**Exhibit 4.33**

FEDERAL SERVICEFOR SUPERVISION IN THE AREA OF COMMUNICATIONS

**LICENSE**

**No. 33920**

Licensee’s details:

***OpenJoint Stock Company***

***Mobile TeleSystems***

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Location:

109147, Moscow, 4Marksistskaya Str.

Services:

**Communicationservices in data transmission network excludingvoice information transmission**

The enclosedLicense includes License terms on 2 pages.
| This License is valid from |   | July 15, 2005 |   | to     |   | July 15, 2010 |
|----------------------------|--------|--------------------|--------|--------|--------|--------------------|
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| Service commencement date  |   |               |   |   |   |               |
| (not later than)           |   |               |   |   |   | July 15, 2005 |

 

Seal:        Federal Service forSupervision in the Area of Communications

 

Deputy Head of theFederal Service for Supervision in the Area of Communications  /signature/            S.A.Malyanov

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Federal Service forSupervision in the Area of Communications

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**OPERATINGTERMSFor License No. 33920****

1.             Mobile TeleSystems OJSC (the “Licensee”)shall comply with the term of this License.

2.             The Licensee shall commencerendering communication services hereunder not later than July 15, 2005.

3.             The Licensee shall render theservices hereunder only in the territory of the Krasnodar Krai.

4.             The Licensee under this Licenseshall provide subscribers and/or users with the services on exchange ofinformation between subscriber end-user equipment connected to the Licensee’sdata transmission network, including the following:*

a)             access to the Licensee’scommunication network;

b)             connections via the Licensee’s datatransmission network using end-user equipment except for voice informationtransmission;

c)             access to telecommunicationservices offered by other operators whose networks interact with the Licensee’snetwork

5.             The Licensee shall rendercommunication services in accordance with the rules of renderingcommunication services adopted by the Government of the Russian Federation.

6.             Inrendering the services, the Licensee shall comply with the regulations forinterconnection and interfacing telecommunication networks adopted by theGovernment of the Russian Federation when connecting Licensee’s data transmissionnetwork to the public communication network, connecting Licensee’s datatransmission network to other communication networks, accounting and traffictransmission over in Licensee’s data transmission network, accounting andtraffic transmission from /to other operators networks.

7.             ThisLicense is issued upon consideration of the application submitted to re-issueLicense No. 32796 dated July 15, 2005 without a public bid (tender,competition). No license requirements regarding the compliance of Licensee’scommitments undertaken during the bid (tender, competition) for the respectivelicense have been established.

8.             TheLicensee shall render the services hereunder in compliance with the termsestablished for the allocation of radio frequency bands, assignment of radiofrequencies and radio frequency channels.

9.             TheLicensee’s communication control system is required to meet the standardsestablished by an authorized Federal executive body of respective competencefor communication network control systems.

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Federal Servicefor Supervision in the Area of Communications

10.           TheLicensee shall implement the requirements to communication networks andequipment necessary for operations and investigations established by theFederal executive body in the area of communications, as agreed with statebodies authorized to conduct operations and investigations, authorized Federalexecutive agency of respective competence for communication in coordinationwith state authorities in charge of surveillance operations, and shall ensureprotection of the confidential organizational and tactical techniques used forsuch operations.

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*              Theservices rendered hereunder may be accompanied by the provision of otherservices closely technologically connected with communication channel provisionservices and aimed to increase their consumer value unless such services aresubject to additional licensing.

**           ThisLicense is issued to replace License No. 32796 dated July 15, 2005.

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[Seal]Deputy HeadFederal Service for Supervision in the Area of Communications  /signature/            S.A.Malyanov

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