Novosoft LLC. announced that Orange, one of the world's leading cellular operators, had started testing in Thailand Novosoft Mobile Instant Messenger, an Instant Messaging and Mobile Presence Service enabling GSM subscribers to use ICQ on their cell phones.

Mobile TeleSystems (NYSE: MBT) started commercial operation of Novosoft W-Domination, the first multiplayer strategic SMS game ever developed in Russia.

Novosoft LLC., the leading Russian provider of mobile and wireless software, presented new version of Novosoft Mobile Instant Messenger - a Mobile Presence and Instant Messaging service providing GSM subscribers with access to ICQ network directly from their mobile phones.

In the analytical report 2001: Leaders And Technologies Of the Year (a joint publication by CNews.ru agency and 'Company' magazine) Novosoft Mobile Instant Messenger is acknowledged as "the most impressive achievement of Russian software developers in 2001".

Novosoft Mobile Instant Messenger, a solution that lets GSM subscribers use ICQ instant messaging service directly from their mobile phones without Internet connection has been started by Mobile TeleSystems, Russia's leading cellular operator.

Novosoft LLC. has launched beta testing of an application allowing GSM subscribers to access popular instant messaging systems directly from their mobile phones.

Novosoft, LLC. today announced that it won the SIMagine Innovation Award at the 3GSM World Congress in Cannes, France as a result of the company's participation in the 2001 Worldwide GSM and Java Card Developers Contest.