October 22 2008, Moscow: COMSTAR – United TeleSystems (OAO COMSTAR-UTS), the leading operator of integrated telecom services in Russia and the CIS represents a common exposition of COMSTAR-UTS Company Group at the 8th annual international exhibition and forum of information technologies "InfoKom-2008" to be held October, 22 through 25 in "Krokus Ekspo" International Exhibition Centre.

COMSTAR-UTS is a constant participant of telecom industry exhibition, the largest in Russia the aim of which is to familiarize both specialists and broad circles of interested persons with latest developments of home and world information and telecom technologies. This year, within the framework of a corporate AFK Sistema exhibition booth, combining telecom and hi-tech companies of the holding, COMSTAR-UTS arranged a corporate exposition to demonstrate the key aspects of activities and projects of the Group companies.

“Our participation in InfoKom exhibition is aimed to highlight the real multi-facet competitive advantages of COMSTAR, the main of which is our multi-service approach, completeness of the services spectrum provided, the use of innovation technologies and unique products offered, targeted at the most comprehensive meeting the demands of all market segments, from mass end-users to our corporative clients. It is achieved with the help of all our operational subdivisions resource integration, including an alternative operator for COMSTAR, a leader in fixed communications of the Moscow market, MGTS company, and the leading broadband STRIM Internet access provider", Sergey Nazarov, OAO COMSTAR-UTS Marketing Vice President said.

At COMSTAR-UTS exhibition booth the specialist will be able to get an exhausting data regarding the complex telecom solutions for large corporations, medium and small scale business enterprises, real estate and commercial building facilities. It is interesting to note that COMSTAR-UTS are the first-time exhibition participant as distance communications operator (for details please, visit: https://www.comstar-uts.ru/ru/press_center/news/index.php?afrom4=01.07.2007&ato4=10.10.2008&x=0&y=0&from4=4&id4=613.

An international COMSTAR FON project will also be presented by the Company to the participants of this event. The Company exhibition booth attendees will know how both the existing and potential STRIM Internet service users, with the help of specialized user device - Wi-Fi router - can connect to FON global Wi-Fi network, the Russian segment exclusive operator of which is COMSTAR-UTS. (For details, please visit: https://www.comstar-uts.ru/ru/press_center/press_realizes/index.php?afrom4=01.01.2008&ato4=14.10.2008&x=2&y=7&from4=8&id4=554).

MGTS exposition is intended to visually demonstrate a new concept of service provision by the company, the efforts of which is targeted these days at creation of “Digital Comfort House” for millions of Muscovites. This part of a booth tells about the perspectives, which are opened for the users of the largest Moscow fixed communications operator, with implementation in its network of innovation IMS technology solutions (IP Multimedia Subsystem), namely, a possibility to get from an ordinary telephone wall outlet with the help of user gateway all types of modern telecom services, including digital telephony, wired and wireless broadband Internet access, text message exchange on the basis of a special IMS client, audio and video conference communication, intellectual services (voice mail, answering machine, etc.), access to digital content with the help of video terminal, etc.

Besides, the guests of the exhibition will be informed of the existing tariff plans for Internet service provided by MGTS, as well as a unique offer to backup home channel and to pay for an unlimited access to the Global network on a daily basis within the framework of "Internet Insurance" promo action (for details, please visit: https://www.mgts.ru/folders/2595/.NewsID/660/news-view) All those wishing may fill out an application right at MGTS exhibition booth to get connected to telephone communication services, Internet access, and get their PIN code to get to the user personal cabinet at https://www.mgts.ru/.

STRIM also prepared for the participants and guests of “InfoKom” an interactive exhibition site to encompass the complete range of services provided by the company on the basis of broadband ADSL access. The Company booth attendees will be able to test hi-rate Internet, assess the quality and convenience of STRIM digital TV (around 80 Russian and international channels), including the front-end image transmission format, High Definition TV (HDTV), Video-on-Demand services (VoD), and "POVTOR-TV" (REPEATED-TV). The visitors will also see the capabilities of STRIM24 multimedia portal (https://www.stream24.ru/), combining all the value-added services offered by the Company: internet shops with various licensed digital content (anti-virus, games, software, and music), cinema and theatre billboards, photo hosting “STRIM.Photo” (https://photo.stream24.ru/). A professional camera man on behalf of “STRIM.Photo” will be working at the exhibition, ready to take pictures of all STRIM booth visitors. The photos, on a real-time basis, will be published at “STRIM.Photo”, “InfoKom-2008” section.

Apart from this, the exhibition will feature a presentation of new interactive entertainment service, STRIM.Karaoke, implemented on the basis of STRIM TV menu.

Special attention will be paid by COMSTAR to younger audience, as it was in the last year, when the Company supported a topic program for children, schoolchildren, and students “Digital Route”. Specially for younger visitors of “InfoKom-2008” the Group companies developed an exciting event for the children to get an introduction to the contemporary communications reality. MGTS will offer to the children a chance to test their skills in the role of “Internet insurers”, whereas STRIM will give a chance to try them at computer racing roads in the gaming section of STRIM24 portal, STRIM.Games.

As a partner of youth festival “Digital World”, MGTS will participate in the awarding of computer sports winners, IT Students e-cup 2008 and prize-winners of computer games Cup, Infokom e-cup 2008.