OJSC `Uralsvyazinform’ Selects ECI Telecom Equipment for Broadband Access Deployment

OJSC `Uralsvyazinform’ Selects ECI Telecom Equipment for Broadband Access Deployment

ECI supplies proven and leading access solution to existing optical customer

ECI Telecom (NASDAQ: ECIL), a global provider of networking infrastructure equipment, announced today that OJSC “Uralsvyazinform”, the largest interregional operator of telecom services in the Urals Federal District and Perm Krai, Russia, has selected ECI’s Hi-FOCuS™ Multi-Service Access Node (MSAN) solution to support a major residential and government project in Chelyabinsk Region and Khanty-Mansi Region. ECI’s solution is providing Internet access for schools in two Ural’s regions, according to national priority project “Education”.

OJSC “Uralsvyazinform” chose to work with ECI due to the flexibility that ECI has demonstrated as a partner both in terms of responsiveness as well as the solution’s stability and efficiency. The Hi-FOCuS solution also provides OJSC “Uralsvyazinform” with a comprehensive and flexible operational management system.

“OJSC “Uralsvyazinform’s” priority is the active advancement of broadband access,” said Konstantin Vlasyuk, Deputy Director for Business Development of OJSC “Uralsvyazinform”. “We foresee a robust increase of broadband access demand both in private and corporate segments. ECI allows us to offer an effective and cost-efficient broadband access solution to our customers, the first step to network packet switching migration. Moreover, this solution was used to connect Ural schools to the Internet, within the national project “Education” framework.”

“Having provided OJSC “Uralsvyazinform” with optical equipment in the past, we are proud to be able to expand this relationship to include the Hi-FOCuS platform,” said Boris Mirkin, President RBU Russia, CIS & Baltic States, of ECI Telecom. “This new contract illustrates the breadth of our solutions to meet “Uralsvyazinform’s” current and future infrastructure needs. Furthermore, it demonstrates our leadership and commitment to the significant Russian market.”

About Uralsvyazinform

Open Joint Stock Company “Uralsvyazinform” is the largest provider of telecommunications services in the Urals region, Russia. The company runs its business on the territory of seven Russian Federation Districts, with the area of 1.9 million square km, and population of more than 15 million people, namely: Chelyabinsk region, Khanty-Mansi AD, Yamalo-Nenets AD, Kurgan region, Sverdlovsk region, Tumen Region and Perm Krai.

As of the 1st of August 2007, Uralsvyazinform delivers services to 3.7 million subscribers of fixed-line network, to more than 4.6 million mobile subscribers, and to 200 thousand Wireless Broadband Access users. Mobile and new services are provided under Utel trademark. The number of employees is 27,100..

Currently, Uralsvyazinform has two international credit ratings from Standard and Poor’s and Fitch Ratings. The credits ratings at the year-end scored at:
Standard and Poor’s — ‘BB-’, outlook Stable;
Fitch Ratings — ‘B+’, outlook Stable

The company’s ordinary and preferred shares are listed on Russian Trading System (RTS) and Moscow Interbank Currency Exchange (MICEX). Its American Depository Receipts are traded on Frankfurt and Berlin Stock Exchanges, and the US OTC market. As of April 2007, USI’s market capitalization totaled US$ 2.2 billion

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About ECI Telecom

ECI Telecom delivers innovative communications platforms to carriers and service providers worldwide. ECI provides efficient platforms and solutions that enable customers to rapidly deploy cost-effective, revenue-generating services.

Founded in 1961, Israel-based ECI has consistently delivered customer-focused networking solutions to the world’s largest carriers. The Company is also a market leader in many emerging markets. ECI provides scalable broadband access, transport and data networking infrastructure that provides the foundation for the communications of tomorrow, including next-generation voice, IPTV, mobility and other business solutions. For more information, please visit www.ecitele.com.

Certain statements contained in this release may contain forward-looking information with respect to plans, projections or future performance of the Company. By their nature, forward-looking statements involve certain risks and uncertainties including, but not limited to, product and market acceptance risks, the impact of competitive pricing, product development, commercialization and technological difficulties and other risks detailed in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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