Last year we actively built up our own infrastructure in urban and rural areas in all regions of the country and modernized the existing production facilities, investing not only in the future of our Company, but also in the future of the whole country. We intend to continue this work this year. Special attention will be paid both to the scaling of new technologies for the widest range of clients and to the improvement of the quality of services provided by the Company. Improving quality is one of the most important primary factors of our successful development, so we must make every effort to address this issue.

I am sure that the implementation of all the set goals will be ensured, since Kazakhtelecom JSC has a cohesive and highly professional team of like-minded people. All the successes of the Company in recent years are the result of hard work of many people at all production levels. The initiatives and projects implemented by us would have been impossible without the team that is ready to solve tasks of any complexity. And I would like to take this opportunity to thank all employees of the Company for their fruitful work, professional approach to business and constant striving for self-improvement. It should be noted that the Company’s employees, and they are almost 24 thousand of them, including its subsidiaries, are the main and the most valuable asset of Kazakhtelecom JSC.

A lot of ambitious plans and objectives are set for this year, and I am sure that with the support and efforts of professionals working for the Company, we will do our best to keep Kazakhtelecom JSC at the forefront of technological progress and develop our own innovative products and services.

Our global objective is to remain an industry leader and continue to create value for our customers, shareholders and society as a whole. I am confident that we can achieve this by working together.