**Exhibit 4.55**

 

[National emblem of Ukraine]

 

**LICENSE**

 
| Series AB |   | No. 120375 |
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**NATIONALCOMMISSION FOR****COMMUNICATIONS****REGULATION OF UKRAINE**

 
| Economic activity type           | ** ** | **Provision****of portable (mobile)  telephone communication services with the right of maintenance and operation  of telecommunication networks and provision of use of electric communication  channels throughout the territory of Ukraine** subject to the  License terms and conditions for provision of portable (mobile) telephone  communication services with the right of maintenance and operation of  telecommunication networks and provision of use of electric communication  channels |
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| Legal entity name                | ** ** | **CLOSED JOINT STOCK COMPANY**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
|                             |       | **“UKRAINIAN MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS”**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
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| Legal entity identification code | ** ** | **14333937**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
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| Legal entity location            | ** ** | **15****Leipzigska  street, Kyiv, 01015, Ukraine**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
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| Date and number of               |       |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| license reissue resolution       | ** ** | **13/07/06 No. 327**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
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| License duration                 | ** ** | **15 years**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |

 

 
| **Chairman** |   | [signature] | ** ** | **O. Haiduk** |
|--------------|--------|-------------|------------|---------------|

 

Official seal:          National Commission For CommunicationsRegulation Of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine,identification code 33349546

 
| Date of issue of the license |   | **28/09/06** |
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**SPECIAL TERMS:**

 

Provision of portable (mobile) telephonecommunication services is allowed using CDMA-450 standard digital cellularradio communication, with the right of maintenance and operation oftelecommunication networks and provision of use of electric communicationchannels, using the radio frequencies as specified in license No. 5196 dated28/09/06.

 

 
| **Chairman** | [signature] | ** ** | **O. Haiduk** |
|--------------|-------------|------------|---------------|

 

Official seal:          National Commission For CommunicationsRegulation Of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine,identification code 33349546

 

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