The FINANCIAL -- Mobile TeleSystems OJSC (“MTS” – NYSE: MBT), the largest mobile phone operator in Russia and the CIS, announces that it has successfully renegotiated the terms of the EUR 300 million credit facility from Gazprombank as part of the Company’s efforts to reduce the interest rates of its debt portfolio.

The FINANCIAL -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) on November 4 announced that LHS, part of the Ericsson group and a leading independent software vendor (ISV) for the telecom industry, has released its BSCS iX Release 3 customer care and billing solution on IBM Power Systems running the AIX operating system.

The FINANCIAL -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) on November 4 announced it is donating technology assets including its Insurance Application Architecture (IAA) Business Object/Data Model and the IAA Product Specification Diagram (PSD) Notation to help promote insurance industry standards.

The FINANCIAL -- Apple on November 4 announced that developers have created over 100,000 apps for the revolutionary App Store, the largest applications store in the world. iPhone and iPod touch customers in 77 countries can choose from an incredible range of apps in 20 categories, including games, business, news, sports, health, reference and travel.

The FINANCIAL -- DiversityInc, which has run The DiversityInc Top 50 Companies for Diversity for 10 years, has named Accenture (NYSE: ACN) the Top Company for Generational Communications, citing the way its employees of all generations communicate with each other and with clients for maximum effectiveness.