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Ukrainian Mobile Communications, UMC is the first mobile operator in Ukraine with 19.8 million GSM subscribers (June 2007). In 1993, UMC was the first company to introduce mobile (cellular) services in Ukraine, initially in the analog NMT standard, then in GSM 900 and 1800. In October 2006, UMC terminated its NMT service with plans to use the spectrum for the CDMA-450 rollout. From late 2006, UMC has been developing the 3G mobile network in the CDMA-450 1xEV-DO standard. As of today, UMC network support various value-added services based on GPRS / EGPRS / EDGE and SMS / WAP / MMS / USSD. UMC is also a service provider of WiFi hotspots, mainly in large cities and airports.

Kyivstar — is a national mobile operator. Our objective is to provide the largest number of Ukrainians with the opportunity of having high quality, reliable and affordable mobile communication. Our goal is «Communication for everyone».

Avea is Turkey's fast growing mobile communications company, which has a customer base of 10 million and represents 16% of the total market, offering innovative services tailored for the usage of both individual and corporate customers.

Vodafone Turkey is a mobile phone operator in Turkey, currently the country's second largest. It had 13.8M 11 million active subscribers in March 07 - approximately a 25% share of the market - and claims to cover just about all urban areas with a population over 5,000. Vodafone Turkey is also available in Northern Cyprus Island (KKTC- Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus ). On December 13, 2005, it was announced that British-based mobile operator Vodafone had won a public auction to purchase Telsim, for a price of $4.5 billion. The old Telsim brand was phased out on 31 March 2007 in favour of Vodafone, in line with usual practice.

GSM-based mobile communication started in Turkey when Turkcell started its operations in February 1994. Turkcell signed a 25-year GSM license contract on April 27, 1998 with the Ministry of Transportation of Turkey. Since then, it has continuously increased the variety of its services based on mobile audio and data communication, its quality levels and as a result, number of subscribers. As of December 31, 2007, Turkcell has made 8,0 billion US dollars worth of investment in Turkey, which doesn’t include the price of the license. Again as of December 31, 2007, with its 35,4 million subscribers, Turkcell is not only the leading operator in Turkey, but is also the second biggest GSM operator in Europe in terms of subscriber numbers.

Shareholder with 100% - Orange SA/France Telecom has extensive international experience in the rapid establishment of new high performance GSM 1800 communications networks. The company history is a famous case of successful pioneering. Orange has set up one of the two largest GSM 1800 networks in the world and its operation in the UK. is, with over 11 million customers, the world's most successful GSM 1800 network.

Swisscom is the leading telecommunications provider in Switzerland. Along with Swiss Post, it is a successor company to the former state-owned PTT. Its headquarters are located at Worblaufen near Berne. The Swiss Confederation owns 52 percent of Swisscom.

3 is a brand used for nine mobile telecommunications networks in Europe, Asia and Australia. Hutchison Whampoa holds a direct or indirect, majority or minority interest in all of them. All 3-branded networks emphasize their offering of "mobile multimedia" and provide 3G technology. 3 is present in Australia, Austria, Denmark, Hong Kong and Macau, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. Hutchison Whampoa also holds a 3G-license in Israel which operates under the brand Orange, and in Norway which is not operational yet. As of 22nd August 2007, registered 3 customers worldwide numbered almost 15.9 million.

Telenor owns a number of different companies in Sweden. Telenor Sverige AB is the result of Telenor's purchase of Vodafone Sweden in 2005, offering mobile telephone services with a market share of approximately 15%. Telenor also owns Bredbandsbolaget, Sweden's second largest provider of broadband and the largest provider of IP telephony. Canal Digital offers TV distribution as well.

TeliaSonera provides telecommunication services in the Nordic and Baltic countries, in Spain and the emerging markets of Eurasia, including Russia and Turkey. TeliaSonera is in the business of providing high quality telecommunications services, including packaging and carrying content like sound, images, data, information, transactions and entertainment. TeliaSonera offers services that help people and companies communicate in an easy, efficient and environmentally friendly way. Our main purpose is to best serve our customers and create value for our shareholders through strong profits and cash flows.