Technical-economic ratios of Kazakhtelecom OJSC (Kazakhstan) in 1999-2000

/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) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- As of Jan.01, 00 As of Jan.01, 01 change Indicator % -------------------------------------------------------- ---------------- ---------------- ------ 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Financial and economic indicators of Kazakhtelecom thousand tenge unless otherwise indicated -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- As of Jan.01, 00 As of Jan.01, 01 change Indicator % ------------------------------------------ ---------------- ---------------- ------ 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------