06/12/2004   Cheerful New Year’s Eve with Yellow Dog!

Everyone who likes to write verses, as well as having fun during carnival New Year’s Eve is invited to participate from December 1 to January 14 in the contest from PeterStar “Cheerful New Year’s Eve with Yellow Dog”!

You are fond of verses – write and send your couplet or quatrain about the New Year and Yellow Dog! (Your verse should contain the words New Year and Yellow Dog).

You like to surprise your friends during New Year’s Eve – send a photo of you in an original New Year’s fancy dress!

On the 17th of January PeterStar will sum up the results of the contest and determine 3 winners under each of the below categories.

Prizes for “The Best Rhymesters”

• I Prize – an author’s painting “Yellow Dog under a New Year’s Tree” and a 25 c.u. Multicard
• II Prize and III Prize – a wall clock and a soft toy “Yellow Dog”.

• I Prize – 40 c.u. Multicard and a wall clock.
• II Prize and III Prize – 25 c.u. Multicard and a sports cap.

06/12/2004   PeterStar Provides Access to Up-To-Date Wi-Fi Technology to Every Participant of New Year’s Campaign

On the threshold of the New Year Holiday PeterStar announces the beginning of the campaign “Wi-Fi To Everyone”. All those who will connect to an Internet or data channel via PeterStar until December 31 will be granted by PeterStar on a free basis Wi-Fi equipment – the latest technology of wireless access to the local network and the Internet.

For that corporate customers the campaign is aimed at have to connect an Internet or data channel with a guaranteed capacity of 512 Kbps and higher.

Wi-Fi equipment provided by PeterStar is put on sale by the world manufacturer D-Link and makes it possible to support transmission rates of up to 22 Mbps within the radius of 100m. A Wi-Fi hot spot set consists of a base unit, manual and software.

For conducting the campaign “Wi-Fi To Everyone” the company has purchased several thousands of equipment sets. Moreover, the customers – participants of the campaign will be granted a PeterStar Wi-Fi card that gives them an opportunity of applying this technology at public Wi-Fi Internet hot spots rather than at their offices only.

PeterStar is part of the international Wi-Fi operator alliance and from July 2003 actively develops its program on arranging public Wi-Fi Internet hot spots. At present PeterStar serves approx. 15 Wi-Fi zones in Saint Petersburg, among which there are large hotels of the city, air terminals Pulkovo-1 and Pulkovo-2, cafes and leisure centers.

ABOUT COMPANY:

ZAO PeterStar is one of the leaders of the telecommunications market of the Northwest Region of Russia, specializing in the provision of telephony, Internet and data services. From 1992 the company has invested over $150m in the construction of its network, having materially contributed to the city telecommunications infrastructure development. PeterStar possesses the largest fiber network in the city which length is approaching 2000 km. The total number of connected PeterStar telephone lines makes approx. 100 thousand. PeterStar occupies a 70% share of the telephone operators market among alternative operators. During five years PeterStar has been rendering social support to the city, serving the city infrastructure of the Vissilievski Island telephone network under the tariffs of the OAO North-West Telecom affiliate (PTN).