WiMAX Forum® Welcomes Yota to Board of Directors

PORTLAND, Ore. September 16, 2009 WiMAX Forum today announced the addition of a new member to its Board of Directors, CEO Dennis Sverdlov of Yota. Yota is a fast growing privately held operator of 4G Mobile WiMAX Internet services in Russia. "The global WiMAX ecosystem continues to thrive and Yota, already a dedicated leader in the deployment of wireless broadband services based upon WiMAX technology, is a great addition to our forward-looking Board of Directors," said Ron Resnick, president and chairman of the WiMAX Forum. "A diverse group of the wireless industry's top operators and device, infrastructure and chipset vendors, the WiMAX Forum Board of Directors is committed to the delivery of next-generation wireless broadband available to anyone, anywhere. Dennis Sverdlov became Chief Executive Officer of Scartel LLC. (Yota) in May 2007. Prior to his position as CEO, Sverdlov was a shareholder and member of the Board of Directors at Korus Consulting, one of the leading IT-consulting companies in Saint Petersburg, where he spent four years managing the sales department. Sverdlov found his way to Korus Consulting after he started his first business, IT-Vision, which specialized in automation systems for enterprises on the basis of Microsoft Navision program solutions. IT Vision eventually merged with Korus Consulting. Sverdlov graduated with a specialist degree in accounting, analyses and auditing from Saint Petersburg State University of Engineering and Economics. We became the first Russian company to join the WiMAX Forums board of directors, said Sverdlov. For two years we have worked hard to bring Mobile WiMAX to the market and promote this technology not only in Russia, but throughout the world. Thus, our practical experience and expertise, which we are always willing to share, may be of keen interest to all WiMAX Forum members for many reasons, including perfecting the operating principles of this organization, which defines the WiMAX standard. Yota continues to demonstrate leadership and gain momentum in the wireless broadband industry. On August 25, 2009, Yota announced that the company reached the milestone of 100,000 active Mobile WiMAX users within only two and half months of the commercial operation launch. Yota also recently announced open access to the records download from the Yota Music catalog to PC and HTC MAX 4G phone. The HTC MAX 4G handset is the worlds first Windows Mobile based phone to get a technology of downloading the tracks, protected by Windows Media DRM license directly, bypassing the computer. Yotas Business Development Director, Yegor Ivanov, is a regular blogger on the WiMAX Forums new, interactive social media site, www.wimaxtimes.com. Other members of the WiMAX Forum Board include: Airspan Networks, Alcatel-Lucent, Alvarion, Aperto Networks, Cisco, Clearwire Corporation, Comcast Cable, Fujitsu, Huawei Technologies, Information and Communications Research Laboratories at Taiwan's Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), Intel Corporation, KDDI, KT, Motorola, Nokia, Samsung, Sprint, Tata Communications and ZTE. The WiMAX Forum's membership base represents a thriving WiMAX ecosystem which supports the more than 500 WiMAX network deployments in 145 countries. A complete list of members is available online at http://www.wimaxforum.org/about/. The WiMAX Forum is the worldwide consortium focused on global adoption of WiMAX and chartered to establish certification processes that achieve interoperability, publish technical specifications based on recognized standards, promote the technology and pursue a favorable regulatory environment. About the WiMAX Forum The WiMAX Forum is an industry-led, not-for-profit organization formed to certify and promote the compatibility and interoperability of broadband wireless products based upon the harmonized IEEE 802.16e/ETSI HiperMAN standard. A WiMAX Forum goal is to accelerate the introduction of these systems into the marketplace. WiMAX Forum Certified products are interoperable and support broadband fixed, nomadic, portable and mobile services. Along these lines, the WiMAX Forum works closely with service providers and regulators to ensure that WiMAX Forum Certified systems meet customer and government requirements. Through the WiMAX Forum Congress Events Series of global trade shows and events, the WiMAX Forum is committed to furthering education, training and collaboration to expand the reach of the WiMAX ecosystem. For more information, visit the trade show link at www.wimaxforum.org. "WiMAX Forum," the WiMAX Forum logo and the WiMAX Forum Certified logo are registered trademarks of the WiMAX Forum. "WiMAX," "Mobile WiMAX," "Fixed WiMAX," "WiMAX Certified," and "WiMAX Forum Certified" are trademarks of the WiMAX Forum. Third-party trademarks contained in this document are the property of their respective owners. About Yota Yota is the first Russian Mobile WiMAX network (in IEEE 802.16-2005 standard) providing high-speed internet access and handover between base stations without session breaking. Yota 4G internet is wireless, high-speed, unlimited and accessible everywhere within the coverage zone. High-speed wireless network has been already deployed in Moscow, St. Petersburg and Ufa. Various types of devices provide easy connection to Yota. Among them therere modems, notebooks, routers and HTC MAX 4G the worlds first GSM+Mobile WiMAX phone. Yota offers unique mobile services, using the possibilities of fast wireless internet access: mobile IPTV, video-on-demand, online music catalogue listing hundreds of thousands of tracks by world leading lables, photoblogging portal and lots of others. Yota brand consolidates the companies, responsible for network deployment, software development and media content aggregation. For more information, please, visit Yota official web-site at www.yota.ru/en/. ###