/KASE, March 5, 01/ - Kazakhtelecom (Astana), in compliance with the listing requirements, presented the company's major technical-economic ratios for 2000 to the Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE).

The tables presented below contain major indicators and their dynamics for 1999 and 2000 and

Kazakhtelecom's indicators (volume)

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                                                          As of Jan.01, 00  As of Jan.01, 01  change
Indicator                                                                                          %
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Inter-city and international telephony, thousand minutes
                                                                   690,588           952,490   +37.9
including - chargeable Kazakhtelecom OJSC                          668,063           847,999   +26.9
of which chargeable traffic, break down by directions:                                     ,
Republic of Kazakhstan                                             568,804           742,658   +30.6
CIS countries                                                       86,940            92,672    +6.6
Rest of the world                                                   12,319            12,669    +2.8
Time of Internet connections, thousand minutes                      23,251           108,419  +366.3
Telegrams outgoing, thousand units                                                     1,797
including chargeable                                                                     861
Presence of basic telephone sets
(BTS), units                                                     1,759,769         1,835,325    +4.3
including rural telephone lines (RTL)                              267,278           287,913    +7.7
BTS total of population, units                                   1,559,089          1628,973    +4.5
Newly set BTS, units                                               144,418           180,751   +25.2
including RTL                                                       29,352            50,806   +73.1
Net growth, units                                                  -15,613            75,556
including RTL                                                      -20,572            20,635
Density of BTS on 100 units of population, units                      11.9              12.3    +2.5
including RTL                                                          4.1               4.4    +7.7
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Financial and economic indicators of Kazakhtelecom

thousand tenge unless otherwise indicated

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                                            As of Jan.01, 00  As of Jan.01, 01  change
Indicator                                                                            %
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Sales revenues:                                   29,852,476        35,897,020   +20.2
including:
inter-city and international communication        18,988,681        22,321,008   +17.5
telegraph communication                              446,350           309,368   -30.6
local telephone communication                      9,803,347        11,891,965   +21.3
Wired radio                                          165,134           137,705   -16.6
Satellite communication (IPLC и KULAN)                                 188,723
data transmission networks                           109,225           623,108  +470.5
smart cards                                          127,066           349,336  +174.9
Operating expenses:                               22,786,753        29,335,818   +28.7
including:
goods                                              1,249,539         1,527,601   +22.3
purchase                                           2,664,770         5,191,626   +94.8
major repair                                         794,171         1,198,994   +51.0
labor payments                                     7,209,700         8,306,662   +15.2
taxes                                              2,051,859         2,756,816   +34.4
including general state taxes                      1,484,617         2,289,028   +54.2
social security                                        3,096             2,806    -9.3
depreciation                                       4,414,359         6,944,107   +57.3
Number of employees.                                  32,967            30,872    -6.3
including AAU                                          2,887             2,615    -9.4
Income per employee                                    905.5           1,162.8   +28.4
Accounts receivable:                               9,253,532         8,014,859   -13.3
including:
individuals                                        1,151,552         1,320,713   +14.7
government entities:                               1,012,463           751,969   -25.7
state budget                                         578,707           559,863    -3.2
local budgets                                        433,756           192,106   -55.7
other legal entities                               3,021,672         2,637,725   -12.7
debts of CIS countries                             2,644,485         2,220,567   -16.0
debt of rest of the world                          1,423,360         1,083,885   -23.8
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