Document:

Exhibit 4.46

 

Federal Supervisory Service for Communications

 

Addendum
No. 2

 

to
License No. 30265  (Account Series A 030167)

dated
December 30, 2003

 

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

“December 30, 2005”

 

	
  Deputy Manager,

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Federal Supervisory Service for Communications

  	
   

  	
  S. A. Malyanov

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  26.05.2005Exhibit 4.47

 

Ministry of Communications and
Informatization

of the Russian Federation

 

LICENSE

 

A 030168 No. 30266

 

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 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. 30266

 

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 1800 MHz band, in the territory of North Ossetia – Alania 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 (20%)

2013  -  100000 numbers (55%)

 

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.

 

4. Any Licensee’s activity aimed at
interaction of its established network with any foreign mobile communications
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. Numbering in the Licensee’s network shall
be in conformity with the PSTN numbering and the numbering requirements of the
terrestrial mobile service.

 

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

 

8. 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.

 

9. 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.

 

10. 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.

 

11. 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.

 

12. 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.

 

13. 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.

 

14. 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.

 

15. 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.

 

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

 

17. 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.

 

18. 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.

 

19. 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.

 

20. 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.

 

21. 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.

 

22. 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.

 

23. 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.

 

24. 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.

 

25. 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.

 

26. 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.

 

27. 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.

 

28. 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.

 

29. 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”

 

30. 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.

 

31. 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.

 

32. 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.

 

33. The use of technical facilities is
allowed, given that there is a certificate of conformity issued by the Ministry
of Communications and Informatization of the Russian Federation.

 

34. 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.

 

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

 

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

 

37. 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.

 

38. 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.

 

 

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

 

40. 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.

 

41. 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. Popov

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