Main results of activity of ASTEL JSC (Kazakhstan) in Q1 of 2006

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/IRBIS, Assel Omarova, June 23, 06/ - ASTEL JSC (Almaty) submitted to Kazakhstan stock exchange (KASE) within listing requirements financial statements for the first quarter of 2006. Similar indicators for year 2005 are given in parentheses. According to given data for the specified period the company's net income made KZT23,144.7 th. According to data of ASTEL JSC, income from sale of ready production (goods, work, services) for the first quarter of the current year equaled to KZT564.9 m., while its prime cost was KZT417.7 m. The company's assets as of March 31, 2006 equaled to KZT2,044.0 m., compared to KZT1,773.6 m. as of December 31 of 2006. The company's equity capital as of March 31, 2006 reached KZT1,094.6 m. in comparison with KZT923.5 m. by the beginning of the year. Authorized capital has grown since the beginning of the year by KZT148.0 m. and by the end of the first quarter of 2006 is estimated by the company at KZT223.0 m. Unpaid authorized capital was absent, according to data of balance sheet. Original financial statements of ASTEL JSC for the first quarter of 2006 are available on KASE's web site at http://www.kase.kz/emitters/astl.asp Common shares of ASTEL JSC have been included in KASE's official "B" listing category sinceApril 5, 2006. Trades in these securities have not been opened yet. The company's primary activities - rendering communication services, projecting telecommunication net works, sales of telecommunication equipments and other sorts of activity, not prohibited by legislation. [2006-06-23]