Exhibit 4.53
The Federal Supervisory Service for Communications |
THE LICENSE |
No.50789 |
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Licensee’s requisites: |
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OPEN JOINT STOCK COMPANY |
“Mobilny TeleSistemy” |
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Location (residence): |
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109147, Moscow, ul.Marxistskay, d.4 |
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Name of services: |
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Mobile Radio-Telephone Services |
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The License comprises provisions of the License on 7 sheets |
Term of validity of the License from 21.05.2007 up to 21.05.2017 |
Date of starting rendering the services |
no later than 21.05.2009 |
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Deputy Head of |
(Seal: The Federal Supervisory Service for Communications)
The Federal Supervisory Service for Communications
Conditions of the activity under License No.50789
1. |
| The “Mobilny TeleSistemy” OJSC (The Licensee) shall observe the term of License validity. |
2. |
| The licensee shall start to render the services in accordance with the License no later than 21.05.2009. |
3. |
| The licensee shall provide the mobile radiotelephone services (IMT-2000/UMTS mobile radiotelephone networks) in accordance with the License all over the whole territory of the Russian Federation. |
4. |
| In accordance with the License the licensee shall provide for the customers the following*: |
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| a) an access to the licensee’s communications network; |
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| b) connections over the licensee’s mobile radiotelephone network for receiving (transmission) voice as well as non-voice information while supporting continuous operation under service provision irrespective of customer’s location including the cases when he is on the move; |
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| c) connections with the customers and/or users of the public fixed telephone networks; |
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| d) access to telematic services and data communications services excluding data communication services for the voice information transmission; |
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| e) access to the information inquiry servicing system; |
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| f) availability for round-the-clock free call of emergency operative services; |
5. |
| The licensee shall provide communications services in accordance with the Rules of communication services provision approved by the Government of the Russian Federation. |
6. |
| While providing communications services the licensee shall observe approved by the |
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| Government of the Russian Federation rules of the interconnections of telecommunications networks as well as their interoperations when performing interconnection of the licensee’s mobile radiotelephone network to the public communication network as well as interconnecting other communication networks to the licensee’s mobile radiotelephone network and performing traffic account and pass over the licensee’s mobile radiotelephone network and traffic account and pass from (to) other operators’ communications networks. |
The Federal Supervisory Service for Communications
7. The License is issued on the basis of the open competition No. 2 —RCh/2007 for obtaining the license for mobile radiotelephone services provision.
7.1 The overall number of Base stations for IMT-2000/UMTS mobile radiotelephone network shall be as follows:
Name of the subject of the Russian Federation |
| Base Stations number (no less) |
1.The Republic of Adygeya |
| 5 |
2.The Republic of Altai |
| 5 |
3.The Republic of Bashkortostan |
| 100 |
4.The Republic of Bouryatiya |
| 5 |
5.The Republic of Dagestan |
| 5 |
6.The Republic of Ingoushetia |
| 5 |
7.The Republic of Kabardino and Balcaria |
| 5 |
8.The Republic of Kalmykia |
| 5 |
9.The Republic of Karachaev and Cherkessk |
| 5 |
10.The Republic of Karelia |
| 5 |
11.The Republic of Komi |
| 5 |
12.The Republic of Mari El |
| 5 |
13.The Republic of Mordovia |
| 5 |
14.The Sakha Republic (Yakoutia) |
| 5 |
15.The Republic of Severnaya Osetia-Alania |
| 5 |
16.The Republic of Tatarstan (Tatarstan) |
| 100 |
17.The Tyva Republic |
| 5 |
18.The Udmurt Republic |
| 5 |
19.The Khakassia Republic |
| 5 |
20.The Chechenskay Republic |
| 5 |
21.The Chuvashkaya Republic -Chuvashia |
| 5 |
22.The Altaiskii krai |
| 5 |
23.The Krasnodarskey krai |
| 100 |
24.The Krasnoyarsky krai |
| 100 |
25.The Permskey krai |
| 5 |
26.The Primorskey krai |
| 100 |
27.The Stavropolskey krai |
| 5 |
28.The Khabarovskey krai |
| 5 |
29.The Amourskay oblast |
| 5 |
30.The Arkhangelsk oblast |
| 5 |
31.The Astrakhan oblast |
| 5 |
32.The Belgorod oblast |
| 5 |
33.The Bryansk oblast |
| 5 |
34.The Vladimir oblast |
| 5 |
35.The Volgograd oblast |
| 5 |
36.The Vologda oblast |
| 5 |
37.The Voponezh oblast |
| 5 |
38.The Ivanov oblast |
| 5 |
39.The Irkutsk oblast |
| 100 |
40.The Kaliningrad oblast |
| 5 |
41.The Kaluga oblast |
| 5 |
42.The Kamchaka oblast |
| 5 |
43.The Kemerovo oblast |
| 5 |
44.The Kirov oblast |
| 5 |
45.The Kostroma oblast |
| 5 |
46.The Kurgan oblast |
| 5 |
47.The Kursk oblast |
| 5 |
48.The Leningrad oblast |
| 5 |
49.The Lipetsk oblast |
| 5 |
50.The Magadan oblast |
| 5 |
51. The Moskovskaya oblast |
| 5 |
52.The Murmansk oblast |
| 5 |
53.The Nizhegorodskaya oblast |
| 100 |
54.The Novgorod oblast |
| 5 |
55.The Novosibirsk oblast |
| 100 |
56.TheOmsk oblast |
| 100 |
57.The Orenburg oblast |
| 5 |
58.The Orlovskaya oblast |
| 5 |
59.The Penzenskaya oblast |
| 5 |
60.The Pskov oblast |
| 5 |
61.The Rostov oblast |
| 100 |
62.The Ryazan oblast |
| 5 |
63.The Samara oblast |
| 100 |
64.The Saratov oblast |
| 5 |
65.The Sakhalinskaya oblast |
| 5 |
66.The Sverdlov oblast |
| 100 |
67.The Smolensk oblast |
| 5 |
68.The Tambov oblast |
| 5 |
69.The Tver oblast |
| 5 |
70.The Tomsk oblast |
| 5 |
71.The Toula oblast |
| 5 |
72.Tyumen oblast |
| 5 |
73.TheUlyanovsk oblast |
| 5 |
74.The Chelyabinsk oblast |
| 100 |
75.The Chita oblast |
| 5 |
76.The Yaroslavl oblast |
| 5 |
77.Moscow |
| 1100 |
78.Saint-Petersburg |
| 700 |
79.The Evreiskaya autonomous oblast |
| 5 |
80.The Agishki Buraytski autonomous okrug |
| 5 |
81.The Koryakski autonomous okrug |
| 5 |
82.The Nenetski autonomous okrug |
| 5 |
83.The Ust-Ordynski Buraytski autonomous okrug |
| 5 |
84.The Khanty-Mansiiski autonomous okrug- Yugra |
| 5 |
85.The Chukotski autonomous okrug |
| 5 |
86.The Yamalo-Nenetski autonomous okrug |
| 5 |
Total: |
| 3455 |
7.2. Dynamics of deployment of the licensee’s under construction IMT-2000/UMTS mobile radiotelephone network:
Time Period |
| Base stations number (no less) |
3-d year |
| 2885 |
4-th year |
| 3173 |
5-th year |
| 3455 |
Total: |
| 3455 |
7.3. The licensee shall start for providing the mobile radiotelephone communications services over the territory of each subject of the Russian federation in compliance with the License:
Name of the subject of the Russian Federation |
| Date of providing services start (no less) |
1.The Republic of Adygeya |
| 21.05.2010 |
2.The Republic of Altai |
| 21.05.2010 |
3.The Republic of Bashkortostan |
| 21.05.209 |
4.The Republic of Bouryatiya |
| 21.05.2010 |
5.The Republic of Dagestan |
| 21.05.2010 |
6.The Republic of Ingoushetia |
| 21.05.2010 |
7.The Republic of Kabardino and Balcaria |
| 21.05.2010 |
8.The Republic of Kalmykia |
| 21.05.2010 |
9.The Republic of Karachaev annd Cherkessk |
| 21.05.2010 |
10.The Republic of Karelia |
| 21.05.2010 |
11.The Republic of Komi |
| 21.05.2010 |
12.The Republic of Mari El |
| 21.05.2010 |
13.The Republic of Mordovia |
| 21.05.2010 |
14.The Sakha Republic (Yakoutia) |
| 21.05.2010 |
15.The Republic of Severnaya Osetia-Alania |
| 21.05.2010 |
16.The Republic of Tatarstan (Tatarstan) |
| 21.05.2009 |
17.The Tyva Republic |
| 21.05.2010 |
18.The Udmurt Republic |
| 21.05.2010 |
19.The Khakassia Republic |
| 21.05.2010 |
20.The Chechenskay Republic |
| 21.05.2010 |
21.The Chuvashkaya Republic -Chuvashia |
| 21.05.2010 |
22.The Altaiskii krai |
| 21.05.2010 |
23.The Krasnodarskey krai |
| 21.05.2009 |
24.The Krasnoyarsky krai |
| 21.05.2009 |
25.The Permskey krai |
| 21.05.2010 |
26.The Primorskey krai |
| 21.05.2009 |
27.The Stavropolskey krai |
| 21.05.2010 |
28.The Khabarovskey krai |
| 21.05.2010 |
29.The Amourskay oblast |
| 21.05.2010 |
30.The Arkhangelsk oblast |
| 21.05.2010 |
31.The Astrakhan oblast |
| 21.05.2010 |
32.The Belgorod oblast |
| 21.05.2010 |
33.The Bryansk oblast |
| 21.05.2010 |
34.The Vladimir oblast |
| 21.05.2010 |
35.The Volgograd oblast |
| 21.05.2010 |
36.The Vologda oblast |
| 21.05.2010 |
37.The Voponezh oblast |
| 21.05.2010 |
38.The Ivanov oblast |
| 21.05.2010 |
39.The Irkutsk oblast |
| 21.05.2009 |
40.The Kaliningrad oblast |
| 21.05.2010 |
41.The Kaluga oblast |
| 21.05.2010 |
42.The Kamchatskaya oblast |
| 21.05.2010 |
43.The Kemerovo oblast |
| 21.05.2010 |
44.The Kirov oblast |
| 21.05.2010 |
45.The Kostroma oblast |
| 21.05.2010 |
46.The Kurgan oblast |
| 21.05.2010 |
47.The Kursk oblast |
| 21.05.2010 |
48.The Leningradskaya oblast |
| 21.05.2010 |
49.The Lipetsk oblast |
| 21.05.2010 |
50.The Magadanskaya oblast |
| 21.05.2010 |
51. The Moskovskaya oblast |
| 21.05.2010 |
52.The Murmansk oblast |
| 21.05.2010 |
53.The Nizhegorodskaya oblast |
| 21.05.2009 |
54.The Novgorod oblast |
| 21.05.2010 |
55.The Novosibirsk oblast |
| 21.05.2009 |
56.TheOmsk oblast |
| 21.05.2009 |
57.The Orenburg oblast |
| 21.05.2010 |
58.The Orlovskaya oblast |
| 21.05.2010 |
59.The Penza oblast |
| 21.05.2010 |
60.The Pskov oblast |
| 21.05.2010 |
61.The Rostov oblast |
| 21.05.2009 |
62.The Ryazan oblast |
| 21.05.2010 |
63.The Samara oblast |
| 21.05.2009 |
64.The Saratov oblast |
| 21.05.2010 |
65.The Sakhalinskaya oblast |
| 21.05.2010 |
66.The Sverdlovsk oblast |
| 21.05.2009 |
67.The Smolensk oblast |
| 21.05.2010 |
68.The Tambov oblast |
| 21.05.2010 |
69.The Tversk oblast |
| 21.05.2010 |
70.The Tomsk oblast |
| 21.05.2010 |
71.The Toula oblast |
| 21.05.2010 |
72.Tyumen oblast |
| 21.05.2010 |
73.TheUlyanovsk oblast |
| 21.05.2010 |
74.The Chelyabinsk oblast |
| 21.05.2009 |
75.The Chita oblast |
| 21.05.2010 |
76.The Yaroslavl oblast |
| 21.05.2010 |
77.Moscow |
| 21.05.2009 |
78.Saint-Petersburg |
| 21.05.2009 |
79.The Evreiskaya autonomous oblast |
| 21.05.2010 |
80.The Agishki Buraytski autonomous okrug |
| 21.05.2010 |
81.The Koryakski autonomous okrug |
| 21.05.2010 |
82.The Nenetski autonomous okrug |
| 21.05.2010 |
83.The Ust-Ordynski Buraytski autonomous okrug |
| 21.05.2010 |
84.The Khanty-Mansiiski autonomous okrug- Yugra |
| 21.05.2010 |
85.The Chukotski autonomous okrug |
| 21.05.2010 |
86.The Yamalo-Nenetski autonomous okrug |
| 21.05.2010 |
8. Under the process of services provision under the License the licensee shall perform the provisions established for frequency bands allocation and radio frequency or radio frequency channel assignment (appointment).
9. The licensee shall have the appropriate his own network management system corresponding to the standard requirements established by the Federal Body of executive authority in the field of communications to communications network management systems.
The Federal Supervisory Service for Communications
10. The licensee shall realize the established by the Federal Body of the executive authority in coordination with the authorized Government Bodies carrying out the operative and searching work requirements related to communications networks and facilities for the purpose of implementing such operative and searching arrangements as well as at the same time taking measures for non-admission of disclosure of the organizational and tactical ways of the above-mentioned arrangements.
*Services provision under the License may be accompanied by other services provision that are technologically closely connected with the mobile radiotelephone services and oriented at increase of their consumers’ values if the separate license is not required for this case.
Deputy Head of the Federal Supervisory
Service for Communications [signature] S.A.Malyanov
[The seal: The Federal Supervisory Service for Communications]
Sued, paginated and sealed - seven sheets
Head of the Licensing Board of the Federal
Supervisory Service for Communications [signature] A.A. Pankov
[The seal: The Federal Supervisory Service for Communications]