In late 2001, the State Commission signed an Acceptance Deeds to start up Automatic Telephone Exchanges 714 and 716 with a total capacity of 20 000 numbers meant for providing telecommunications services to the users in the said microdistricts.

Pursuant to the plans of the Company during the first half-year of 2002, all the inhabitants’ applications for telephone installation lodged to the Sevastopolskiy Telephone Node before 1 January 2002 will be granted. The vacant numbering capacity of Automatic Telephone Exchanges 714 and 716 will be utilized in the course of constructing housing blocks and submitting residential telephone installation requests.

Besides, the Lyublinskiy Telephone Node of PJSC MGTS contemplates installing telephones in microdistricts Karacharovo, Grayvoronovo, Tekstilschiki, Ryazanskiy Prospekt, and Kuzminki in the first half-year of 2002. During the mounting work, the Node is expected to meet all the subscriber telephone installation requests filed before 31 December 1999 and, in part, those submitted within YR2000. To fix telephones, the numbering capacity of new Automatic Telephone Exchange 709 will be used accepted by the State Commission late in December 2001.