Moscow, Russian Federation — January 17, 2007 — Mobile Telesystems OJSC («MTS» — NYSE: MBT), the largest mobile phone operator in Russia and the CIS, announces that its consolidated subscriber base reached 72.86 million users on December 31, 2006.
During December 2006, MTS’ consolidated subscriber base increased by 3.18 million subscribers, of which 0.66 million were added in Russia.
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Subscribers (mln) |
Dec 31, 2006 |
Nov 30, 2006 |
Growth
Subs |
Growth
% |
Dec 31, 2005 |
Growth
Subs |
Growth
% |
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Total consolidated subscribers, end of period |
72.86 |
69.68 |
3.18 |
4.6% |
58.19 |
14.67 |
25.2% |
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Russia |
51.22 |
50.56 |
0.66 |
1.3% |
44.22 |
7.00 |
15.8% |
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Moscow and the Moscow region |
11.21 |
11.06 |
0.15 |
1.3% |
10.18 |
1.03 |
10.1% |
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St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region |
2.69 |
2.70 |
-0.01 |
-0.2% |
2.45 |
0.24 |
9.8% |
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Rest of Russia |
37.32 |
36.80 |
0.52 |
1.4% |
31.58 |
5.74 |
18.2% |
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Ukraine |
20.00 |
17.61 |
2.39 |
13.6% |
13.33 |
6.67 |
50.1% |
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Uzbekistan |
1.45 |
1.35 |
0.10 |
7.5% |
0.58 |
0.87 |
150.0% |
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Turkmenistan |
0.18 |
0.16 |
0.02 |
14.5% |
0.07 |
0.11 |
162.6% |
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MTS Belarus1 |
3.21 |
3.04 |
0.17 |
5.5% |
2.13 |
1.08 |
50.6% |
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1 |
MTS owns a 49% stake in Mobile TeleSystems LLC, a mobile operator in Belarus, which is not consolidated. |
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