-5-4-3 instead of traditional 8-10, and then, as usual, dial country code, city code and the destination call number.

"In fact, we can say that our subscribers, on the one hand, will face only minor changes in placing long-distance and international calls through dialling "8", on the other hand, they will see the rates dropping dramatically. And they won't have to find a place to buy a card and dial an additional PIN code for identification," said Michael Smirnov.

The services will be billed after their provision. All long-distance and international calls as well as subscriber fee will be included in one single monthly bill.

Rates will be applied from the moment connection is established, according to predetermined tariff plans. For example, calls within Russia will cost from RUR 1.50 to RUR 4 per minute. Calls to the CIS countries will cost from RUR 4 to RUR 10, to Europe and the USA - RUR 4, to other countries outside the CIS - from RUR 6 to RUR 20.

You can find detailed information on rates and directions for MGTS telematic services use on the company's site in the section "Voice transmission services" (in Russian).

MGTS provides telematic services under the license # 29335 granted by the Ministry of Communications of the Russian Federation on December 11, 2003.

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PJSC Moscow City Telephone Network is one of the biggest not only in Russia, but among the local wire telecommunications companies in Europe too. The Company's continual priority task is to provide quality telephone communication accessible to the millions of the Russia's capital-city inhabitants. The MGTS personnel of 20 000 persons supply services to about 4.2 million subscribers. The telephone density in Moscow conforms to the European standards - over 50 MGTS telephones per 100 metropolitan residents. There are about 600 MGTS telephone exchanges in operation, and their number increases year by. There are presently 18 000 pay stations available at the Company's public payphone network. To date, the MGTS share amounts to 80% in the Moscow fixed telecommunications market. The dynamic development of the Company is noted for its stable economic situation, prescheduled on-going income growth rate, and for the amount of provided services on the upgrade. The Central Office of PJSC MGTS is located in Moscow at 12, bdg. 3, Petrovskiy Boulevard, Moscow, Russia. The Company's Internet address is www.mgts.ru.

For further details, please approach the Department of Information and Public Relations - PJSC MGTS.
Tel: +7 (095) 950 0623, fax: +7 (095) 950 0622,
E-mail: pressa@mgts.ru