Exhibit 4.46

 

FEDERAL SERVICE FOR SUPERVISION IN THE SPHERE OF TELECOM, 
 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES AND MASS COMMUNICATIONS

 

LICENSE

 

No. 105969 dated April 28, 2013

 

To render

 

mobile radiotelephone communication services

 

This license has been granted to

 

Open Joint Stock Company

 

“Mobile TeleSystems”

 

Legal Entity (Individual Entrepreneur) 
 Primary State Registration Number 
 (PSRN/OGRN, OGRNIP)

 

1027700149124

 

Tax Identification Number (TIN/INN)

 

7740000076

 











 

Principal place of business (residence):

 

109147, Moscow, Marksistskaya St., 4

 

The territory of the services is specified in appendix hereto.

 

This license is valid through:

 

April 28, 2018

 

This license is issued based on the decision of the licensing authority - Order No. 1318 dated December 14, 2012

 

This license has an appendix which is as an integral part hereof and executed in two sheets

 

 

	
Deputy Head
    	
(signature)  O. A. Ivanov
    


 

Official seal:

MINISTRY OF TELECOM AND MASS COMMUNICATIONS OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

FEDERAL SERVICE FOR SUPERVISION IN THE SPHERE OF TELECOM, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES AND MASS COMMUNICATIONS

PSRN 1087746736296

 











 

Appendix to License No. 105969 **

 

Licensing Requirements

 

1.          Open Joint Stock Company “Mobile TeleSystems” (the licensee) shall keep the term of this license.

 

Short company name:

 

	
OJSC “MTS”
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
PSRN 1027700149124
    	
TIN   7740000076
    


 

Principal place of business:

 

109147, Moscow, Marksistskaya St., 4

 

2.         The licensee agrees to commence the provision of communication services hereunder on or before April 28, 2013.

 

3.         The licensee shall only render mobile radiotelephone communication services of land mobile radio communication network GSM-900/1800 and IMT-2000/UMTS (radiofrequency 890-915 MHz, 935-960 MHz, 1710-1785 MHz, 1805-1880 MHz) hereunder in the territory of the Moscow.

 

4.            The licensee shall make the following available hereunder to the subscriber*:

 

a) access to the communications network of the licensee;

 

b) connections through the mobile radiotelephone network of the licensee for the reception (transfer) of voice and non-voice data, while ensuring the communication continuity of the services provided regardless of the subscriber location, even in case of travelling.

 

c) connections to the subscribers and/or users of fixed-line telephone networks of the public communication network;

 

d) access to GSM-900/1800 mobile radiotelephone communication services outside the territory specified herein;

 

e) access to telematic and data communication services, excluding the data communication services for the purposes of voice data communication;

 

f) access to the information service system; and

 

g) free-of-charge 24-hour telephone access to emergency services.

 

5.            The licensee agrees to render communication services in accordance with the rules for the provision of communications services, approved by the Government of the Russian Federation.

 

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6.           The licensee shall comply with the rules of the communications network connection and interaction, approved by the Government of the Russian Federation, when providing the communication services, connecting the mobile radiotelephone communication network of the licensee to the public communication network, connecting other communication networks to the mobile radiotelephone communication network of the licensee, transferring and keeping records of traffic in the mobile radiotelephone communication network of the licensee, transferring and keeping records of traffic from/to communication networks of other operators.

 

7.           This license has been issued following the processing results of the license renewal application No. 96543 dated April 28, 2008, without bidding (auction, tender, etc). The licensing requirements are not specified for the performance of liabilities accepted by the licensee when participating in the bidding (auction, tender, etc) to obtain this license.

 

8.           The licensee, when rendering the services hereunder, shall abide by the terms set for the allocation of radio bands and assignment of radio frequency or radio frequency channel.

 

9.            The licensee shall have a network management system of its own, which meets the network management regulations established by the Federal executive body in the sphere of telecommunications.

 

10.     The licensee shall meet the requirements for communication networks and facilities, established by the Federal executive authority by agreement with authorized government bodies engaged in the special investigative activities, for the purpose of carrying out of such activities and other measures to prevent the disclosure of organizational and tactical methods of such activities.

 

11.   The licensee shall provide information on the calculating basis of the mandatory deductions (non-tax payments) to the universal service reserve in such manner and form as established by the Federal executive body in the sphere of telecommunications.

 




*                     The services to be rendered hereunder may be accompanied by other services technologically and inseparably associated with mobile radiotelephone communication services and aimed at increasing their customer value, unless it requires a separate license.

 

**              This license is issued to extend the term of license No. 96543 dated April 28, 2008.

 

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Laced, numbered and sealed 3 (three) sheets

 

Head of Department, Maintenance of Registers of Radiofrequency Assignments and Telecommunications Licenses

 

	
(signature)   I. Yu. Zavidnaya
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
JAN 29, 2013
    	
 
    


 

Official seal:

MINISTRY OF TELECOM AND MASS COMMUNICATIONS OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

FEDERAL SERVICE FOR SUPERVISION IN THE SPHERE OF TELECOM, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES AND MASS COMMUNICATIONS

PSRN 1087746736296