Moscow, Russian Federation — June 8, 2006 — Mobile Telesystems OJSC («MTS» — NYSE: MBT), the largest mobile phone operator in Russia and the CIS, announces that its consolidated subscriber base reached 62.89 million users on May 31, 2006.
During May 2006, MTS’ consolidated subscriber base increased by 1.12 million subscribers, of which 0.81 million were added in Russia.
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Subscribers (mln) |
May 31, 2006 |
Apr. 30, 2006 |
Growth
Subs |
Growth
% |
May 31, 2005 |
Growth
Subs |
Growth
% |
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Total consolidated subscribers, end of period |
62.89 |
61.77 |
1.12 |
1.8% |
42.36 |
20.53 |
48.5% |
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Russia |
47.16 |
46.35 |
0.81 |
1.7% |
33.04 |
14.12 |
42.7% |
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Moscow and the Moscow region |
10.46 |
10.32 |
0.14 |
1.4% |
8.62 |
1.84 |
21.4% |
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St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region |
2.53 |
2.51 |
0.02 |
0.8% |
2.06 |
0.47 |
22.7% |
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Rest of Russia |
34.17 |
33.52 |
0.65 |
1.9% |
22.36 |
11.81 |
52.8% |
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Ukraine |
14.85 |
14.60 |
0.25 |
1.1% |
8.93 |
5.92 |
66.3% |
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Uzbekistan |
0.77 |
0.72 |
0.05 |
6.9% |
0.39 |
0.38 |
96.2% |
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Turkmenistan |
0.12 |
0.11 |
0.01 |
11.1% |
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MTS Belarus1 |
2.50 |
2.41 |
0.09 |
3.7% |
1.53 |
0.97 |
63.3% |
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MTS owns a 49% stake in Mobile TeleSystems LLC, a mobile operator in Belarus, which is not consolidated. |
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