Monday, October 24, 2005

Mobile TeleSystems Selects NetCracker Technology to Manage Its Service-Base of 50 Million Subscribers;

NetCracker's OSS Solution Deployment Will Occur Enterprisewide in One of the Top-10 Global Information Companies
NetCracker Technology, the leading Global Solution Company enabling service providers to rapidly deliver and effectively manage convergent and content-rich offerings, today announced that Mobile TeleSystems (NYSE: MBT), the largest mobile phone operator in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), has chosen NetCracker's OSS infrastructure and services for its resource and service inventory provisioning to support its exploding customer base. Mobile TeleSystems (MTS) is deploying the NetCracker Resource and Service Management Operations Support Systems (OSS) Solution in its advanced network.

"NetCracker's portfolio will allow MTS to enhance the utilization of network resources and service provisioning activities while continuing to provide sophisticated, content-rich services to our customers," said Yuri Gromakov, chief technology officer at MTS. This capability, in turn, will enable the rapid delivery and management of services to the largest mobile customer base in Russia.

MTS's services cover 79 of the 89 regions in Russia and the entire territories of Ukraine, Belarus, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan. BusinessWeek has rated MTS as number six in the fastest growing companies category in its "Info Tech100." MTS looks to NetCracker to help it provide the most reliable mobile services and equip the company with the infrastructure to grow its business.

"The growth of MTS is due in large part to its commitment to offering its customers the best services," said Andrew Feinberg, president and CEO of NetCracker Technology. "With NetCracker, MTS can excel in resource and service management, which will help the company achieve greater control and profitability in its network. NetCracker is pleased to help MTS drive its next phase of growth and market dominance."

About NetCracker Technology
NetCracker Technology is the leading Global Solution Company enabling Service Providers to rapidly deliver and effectively manage convergent and content-rich offerings. NetCracker delivers service and resource management through its software and implementation expertise.

NetCracker's pre-integrated product modules include Service Inventory, Resource Inventory, Service Provisioning & Activation, Discovery & Reconciliation, Design and Planning, Customer Impact Analysis, Outside Plant, Order Management, Asset Management and Telecom Cost Management. Founded in 1993, NetCracker Technology is headquartered in Waltham, MA, and can be reached at 1-781-419-3300 or www.netcracker.com.
About Mobile TeleSystems (MTS)

Mobile TeleSystems (NYSE: MBT) is the largest mobile phone operator in Russia and the CIS. Together with its subsidiaries, the Company services 50 million subscribers. The regions of Russia, as well as Belarus, Ukraine, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan, in which MTS and its subsidiaries are licensed to provide GSM services, have a total population of approximately 233.1 million. Since June 2000, MTS's Level 3 ADRs have been listed on the New York Stock Exchange with the ticker symbol MBT. Additional information about MTS can be found on MTS's website at www.mtsgsm.com.

NetCracker is a registered trademark of NetCracker Technology Corp. All other company or product names mentioned in this press release may be trademarks or registered trademarks of the respective companies of which they are associated.


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