Aport Hits Its Stride.MOSCOW -- Golden Telecom, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :GLDN), reports that the Russian Internet provider ROL ROL In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Romanian Leu. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. (TM), through its leading Internet search engine, Aport(TM) (http://www.aport.ru), has significantly broadened and updated its server base. ROL has purchased state-of-the-art Dell PowerEdge 2850 servers. The servers are configured with search engine features that will perform searches within indexed pages and provide prompt delivery of found search results to the Aport Internet users. Since the new processing power was added, the volume of information indexed by Aport has doubled, and the number of pages indexed on every Web site has grown significantly. Additionally, the system has become more powerful in terms of the number of search queries it can process simultaneously. Throughout this upgrade process, Aport has retained its proprietary and distinctive approach towards retrieval tasks on the Internet. Focus is given to processing high quality search queries rather than merely increasing the volume of the databases searched. Additionally, a new and more efficient spam-filtering system was developed to protect users from various types of Internet spam and unwanted pop-ups. Overall, Aport expects to see significant growth in the number of users utilizing the improved search engine capabilities. About Golden Telecom (www.goldentelecom.com): Golden Telecom, Inc., (NASDAQ:GLDN) is a leading facilities-based provider of integrated telecommunications and Internet services in major population centers throughout Russia and other countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), community of independent nations established by a treaty signed at Minsk, Belarus, on Dec. 8, 1991, by the heads of state of Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine. Between Dec. 8 and Dec. ("CIS Cis (sĭs), same as Kish (1.) (1) (CompuServe Information Service) See CompuServe. (2) (Card Information S "). The Company offers voice, data and Internet services to corporations, operators and consumers using its metropolitan overlay network in major cities including Moscow, Kiev, St. Petersburg, Nizhny Novgorod, Samara Samara, river, Russia Samara (səmä`rə), river, c.360 mi (580 km) long, rising in the foothills of the S Urals, European Russia. It flows generally northwest, and joins the Volga River at Samara. , Kaliningrad, Krasnoyarsk, Almaty, and Tashkent, and via intercity fiber optic and satellite-based networks, including approximately 233 combined access points in Russia and other countries of the CIS. The Company offers mobile services in Kiev and Odessa. ROL(TM) (a registered trade mark of the Golden Telecom group) is a national ISP (1) See in-system programmable. (2) (Internet Service Provider) An organization that provides access to the Internet. Connection to the user is provided via dial-up, ISDN, cable, DSL and T1/T3 lines. providing dial-up Internet access See dial-up. services in 50 cities in Russia and the CIS, as well as global roaming services in 150 countries of the world. The number of active ROL users is approximately 400,000. ROL owns popular Russian Internet resources, such as the Aport search engine www.aport.ru, the Omen entertainment portal omen.ru, the ROL Internet magazine www.rol.ru, an essays bank www.referat.ru, and other popular Internet sites and resources. Statements made in this press release are forward looking and are made pursuant to the safe harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive. provisions of the Securities Litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. Reform Act of 1995. Such statements include the expected impact of purchasing and using Dell PowerEdge servers, search capabilities, and growth in users. It is important to note that such statements involve risks and uncertainties, which may cause outcomes to differ materially from those set forth in these statements. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the possibility that the company management will not be able to meet the expectations of shareholders. Additional information concerning factors that could cause results to differ materially from those in the forward looking statements is contained in the Company's filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission including the Company's quarterly reports on Form 10-Q Form 10-Q See 10-Q. , current reports on Form 8-K filed during 2005, and the Company's annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004. |
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