May 2nd, 2012, Yerevan, Armenia VivaCell-MTS, a subsidiary of “Mobile TeleSystems” OJSC, gladly announces that the final stage of the gt hackathon Armenia 2012 was held in Tsakhkadzor from April 27 to 29. The awarding ceremony took place today at Mediamax agency. VivaCell-MTS General Manager Ralph Yirikian presented the captain of the winning team in the Android nomination with a Samsung Galaxy Nexus, and the captain of the winning team in Chrome App nomination received an HTC Flyer tablet. The gt hackathon Armenia 2012 was organized by Google Developer Group of Armenia and the Armenian Social Media Association. The competition was sponsored by VivaCell-MTS; the official partner of the event was Mediamax Media Company. 15 projects were selected for participation in the final stage of the gt hackathon Armenia 2012. On April 29, after two working days of the final, the teams submitted their projects for evaluation of the jury and announcement of the winners. The competition participants were supposed to create software and extensions working on Android OS for Google Chrome browser. The winner in the Android nomination was the Event Guide project (Minas Keshishyan, captain of the team). The Event Guide is an Android application that combines variety of events and lets system users learn about the planned cultural, sports, and entertainment events in Armenia, make calendar notes, evaluate and select preferable events. It also lets find the nearest to the user events, make an advanced search, as well as share the events with social network friends. The users can easily obtain electronic QR tickets to make mobile payments. The winner in the Chrome App nomination was Me Chat project (Karen Ghandilyan, captain of the team). The project is a social networks chat hub and includes Google+, Facebook. The small window opening in the browser allows seeing all online social network friends. Besides, the Me Chat offers a translation tool based on the Google Translate. The Facebook user, for example, can type in Armenian, but the message before being sent will be translated into the language preferable to the peer receiving it. The receiver can equally get the message in the original language. The reply will automatically be translated into the language indicated in the settings. “VivaCell-MTS extended hands to Google Developer Group of Armenia, Hakathon 2012, as it believes that such innovative projects and events have a huge influence on moving the country’s IT sector forward. The participants of Hakathone have come up with a number of innovative mobile application initiatives, and this is for sure a strong boost to Armenia’s application development sector. Also it’s a strong motivation for us to believe in our people’s capabilities,” VivaCell-MTS General Manager commented. “As Armenia’s leading telecommunications operator, VivaCell-MTS has worked closely with HTC as its first official representative in Armenia, in order to make available innovative solutions based on Android’s open platform to Armenian subscribers. VivaCell-MTS has a strong commitment to supporting the open-source platform that delivers application developers a new level of openness, which in its turn, creates a supportive environment and helps accelerate, as the Hakathon 2012 has shown, the production of innovative, attractive and convenient mobile communication tools and services for mobile subscribers,” added Ralph Yirikian. Additionally, three projects in each nomination received encouragement prizes. Be ready for more! VivaCell-MTS... More than operator! VivaCell-MTS (K-Telecom CJSC) is Armenia’s leading mobile operator, having the widest 2G/3.75G/4G network reach and spreading a wide range of Voice and Data services all across Armenia. Having the best of the Armenian people interest at heart since its launch on 1st July 2005 and in a short period of time VivaCell-MTS has managed to build a nationwide network and a considerable customer base. VivaCell-MTS drives innovation and aims at always being at the forefront of any development serving the Armenian mobile communications market. For more information, visit www.vivacell.am Mobile TeleSystems OJSC ("MTS") is the leading telecommunications group in Russia, Eastern Europe and Central Asia, offering mobile and fixed voice, broadband, pay TV as well as content and entertainment services in one of the world's fastest growing regions. Including its subsidiaries, the Group services over 100 million mobile subscribers. The Group has been awarded GSM licenses in Russia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Armenia and Belarus, a region that boasts a total population of more than 230 million. Since June 2000, MTS' Level 3 ADRs have been listed on the New York Stock Exchange (ticker symbol MBT). Additional information about the MTS Group can be found at www.mtsgsm.com.

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