Vimpel-Communications (VimpelCom) is a provider of wireless telecommunications services in Russia, operating under the Bee Line GSM brand name. The Company offers wireless services, such as voice telephony service, value added services using short message system, unstructured supplementary services data, wireless application protocol, general packet radio service, maintenance management system technologies, interconnections with other networks and access to both national and international roaming service. VimpelCom offers services to subscribers under two types of payment plans: contract plans and prepaid plans. As of December 31, 2003, the Company had approximately 11.4 million subscribers on its wireless networks, compared to approximately 5.2 million as of December 31, 2002.