Kazakhtelecom introduces new tariff plan Mektep granting wide band Internet to Kazakhstan schools October 1, 2008

/KASE, October 9, 08/ - Kazakhtelecom (Astana) shares of which are traded in the official list of Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) of the first category provided KASE with the press release: Quotation start New tariff plan Mektep providing wide band Internet to Kazakhstan schools was introduced October 1, 2008. At that, inbound/outbound traffic from/to internal resources of Kazakhtelecom is not to be accounted. Mektep tariff will be applied for schools, lyceums, gymnasiums and other educational institutions connected to Metro Ethernet (organization of access networks for expansion of service volume of transfer of data, voice, video and development of new types of service in accordance with Triple Play concept). Mektep tariff will provide wide band access to Internet thanks to ADSL technology with 1 Mbitps speed. At that there are two options available: with account of prepaid traffic up to 2 Gbyte, and without account of traffic with up to 256 Kbit/s port capacity. Internal resources of Kazakhtelecom (IP-addresses of Kazakhtelecom) through this tariff will be accessed at 1 Mbit/s capacity, and the traffic generated at that will be zero rated. Subscription fee depending on data supply speed varies from KZT9,900 (accounting VAT). The top communications operator takes an active role in number of social projects in education. Within the frames of State Education Development Program of RK for 2005-2010 Kazakhtelecom provided telecommunications networks in 95% of all educational schools, of which 96% were provided with the Internet access. Beginning February 1, 2007 commuted access (Dial-up technology) Kazakhstan Internet is free for state schools. By September 2007 Kazakhtelecom provided 1000 state schools in different regions of Kazakhstan with wide band Internet thanks to ADSL technology (512 Kbit/s speed) for performance of interactive lesson with participation of the President of the country. Quotation end [2008-10-09]