Document:

Exhibit 4.32

 

Ministry of Communications and
Informatization

of the Russian Federation

 

LICENSE

 

A 030161 No. 30259

 

In accordance with the current
laws of the Russian Federation

 

Mobile TeleSystems

Open Joint Stock Company

 

Legal address:

 

109147, Moscow, Marksistskaya St., 4

 

Is granted the permit to:

 

Render 900/1800 MHz mobile radiophone communication services

 

The terms and conditions of rendering such
services and the territory are given in the Addendum being an integral part of
this License.

 

	
  License expiration date

  	
   

  	
  December 30, 2013

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Start of services’ rendering

  	
   

  	
  June 30, 2005

  
	
  (not later than)

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Date of License registration with

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  The Uniform License Register for
  Communications

  	
   

  	
  December 30, 2003

  

 

	
  First Deputy Minister of the Russian Federation,

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Ministry of Communications and
  Informatization

  	
   

  	
  B.D. Antonyuk

  

 

 

The conditions for the
performance of activities

in accordance with License No.
30259

 

1.               Mobile TeleSystems OJSC (the Licensee) is
hereby authorized to render cellular radiophone communication public-switched
network services using GSM  equipment,
with installation of necessary equipment operating in frequency nominal
allocated in accordance with the established procedure, in 900 MHz and 1800 MHz
band, in the territory of the Karachai-Cherkess Republic.

 

The cellular communication services shall be
rendered using the Licensee’s communication network which must be a part of the
uniform GSM cellular communication network of the Russian Federation.

 

The Licensee shall participate in the work of
the agency authorized by the Administration of Communications of the Russian
Federation to coordinate the work on establishing a uniform GSM mobile
radiophone public-switched communication network of the Russian Federation.

 

2.               The aggregate installed
capacity of the Licensee’s network and the coverage index upon  allocation of a sufficient frequency resource
shall be, by years, respectively, as of December 31, at least:

 

2006  -
50000 numbers (10%)

2013  -
150000 numbers (35%)

 

The rate of territory coverage may be
specified in implementing the conditions of this License.

 

3.               The network of the Licensee shall be
established in accordance with the General Scheme of establishment and
stage-by-stage development of Russian GSM public-switched mobile radiophone
communication network which provides for the organization of necessary
interaction with networks of other operators.

 

The GSM-900/1800 network established by the
Licensee shall be connected to the public-switched communication network of the
Russian Federation, at the long-distance level, in accordance with the General
Scheme of establishment and stage-by-stage development of GSM public-switched
mobile radiophone communication network of the Russian Federation.

 

Additional interaction of the Licensee’s
network with PSTN at the local level is allowed to ensure a technical
possibility to transfer local traffic and render an additional service relating
to call forwarding from the local telephone network  to subscribers of the Licensee’s network.

 

At that, the additional interaction of the
Licensee’s network with PSTN at the local level is allowed only subject to
implementation of the long-distance level of the Licensee’s network connection
to PSTN in accordance with the General Scheme.

 

4.               Any Licensee’s activity aimed at interaction of
its established network with any foreign mobile communication networks shall be
approved by the Administration of Communications of the Russian Federation or
other body authorized by the Administration.

 

5.               The Licensee shall adhere to the rules and
regulations adopted in the Russian Federation, ETSI standards as established by
the Administration of Communications for GSM telecommunications.

 

6.               The activity of the Licensee relating to the
use of GSM communication network infrastructure shall be performed as agreed by
the parties and in accordance with non-discrimination principles.

 

7.               Numbering in the Licensee’s network shall be in
conformity with the PSTN numbering and the numbering requirements of the
terrestrial mobile service.

 

 

8.               The Licensee’s network shall be designed and
constructed to ensure that telecommunications failure level at peak load does
not exceed 5%.

 

9.               The network shall be only established, if
project documentation based on the General Scheme of establishment and
development of GSM federal public-switched mobile radiophone communication
network of the Russian Federation, Building Specifications and Regulations, and
Industry Standards of Production Engineering adopted in the Russian Federation,
as duly coordinated and approved, is available.

 

10.         The Licensee shall render the services on its licensed territory to any
requesting entity if technically feasible.

 

The Licensee shall have the right to refuse
providing the services if:

• the service rendering may cause threat to the
state security and  defense, and threat
to population health and safety;

• the service rendering is not possible due to
any physical, topographic or any other natural hindrances;

• the user, under no solid arguments, rejects the
terms and conditions of service rendering, or fails to pay for the services
rendered;

• the user uses or intends to use the
communications equipment for any illegal purposes, uses the services illegally,
uses improperly the equipment provided, or uses uncertified equipment.

 

Any rejection shall be well-grounded.

 

11.         The Licensee shall provide the telecommunications services through the
network established to all users of the GSM federal public-switched mobile
radiophone communication network of the Russian Federation irrespective of
their place of registration or purchase of subscriber equipment.

 

Roaming services in the same constituent
entity of the Russian Federation shall not be organized between different
operators’ same-standard networks.

 

12.         The Licensee shall provide its mobile subscribers with the opportunity
to call local special services (fire prevention service, militia, ambulance,
gas service, etc) free, irrespective of their location in the license
territory.

 

13.         Long-distance – interurban and international- communications services to
the Licensee’s network subscribers shall be provided through the PSTN in
conformity with the General Scheme of establishment and development of GSM
federal public-switched mobile radiophone communication network of the Russian
Federation.

 

14.         The Licensee shall be obliged to provide its users with the services
that meet quality standards, specifications, and terms and conditions of the
agreement on rendering telecommunication services.

 

15.         The Licensee shall account to the users should it fail to or improperly
fulfill its obligations according to the procedure and the extent as prescribed
by the laws of the Russian Federation.

 

16.         The Licensee shall provide the services on the 24/7 basis, except for
the repair and maintenance periods which should be scheduled for the time most
convenient to the users.

 

17.         The Licensee shall arrange for a directory-inquiry service and issue a
directory of subscribers connected to the network established.

 

 

18.         Subscriber SIM-cards that ensure subscribers’ identification and ability
to pay for the services provided by the GSM federal public-switched mobile
radiophone communication network of the Russian Federation shall conform to the
unified numbering as specified for such cards by the Administration of
Communications of the Russian Federation.

 

19.         The Licensee shall have the right to use telecommunications channels and
physical circuits of the PSTN of the Russian Federation according to the tariff
plans in force for the specific user group.

 

20.         The Licensee shall adhere to the requirements of Administration of
Communications of the Russian Federation on traffic and service rendering.

 

If so stipulated by the laws of the Russian
Federation, the Administration of Communications of the Russian Federation or
other body authorized by the Administration shall execute centralized
management of Licensee’s networks.

 

21.         The Licensee shall bear all expenses related to development of general
scheme of GSM federal public-switched mobile radiophone communication network,
design and construction of Licensee’s network, network connection to PSTN of
the Russian Federation, allocation of frequencies necessary to establish the
network, elaboration of EMC principles between the radio equipment used and the
existing radio systems, mutual settlements with the operators’ of the Russian
PSTN and other GSM operators, development and issue of regulatory
documentation.

 

22.         The Licensee shall settle traffic payments with public-switched networks
operators according to the procedure prescribed for the public-switched
networks of the Russian Federation.

 

23.         The service tariff plans shall be as agreed by the parties.

 

If so stipulated by the laws of the Russian
Federation, the tariff plans for specific services rendered by the
communications provider shall be set by the government.

 

The interconnection rates shall be set forth
by the agreements, terms and conditions as agreed by the relative
communications companies. Any arguments arising in connection to these issues
shall be considered by the court or arbitrage.

 

The subscribers shall not be charged for
unsuccessful calls.

 

24.         Certain groups of governmental officials, diplomats or consular
representatives of other states, representatives of international
organizations, and other customer groups using electrical communications, shall
get priority as for queuing, priority of use and payment conditions.

 

The lists of benefits and officials entitled
to the benefits shall be determined according to the laws of the Russian
Federation, legal standard acts of the constituent entities of the Russian
Federation, and international contracts and agreements signed by the Russian
Federation.

 

25.         The Licensee shall provide free electrical communications for business
purposes, as prescribed by the procedures adopted by the Ministry of
Communications and Informatization of the Russian Federation.

 

26.         In case of natural calamities, quarantines or other natural or
man-caused states of emergency, the duly authorized state bodies shall have the
priority to use or suspend operations of Licensee’s network or equipment.

 

27.         The Licensee shall grant absolute priority to any messages related to
human safety on sea, land, air or space, urgent actions related to defense,
security or law and order in the Russian Federation, as well as to major
accidents, catastrophes, epidemics, epizootics or acts of God.

 

 

28.         The Licensee shall, if requested by the Ministry of Communications and
Informatization of the Russian Federation, submit information on technical
condition and perspectives of network development, on rendering communications
services and existing tariff plans.

 

29.         The Licensee shall be obliged to ensure the observance of communication
secrecy.

 

Any information relating to messages
transferred through the Licensee’s network, and these messages themselves, may
be delivered only to senders and addressee hereof, or their legitimate
representatives.

 

Wire tapping, inspection of electrical
communication messages, receiving related data, and other restrictions of
communication secrecy are allowed only according to the current legislation of
the Russian Federation.

 

30.         When developing, establishing and operating the communication network,
the Licensee shall be obliged, in accordance with the legislation of the
Russian Federation, to render assistance and afford to agencies performing
operational-investigative activities an opportunity to effect
operational-investigative  actions in the
communication network, take measures to ban the disclosure of organizational
and tactical methods of such actions.

 

Should communication facilities be abused
infringing the interests of  any person,
society or state, the authorized governmental bodies, in accordance with the
law of the Russian Federation, shall be entitled to suspend the operation of
the Licensee’s networks and communication facilities.

 

The connection of subscribers shall be
performed upon the implementation of requirements under the Law “On
Operational-Investigative Activities in the Russian Federation “

 

31.         The Licensee shall be obliged to take measures to prevent unauthorized
intrusion into the management of the established network and unauthorized
control over its operation.

 

32.         As advised by the Ministry of Communications and Informatization, the
Licensee shall afford an opportunity for testing facilities in its network, if
it does not affect the operator activities of the Licensee.

 

33.         The commencement of rendering communication services under this License
shall be allowed, given that the operation of network elements is authorized by
state communication and informatization supervision bodies of the Russian
Federation.

 

34.         The use of technical facilities is allowed, given that there is a
certificate of conformity of “Sviaz” Compulsory Certification System.

 

35.         The Licensee may not prevent the state communication and informatization
supervision bodies of the Russian Federation from verifying technical
parameters of the communication network and shall ensure, if necessary, an
access of said bodies to its measuring equipment to be used in this work.

 

36.         The License shall be governed by, construed and executed in accordance
with current legislation of the Russian Federation.

 

37.         The Licensee shall be obliged to perform its activities in accordance
with current enactments and laws of the Russian Federation.

 

 

38.         The Ministry of Communications and Informatization of the Russian
Federation shall reserve the right to make alterations and additions to this
License subject to changes in current legislation of the Russian Federation.

 

39.         The Licensee shall be obliged to provide periodical and annual state
statistical reporting to local statistical offices and the Ministry of
Communications and Informatization of the Russian Federation in accordance with
the procedure established by the State Committee of the Russian Federation for
Statistics.

 

The violation of the procedure for providing
statistical reporting shall entail administrative responsibility in accordance
the current law.

 

40.         The License can not be passes to any other person.

 

41.         The Licensee shall be obliged to make deductions from revenue obtained
from the provided communication and informatization services to the account of
the Ministry of Communications and Informatization of the Russian Federation
under the standard established on the basis of Government Decree No.380 dated
April 28, 2000.

 

The transfer of funds shall be made on a
monthly basis, proceeding from actual revenue obtained from the provision of
communication and informatization services for the last calendar month, no
later than on the 20-th day of the next month. The amount of funds subject to
transfer shall be specified quarterly after the provision of financial
statements to tax authorities.

 

To control the completeness of funds received
on account of the Ministry of Communications and Informatization of the Russian
Federation, the Licensee, upon a written request of  the management of the communication and
informatization supervision department of the constituent entity of the Russian
Federation, shall provide the respective form of financial statements
reflecting the information on revenue obtained for the provision of
communication and informatization services.

 

42.         The License shall be registered upon its issuance by respective
communication and informatization supervision body in the Russian Federation.

 

In the event of change of its postal address,
bank details and phone number, or reorganization or liquidation of the legal
entity, the Licensee shall be obliged to inform the Ministry of Communications
and Informatization of the Russian Federation and the communication and
informatization supervision department in the Russian Federation where the
License was registered.

 

	
  First Deputy Minister of the Russian Federation,

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Ministry of Communications and
  Informatization

  	
   

  	
  B.D. Antonyuk

  

 

	
  Head of License Management

  	
   

  	
  N.M. PopovExhibit 4.33

 

Federal Supervisory Service for
Communications

 

Addendum
No. 2

 

to
License No. 30259 (Account Series A 030161)

dated
December 30, 2003

 

The line “Start of services’ rendering (not later than)” of the
Licensee title-page shall be revised to read as follows:

 

“December 30, 2005”

 

	
  Deputy Manager,

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Federal Supervisory Service for Communications

  	
   

  	
  S. A. Malyanov

  

 

April 26, 2005

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