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Paragon Software Group wins GTB’s Innovation Awards 2009

Global Telecoms Business Recognizes Paragon Software Group and Mobile TeleSystems with 'Most Innovative Project' Award

MOSCOW, Russia, June 23, 2009 – Paragon Software Group (PSG), the leading smartphone and desktop PC software developer, received the “Best Consumer Mobile Service Innovation” award by the UK-based publication Global Telecoms Business in a ceremony held in London on June 16, with representatives from Mobile TeleSystems (MTS) (NYSE: MBT), and 350 other telecom industry leaders present.

The award was given for the MTS Catalogue project, a customizable, single-point directory of seven of the most essential mobile applications and services, developed by PSG exclusively for MTS subscribers. “We were impressed by the quality and number of nominations this year — the most we have ever had — so it was a special triumph to be one of the winners this year. This was an outstanding project and well deserves its award,” said Alan Burkitt-Gray, the editor of Global Telecoms Business. The winners, as selected by the judging panel, represent the most innovative projects in the industry worldwide.

“Originally launched in February 2009 to mobile customers in Russia and the CIS, the service could be customized for any region and used by millions of mobile users worldwide,” said Alex Zudin, CEO at PSG. "Many Russian customers use this service regularly and find it to be an invaluable application portal for their mobile devices."

The MTS Catalogue contains the following applications and online services:

• Dictionaries – simultaneously translate into English, French, German, Italian, Portugese and Spanish through Paragon’s advanced Slovoed Express online translation service
• Five-day weather forecast for any location in the world
• Currency and measurement conversion
• Interactive maps of local traffic and road conditions
• One-click e-mail access
• The latest headlines through continuously updated RSS feeds via RSS news service
• Kaspersky antivirus software

“We strive to offer our customers the most innovative services to cover all of their needs – from the most basic ones, such as preventing sensitive data loss, to the most advanced ones, such as foreign-language communication directly on the mobile screen. The launch of the MTS Catalogue has proved to be just that. This set of the most essential programs – all conveniently offered under one umbrella for no cost for the user – were immediately appreciated by many of our customers,” added Pavel Roitberg, director of products and services development, MTS Russia.

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About Paragon Software Group
Paragon Software Group (Smart Handheld Devices Division & Epocware) offers software for a variety of smartphones (Android, BlackBerry, iPhone, iPod touch, Java, Windows Mobile, Symbian OS) and desktop PCs, including multilingual on-line handwriting recognition, localization, business and productivity applications, games, 120 multilingual dictionaries and encyclopedias. PSG has offices in the USA, Germany, Japan and Russia delivering its solutions to consumers through a network of operators, distributors and OEMs as well as on-line through the company website. PSG provides technology to a host of world class companies and partners including HTC, Microsoft, Motorola, Nokia, Samsung, Sony Ericsson.
To learn more about Paragon Software's diverse product line, please visit:
Smart Handheld Devices Division: http://www.penreader.com
Epocware: http://www.epocware.com
Storage Management Division: http://www.paragon-software.com

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