February 10, 2004. Company Moscow Cellular Communications (MCC) (brand name SKYLINK) and BelCel JV (brand name DIALLOG) announce commercial launching of international roaming services between their IMT-MC-450 networks (CDMA2000). In Russia, MCC provides telecom services of the new standard on the territory of Moscow and Moscow region, BelCel JV – within the territory of Belarus. Wireless networks of the new IMT-MC-450 generation provide reliable and qualitative communications and high-speed data services of different format with a high level protection from unauthorized access.

“Establishing of roaming relations between our companies demonstrates the increased demand of the new standard in CIS and, first of all, within the scope of a business-community,’ Marketing Director of MCC Alexander Rumyantsev has commented on the event.” Operation of the most innovative telecom standard enables entrepreneurs of two states to get a heavy competitive advantage including due to the more flexible use of corporate and global informational resources”.

“Opening of the available and beneficial roaming with Moscow and Moscow region – is a good news for the subscribers of our company. Range of the new generation telecom services is perfectly directed toward those who run active living. Subscribers of our company – are dynamic business people who have a lot of partners in the cities - major Russian business centers, so the splendid opportunity to use roaming services assists them to achieve a new height in their business. In the future new IMT-MC-450 operators from Russia and abroad shall join the established roaming area between SKYLINK networks in Moscow and St.Petersbusrg and DIALLOG in Belarus,” Deputy Commercial Director of BelCel JV Sergey Roschenya has commented on opening of the international roaming with SKYLINK.

First in the world commercial roaming between IMT-MC-450 networks was opened in May 2003 between SKYLINK network (CJSC “Delta Telecom”, St. Petersburg) and DIALLOG (BelCel JV, the Republic of Belarus”). Since November 1, 2003 roaming service had become available for SKYLINK subscribers of Moscow and St. Petersburg.

Public corporation “Moscow Cellular Communications” – is a first telecom operator in Moscow region (the company was founded in 1992), that offers to its corporate and private customers an optimal combination of modern and qualitative telecom services, a high-speed data transmission and Internet access, complex telecom solutions, improved standards of work performance and efficient addressed tariffs.

On November 1, 2003 the most innovative telecom network SKYLINK was launched into commercial operation. CDMA2000 1X (IMT-MC) technology based on code division multiple access used in SKYLINK network enables to provide principally new data services as well as the traditional ones. IMT-MC-450 networks – are the first step of the gradual migration to full-service networks of the next generation. Additional information: www.skylink.msk.ru, www.mcc.ru

BelCel JV Ltd. (brand name DIALLOG) is the first wireless communications operator in the Republic of Belarus. The company has been providing cellular communications services since May 1993. From July 15, 2003 the company started to provide services in the most innovative telecom standard CDMA2000 (IMT-MC-450) Nowadays more than 15 000 subscribers use telecom services of DIALLOG.

A wide range of value -added services based on the high-speed Internet access technology is available for the company subscribers. Additional information: www.diallog.by