Roshan is backed by an international consortium formed by the Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development (AKFED) at 51%, Monaco Telecom International (MTI) at 36.75% and MCT Corp. at 12.25%.

The Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development (AKFED), the leading sponsor with 51% equity in the operating company, is the economic development arm of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN), a group of development agencies seeking to improve opportunities and living conditions in specific regions of the developing world, especially Africa and Asia.

The Aga Khan Development Network, which has been supporting humanitarian assistance and rehabilitation in Afghanistan since 1996, works for the common good of all citizens, regardless of their gender, origin or religion. Its underlying impulse is the ethic of compassion for the vulnerable in society. Its programmes in Afghanistan come under a comprehensive development agreement signed by the Aga Khan and President Hamid Karzai.

AKFED has also established the First Microfinance Bank, which provides banking facilities and microfinance loans to several regions in Afghanistan. AKFED will also be opening up its 5-Star hotel, Kabul Serena Hotel, later this year in Kabul.

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Monaco Telecom International (MTI) holds a 36.75% stake in Telecom Development Company Afghanistan (TDCA), and is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Monaco Telecom Group, the incumbent operator for the principality of Monaco. Monaco Telecom Group was created in 1997 out of the Principality's administrative service, the Office Monégasque des Télécommunications. Since 2004, the Monaco Telecom Group shareholding is 49% Cable & Wireless, 45% Principality of Monaco and 6% Compagnie Monégasque de Banque. MTI has operations in Afghanistan, Algeria, Kosovo and Tunisia.

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MCT Corp., which holds a 12.25% equity stake in TDCA, is a US-based company and a leading provider of mobile wireless telecommunications services in Central Asia and Russia. MCT has developed 29 ventures in the region since its formation over 10 years ago, and today it provides mobile and other services through eleven ventures licensed to serve populations of 67 million people. Their services are offered under the Indigo, Coscom and other regional service brands.

Further information is available at www.mctcorp.net and www.Indigo.ru.