Kiev, January 30, 2004. Ukraine’s State Communications and Information Technology Committee has issued certificates of compliance for special-service electronic components (MEDIO IN) and analog-to-digital converters analog data digitizers (MEDIO PCM) to STROM telecom. Now, the company holds SSEC and ADC certificates in Russia and Ukraine. SSEC and ADC equipment from STROM telecom was put through certification tests at the Communications Equipment Test Laboratory at the Odessa Communications Research Institute. Institute experts conducted shop tests at the company’s plant in Votice and field tests on the network of OAO Ukrtelecom Company. MEDIO IN equipment is installed in the networks of several communications operators in Moscow (MGTS and MTU-Inform), Syzran, Togliatti, and several other cities in Russia. MEDIO platform-based services are provided by telecommunications operators in Russia, Germany, the Czech Republic, the US, and a few other countries. STROM telecom is a Czech company that develops and manufactures a wide range of up-to-date switchgear, information systems and technologies for telecoms operators. The company was established in 1993. At present, it employs around 750 specialist staff. Its portfolio comprises over 20 systems and products for fixed, mobile and IP telephony operators, including switchboards for intelligent networks (IN), call centers, through switching exchanges, analog-to-digital converters, billing systems, customer support systems, protection systems against unauthorized access, solutions for next generation networks (NGN), and so on. The company’s equipment has been installed and is operated advantageously in Russia, the US, Germany, the Czech Republic, Slovenia, Bosnia, and other countries. For more detail, contact: STROM telecom Karen Vitalyevich Shakhnazarov Tel: +420 606 742 243 e-mail:kuren.shakhnazarov@strom.cz STROM telecom Representative Office in Ukraine 23/3 Bolshaya Zhitomirskaya St., Kiev Tel: 38 044 237 21 61 Viktor Alexandrovich Ryshkov