21 NEW VIVACELL OFFICES TO APPEAR IN ARMENIA THIS YEAR

ARKA
April 11, 2008

YEREVAN, April 11. /ARKA/. RA Public Services Regulatory Commission
(PSRC) licensed K-Telecom mobile communication operator to open
12 customer service centres in Yerevan and another nine in the
provinces. Head of the Commission’s Telecommunication Department
Gevorg Gevorgyan said the offices will open and staffs will be
recruited before December 31 2008.

VivaCell CEO Ralf Yirikian said the company currently has 70 service
centres in Armenia and the new offices will make the number of service
centres enough to meet the customers’ needs.

"We can open more offices if necessary but at the moment our task
is to open 21 new service centres and recruit profession staffs,"
Yirikian stressed.

VivaCell Company provides a wide spectrum of mobile communication
services in Armenia. 80% company shares belong to Mobile Telesystems
(MTS) and the rest 20% is owned by the Lebanese Fattouch Group. The
company is serving 1.4mln users currently and occupies 66% of Armenian
mobile communication market.