Ukrtelecom Joint Stock Company is the advanced enterprise with the developed infrastructure that holds leading position in the field of fixed telephony market of Ukraine. The Company covers about 71% of the local telephony market and 83% of long-distance and international telephony market. Ukrtelecom provides all kinds of advanced telecommunication services throughout Ukraine, namely: (international, long-distance and local telephony; data transmission and construction of private virtual telephone networks; Internet services, including: switched and broadband Internet access for fixed telephony subscribers; permanent IP-connection via dedicated line; hardware and virtual hosting; rent of non-switched dedicated telecom channels; ISDN; video-conference communication; wire communication; telegraphy; technical maintenance of radio and TV broadcasting networks. Ukrtelecom possesses the most high-capacity, reliable and expanded network with high level of maintainability and redundancy that is the basis for telecom infrastructure of Ukraine. To satisfy the increasing demands of its subscribers, Ukrtelecom created the most high-capacity national data trunk network in Ukraine on the basis of the modern DWDM technology, which carrying capacity reaches 4 GBits/sec and provides high-quality info telecommunication services including Internet in all regions of Ukraine. Ukrtelecom is the largest telecom communication carrier of fixed telephony in Ukraine, operating over 10 million of telephone lines, and the leader among Internet providers in Ukraine rendering switched access services to hundreds of thousands customers.

Velton.Telecom Ltd. is one of the first private telecommunication companies in Ukraine. The company has worked in the telecommunications market since 1993 The main business activity of Velton.Telecom is development of the traditional wire communications, transport networks and multiservice access nodes (including Internet and data transmission). As of today cutting-edge networks are operating or being developed in 12 cities in Central, Eastern and Southern Ukraine: Kharkov, Kiev, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Sumy, Poltava, Zaporozhye, Kremenchug, Lugansk, Mariupol, Krivoy Rog and Simferopol. Velton.Telecom Ltd has built its own transportation network, equipped with its multiservice access nodes in regional centers of Ukraine. This enables establishment of high-capacity intercity and long-distance digital channels. Due to flexible tariff policy there are not only individuals but also well-known companies, leading banks of Central and Eastern Ukraine among the subscribers of Velton.Telecom. Flexible pricing and special discounts make digital telephone from Velton.Telecom affordable for most people, as well as organizations, companies and corporations. All this combined with high quality and continuous improvement of services is clearly a big advantage of Velton.Telecom that results in constant growth of its client base.

PJSC SMARTS (" 120 Interregional Association of Radio-telecommunication Systems in Srednevolzhskaya Area ") is the largest cross-regional mobile phone operator in Russia, providing services of cellular communication standard GSM 900/1800 since 1996. Services include a full range of voice and supplementary services: local cellular communications, long distance and international communications, roaming, data (SMS, MMS, GPRS, WAP); pre-paid and post-paid services; basic additional services (define number, deny calls, forward calls, voice mail etc.), information and entertainment services (orders, delivery of ads, interactive SMS-service, music, etc.), service support of subscribers. PJSC "SMARTS" operates in 15 regions of Russia in Povolzhskiy, Southern and Central Federal District (Samara, Astrakhan, Volgograd, Ivanovo, Orenburg, Penza, Saratov, Yaroslavl, Ulyanovsk region, the Republic of Bashkortostan, Kalmykia, Mari El, Mordovia, Tatarstan, Chuvashia). The number of subscribers of the SMARTS group as of January 2009 was over 3.5 million. The transport network is built on the company's own radio and optical equipment, as well as on leased channels.

"Transtelecom" JSC is formed on November 9, 1999 for the purpose of the guarantee of technical operation and modernization of the existing communication network "National Company "Kazakhstan Temir Zholy" JSC. Today "Transtelecom" JSC is one of the leading telecommunication operators in Kazakhstan, which provides not only international, interurban, local telephony services and access to Internet Network, but also backbone links. Clients of "Transtelecom" JSC are private individuals as well as corporate users, and telecommunication operators. "Transtelecom" JSC has sufficiently branched network of local telephone connection, built along the railroads of Kazakhstan, and is present in more than 200 populated areas. "Transtelecom" JSC possesses all necessary licenses for the realization of operator activity in the sphere of telecommunications in The Republic of Kazakhstan. "Transtelecom" JSC proposes to you the most contemporary solutions, which cover entire spectrum of the telecommunication services, which are characterized by quality and reliability.

Vega Telecommunications Group is the largest private operator of Ukrainian fixed-line market and a part of SCM Group's telecommunication business. Vega holds a leading position in Ukrainian fixed telephony services, broadband Internet access and data transmission markets. Vega appeared at Ukrainian market as the result of consolidation of largest Ukrainian telecommunication groups «Farlep» and «Optima Telecom» joined by the companies «Ukomline», «CSS», IP Telecom, «Matrix», «Vilkom» and many others. As of today the consolidated operator is present in 40 cities and 2 villages in 17 regions of Ukraine. Full range of services is provided by Vega in 37 locations in Ukraine. Operational management of the Vega telecommunications group is performed by Farlep Invest.

JSC «Kazakhtelecom», the national carrier of Kazakhstan and one of the fastest growing telecommunications companies in the CIS, provides a wide range of infocomm services. The central office is located in the capital of Kazakhstan - Astana. The company employs about 30 000 people. Kazakhtelecom has regional offices in each area of the country and provides services throughout the territory of Kazakhstan. As of 01.01.09 the company serves more than 3.3 million fixed-line subscribers. Kazakhtelecom cooperates and collaborates with over 40 operators from both near and far abroad. Net profit for 2008 KazakhTelecom. amounted to 31 billion 381 million tenge.

Golden Telecom is the leading telecommunication company on the Ukrainian market. We offer integrated services to corporate clients and communication operators: telephone communication; Internet and data transfer; mobile communication. Services: (local, long distance and international digital telephone communication; high-speed Internet access via dedicated channels for offices and corporations; construction of turnkey corporate networks; special services for banks and other financial institutions; leasing data transfer channels from 64 Kbps to 100 Mbps, organization of accompanying services (IP-telephony, videoconferencing etc.); Data Center (hosting, collocation); Golden Telecom Call Center; mobile communication of the GSM-1800 standard under Golden Telecom and UNI brand names). The mission of Golden Telecom is to maintain permanent human communication honestly, by means of convenient telecommunication solutions.

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». Kyivstar is the leader in mobile communications quality and number of the customers (over 23,872 mln - as of 1th of February 2008). Kyivstar is the close corporation, which shareholders are Telenor (56,52%) and Storm (43,48%). A customer can be reached in any location within Ukraine. Kyivstar's network covers all big and small cities and over 28 thousand villages, all the main national and regional roads, majority of sea and river coasts of Ukraine. Coverage of the territory, where 99,9% of Ukraine's population lives, is guaranteed. Variety of the tariff plans, flexible discount system, additional services, optimum cost/demand correlation. Private and corporate customers can choose the service option that fits their interest the best.

FE «COSCOM» LLC was established in April of 1996 as joint enterprise MCT Telecom Corp. (99.2%) and local partner (0.8%). Fundamental area of enterprise is development of modern cellular communication system in standard of GSM 900/1800. First network was launched in Samarkand city, later network spread all over the country. In July of 2007 the main shareholder of FE «COSCOM» LLC became Swedish-Finnish company TeliaSonera - one of the leading European players at telecommunication market. TeliaSonera Company - one of the participants of GSM technology opening in 1993 year. This is - open company with 700 000 shareholders, in which 28 000 employed workers. TeliaSonera leads business in 18 countries of the world. Henceforth «COSCOM» is part of this overall European structure and under control of Fintur Holdings B.V company. In 2008 FE «COSCOM» LLC started to realization of his plans about total modernization of radio-switching equipment, launching 3G system and offering new, modern services to his subscribers. Special attention is given to development of new offers for company subscribers and further broadening network coverage, in order that company services became available for those, who lives in remote districts of Uzbekistan. In July of 2008 FE «COSCOM» LLC accomplished full restart of his trade mark, and new «UCell» brand appeared instead of «COSCOM» brand.

Closed joint-stock venture "Byelorussian telecommunication network" registered on 5.11.2004. Upon signing the contract on 29.06.2008 it joint international group of Turkcell Company. Now the constitutors of "Byelorussian telecommunication network" are Turkcell (80%) and Republic of Belarus (20%). The Republic of Belarus is presented by the Ministry of Communications and Informatisation. In addition to voice communication the operator renders the services of data transfer by GPRS technology and also the services of SMS and MMS.

Nokia Siemens Networks is one of the largest telecommunications solutions suppliers in the world. Nokia Siemens Networks was created as the result of a joint venture between Siemens AG and Nokia's Network Business Group. The new company was announced on 19 June 2006 and began full operations on 1 April 2007. The company has about 60,000 employees. Its business units reflect main business activities of the company: Radio Access, Broadband Access, Converged Core, IP Transport, Operations and Business Software Services. It has its headquarters in Espoo, Finland. The customer base of Nokia Siemens Networks includes 1,400 customers in 150 countries (including more than 600 operator customers). About 1 billion people are connected through its networks.

The US Diplomatic mission to Ukraine started on January 22, 1992, and today is comprised of approximately 175 Americans and more than 350 Ukrainians, representing more than a dozen US Government departments and agencies.

Volia is national Ukrainian telecommunication services provider. The Volia project was established in 2000, with the assistance of experts from the international investment company SigmaBleyzer. In 2002 - 2003, Volia launched state-of-the-art technologies and pioneered the implementation of digital cable TV in Eastern Europe and the CIS. In 2008 we announced about merging under one brand «VOLIA» providers that operate in more then 16 of Ukraine's largest cities, providing a complex of up-to-date telecommunication services: digital cable TV, high-speed Internet, near-video-on-demand, and VoIP. The company employs about 3000 people.

Delta Bank is one of the leaders in the consumer finance market of Ukraine. Founded in 2006, Delta Bank is a high-tech specialized retail bank. In 2008 it issued over 500 thousand credit cards, and thus has become the 8-th best in CIS countries and the forth in Ukraine in the volume of active credit cards. Today the bank is one of top-three bank in the domestic market of consumer lending, occupying about 25% of the total volume of consumer loans, and serving customers in offices throughout Ukraine. The size of the statutory fund is 510 mln of Ukrainian grivnas.

Ukrainian Mobile Communications (UMC) is the second-largest mobile operator in Ukraine, now fully owned by Russia's Mobile TeleSystems. In 1993, UMC was the first company to introduce mobile (cellular) services in Ukraine. Since late 2006, UMC has been developing the 3G mobile network. As of today, UMC provides various value-added services based on GPRS / EGPRS / EDGE and SMS / WAP / MMS / USSD and WiFi hotspots. Working under brands MTC, Jeans and Ecotel, it serves over 20 million customers.

Ness Technologies is a leading global provider of Information Technology (IT) services, specializing in the design and deployment of leading-edge solutions, including both offshore and near-shore outsourcing; system integration, application development and consulting; and software distribution. Company serves over 500 customers worldwide. Incorporated in 1999 it went public in September 2004. Ness maintains offices in 18 countries around the world and a workforce of over 8,300 experienced information technology and consulting professionals.

T-Systems is a Frankfurt based worldwide operating ICT provider founded in October 2000. It belongs to Deutsche Telekom AG, within which it is responsible for business customers. It operates in 24 countries of the world. The company revenue in 2007 made 11 987 milliard. Euro

Deutsche Telekom AG - a public telecommunications company headquartered in Bonn, was formed in 1996 as the former state-owned monopoly Deutsche Bundespost was privatized. It is the largest telecommunications company in Germany and in the European Union, operating in over 50 countries around the world. Provides fixed-line and mobile telephony, broadband and fixed-line internet services, IT and network services to over 90 million providers. As of the end of 2008 its market cap makes 65 billion USD.