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    Android-powered HTC smartphones soon in Armenia, with VivaCell-MTS
    driving the innovation - as always

    2010-04-09 18:23:00


    ArmInfo. VivaCell-MTS, a subsidiary of Mobile TeleSystems OJSC,
    announces the closing of an agreement with HTC, a global designer of
    smartphones to introduce HTC smartphones, featuring the innovative
    Android platform. The gadgets will be soon on sale in the Company's
    service centers across Armenia.

    The press service of VivaCell-MTS reports that with this new
    initiative of VivaCell-MTS on bringing HTC's stylish new smartphones
    to the Armenian market, VivaCell-MTS subscribers will be provided with
    the latest mobile technologies for their business and leisure. The
    introduction of the Android-powered handsets is the result of a
    successful partnership between VivaCell-MTS and HTC, one of the
    world's leaders in mobile network technology and solutions for the
    high technologies consumer market.

    With a sleek design and compactness, the smartphone featuring the
    Android platform for which it has come to be known, HTC smartphones
    will enable a superior mobile internet experience, for which the
    Android platform was designed, providing broad flexibility for
    personalization via the application-rich Android Market. To be
    available to Armenians soon, Android Market will allow quick and easy
    downloading of games and applications utilizing VivaCell-MTS' fast and
    reliable 2G (GPRS/EDGE) and 3.5G (UMTS/HSPA) networks.

    Besides, all HTC smart phones feature HTC Sense - a unique user
    friendly interface. HTC Sense is a user experience focused on putting
    people at the center by making phones work in a more simple and
    natural way.

    "Delivering innovative state-of-the-art technologies to its
    subscribers is what VivaCell-MTS strives to achieve endlessly.
    High-speed quality mobile internet experience is as well a priority
    for VivaCell-MTS, so we are very excited to introduce Android-powered
    smart phones in Armenia. With VivaCell-MTS' extensive, high speed and
    reliable 2G and 3.5G networks Armenians can enjoy a great Internet and
    communications experience on their Android phones," says VivaCell-MTS
    General Manager Ralph Yirikian.

    "Android-based devices are designed to provide users with maximum
    comfort and massive, unprecedented opportunities that may be
    efficiently implemented depending on Internet operation," pointed out
    Andrey Kormiltsev, Country Manager, HTC Russia and CIS. "Positioning
    HTC brand as a leader at the market of Android-based devices, we
    cooperate with "Mobile TeleSystems", major mobile service provider.
    Bringing together innovative HTC technologies and next-generation
    communications standards, Android-based smartphones with personalized
    user interface will deliver to Armenian users more than they may
    expect from their mobile devices."

    The introduction of innovative mobile handsets helps VivaCell-MTS to
    more widely open up all opportunities of mobile web for Armenian
    subscribers. With Android-powered mobile phones third-party developers
    are given a platform on which they can build the next wave of killer
    applications.

    Android-powered HTC handsets have a variety of powerful mobile
    internet capabilities beginning with an Android-optimized Webkit
    browser. They also feature the popular Google(tm) applications, Google
    Maps(tm) and Google Search(tm) as well as favorites like YouTube(tm).

    VivaCell-MTS (K-Telecom CJSC) is the leading Armenian mobile operator,
    providing a wide range of Voice and Data services. Since its launch on
    1st July 2005, in a short period of time VivaCell-MTS has managed to
    build a nationwide network and a considerable customer base.
    VivaCell-MTS drives the development and offering of innovative mobile
    communications products, services and features in the Armenian mobile
    communications market. For more information, visit www.vivacell.am

    Mobile TeleSystems OJSC ("MTS") is the largest mobile phone operator
    in Russia and the CIS. Together with its subsidiaries, the Company
    services over 97.76 million subscribers. The regions of Russia, as
    well as Armenia, Belarus, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan, in
    which MTS and its associates and subsidiaries are licensed to provide
    GSM services, have a total population of more than 230 million. Since
    June 2000, MTS' Level 3 ADRs have been listed on the New York Stock
    Exchange (ticker symbol MBT). Additional information about MTS can be
    found at www.mts.ru

    HTC Corporation (HTC) is one of the fastest growing companies in the
    mobile phone industry. By putting people at the centre of everything
    it does, HTC creates innovative smartphones that better serve the
    lives and needs of individuals. The company is listed on the Taiwan
    Stock Exchange under ticker 2498. For more information about HTC,
    please visit www.htc.com.
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