Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2008 Financial Results Announcement and Conference Call
4 March 2009
The management of Mobile TeleSystems (MTS) will be holding a conference call to discuss the Company’s Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2008 Financial and Operating Results on Wednesday, March 11, 2009.
Please note that the conference call will start at:
18:00 hrs (Moscow time)
15:00 hrs (London time)
11:00 hrs (US Eastern time)
To take part in the conference call, please dial one of the following telephone numbers, quoting the Company’s name, MTS:
From the US: + 1 480 629 9033
From the UK: + 44 207 190 1492
International: + 44 207 190 1492
The conference call will also be available at: http://www.mtsgsm.com/news/reports/ via audio webcast.
The earnings release will be posted approximately three hours prior to the conference call and the management’s slide presentation will be posted approximately one hour prior to the conference call at: http://www.mtsgsm.com/news/reports/.
A replay of the conference call will be available on the following telephone numbers from March 11 (from approximately 23:00 hrs Moscow time/20:00 hrs London time/16:00 hrs US Eastern time) to March 21, 2009:
From the US: + 1 303 590 3030 PIN 4017671#
From the UK: + 44 207 154 2833 PIN 4017671#
International: + 44 207 154 2833 PIN 4017671#
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For further information, please contact:
Mobile TeleSystems, Moscow
Investor Relations
Tel: +7 495 223 2025
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Mobile TeleSystems OJSC (“MTS”) is the largest mobile phone operator in Russia and the CIS. Together with its subsidiaries, the Company services over 91.40 million subscribers. The regions of Russia, as well as Armenia, Belarus, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan, in which MTS and its associates and subsidiaries are licensed to provide GSM services, have 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).