MTS + Microsoft + Fujitsu Siemens for 3G-enabled notebook

MTS + Microsoft + Fujitsu Siemens for 3G-enabled notebook. Mobile TeleSystems OJSC ("MTS"), Microsoft, and Fujitsu Siemens announced the launch of the first integrated 3G notebook solution in the CIS. The companies collaborated to deliver a 3G-enabled Fujitsu Siemens notebook running on the Microsoft Vista operating system with an embedded SIM card and a special data tariff plan from MTS.

The new notebook from Fujitsu Siemens Computers features a 3G modem that supports both the HSDPA mobile communications technology with data speeds up to 3.6 Mbit/s and the widely available GPRS / EDGE data networks. The notebook will be available from August 1, 2008, and all customers that buy the notebook in August will receive 100Mb data packages for free on a monthly basis for the following four months.

The notebook, developed by MTS, Microsoft and Fujitsu Siemens Computers, will be sold initially in Moscow, followed by the four cities where MTS already launched its 3G network: St. Petersburg, Kazan, Yekaterinburg and Sochi. Currently, MTS subscribers can access 3G networks in Saint Petersburg, Kazan and through roaming points abroad. MTS has also announced 3G network readiness in Sochi and Yekaterinburg, where the commercial launch is imminent, and plans to launch additional 3G networks in over 10 cities in Russia during 2008.