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Monday, 21 March 2005

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Connex, Romania's leading mobile network and first video mobile network, today announces that the Nokia 6630 will be available over 3G at launch of its services.

Offering always-connected e-mail, mobile broadband access to multimedia content, live video streaming and video conferencing, the compact Nokia 6630 phone makes 3G a reality for a growing number of people. Personal information management is raised to a new level in 3G environments as e-mail, including attachments, can be downloaded and viewed at mobile broadband speeds of up to 384 kbps. Combining Connex's soon to be launched 3G capability with the latest mobile imaging features, Nokia 6630 is the world's smallest megapixel phone for GSM and WCDMA networks.

Ken Campbell, Chief Marketing Officer Connex said: "As we prepare to be the first operator to offer video mobile with coverage in 8 cities, including Bucharest, Cluj, Timisoara, Brasov, Constanta, Ploiesti, Craiova and Iasi at launch, we expect high demand for our services. In order to meet this anticipated demand and the interest already being demonstrated in video mobile services - we're pleased to be offering customers Nokia's 6630 3G handset through our direct sales force, retail stores and dealers across Romania. This represents the first in a series of new 3G enabled handsets."

Razvan Petrescu, Account Manager Nokia Romania commented: "Connex makes 3G possible here and now and Nokia is ready to activelly support its further development. 3G enabled products like Nokia 6630 sporting high quality video mobile content and services, doubled by advanced business functions, demonstrates our commitement to 3G. Nokia 6630 delivers the ultimate consumer experience, driven by aplications like video streaming, video sharing and video telephony".

Connex leads the mobile communications market in Romania with over 4.910.000 customers, as of December 31, 2004. Connex is a trademark of MobiFon S.A., a subsidiary of Telesystem International Wireless Inc. (NASDAQ:TIWI; TSX: TIW). Connex's major shareholders are Telesystem International Wireless (TIW), Canada, and Vodafone, UK.

 
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