MOSCOW and NEW YORK, Dec. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Open Joint Stock Company "Vimpel-Communications" ("VimpelCom" or the "Company") announced today that it will host a conference call to discuss preliminary conclusions of a 2001 tax review on Thursday, December 9, 2004, at 6:30 p.m. Moscow time (10:30 a.m. ET). The conference call will be hosted by Alexander Izosimov, Chief Executive Officer. He will be joined by Elena Shmatova, Chief Financial Officer, and Valery Goldin, Vice President of International and Investor Relations. Participants may access the call by dialing (312) 461-9314. The call may also be accessed via Webcast at the Company''s Web site, located at http://www.vimpelcom.com/.
For those who will be unable to listen to the call live, it will be archived until December 16, 2004. To access the archived replay of the call, users should dial (719) 457-0820, and enter pass code 152329.
VimpelCom is a leading provider of telecommunications services in Russia and Kazakhstan, operating under the "Bee Line GSM" brand in Russia and "K-mobile" and "EXCESS" brands in Kazakhstan. The VimpelCom Group''s license portfolio covers approximately 94% of Russia''s population (136 million people), including the City of Moscow, the Moscow Region and the City of St. Petersburg, as well as the entire territory of Kazakhstan. VimpelCom was the first Russian company to list its shares on the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE"). VimpelCom''s ADSs are listed on the NYSE under the symbol "VIP."
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For those who will be unable to listen to the call live, it will be archived until December 16, 2004. To access the archived replay of the call, users should dial (719) 457-0820, and enter pass code 152329.
VimpelCom is a leading provider of telecommunications services in Russia and Kazakhstan, operating under the "Bee Line GSM" brand in Russia and "K-mobile" and "EXCESS" brands in Kazakhstan. The VimpelCom Group''s license portfolio covers approximately 94% of Russia''s population (136 million people), including the City of Moscow, the Moscow Region and the City of St. Petersburg, as well as the entire territory of Kazakhstan. VimpelCom was the first Russian company to list its shares on the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE"). VimpelCom''s ADSs are listed on the NYSE under the symbol "VIP."
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