11 October 2006
MOSCOW, RUSSIAN FEDERATION – OCTOBER 11, 2006 – MOBILE TELESYSTEMS OJSC (“MTS” - NYSE: MBT), THE LARGEST MOBILE PHONE OPERATOR IN RUSSIA AND THE CIS, ANNOUNCES THAT ITS CONSOLIDATED SUBSCRIBER BASE REACHED 67.59 MILLION USERS ON SEPTEMBER 30, 2006.
During September 2006, MTS’ consolidated subscriber base increased by 0.93 million subscribers, of which 0.40 million were added in Russia.
|
Subscribers (mln) |
Sep 30, 2006 |
Aug 31, 2006 |
Growth |
Sep 30, 2005 |
Growth |
|
Subs
|
%
|
Subs
|
%
|
|
Total consolidated subscribers,
end of period |
67.59 |
66.66 |
0.93 |
1.4% |
50.36 |
17.23 |
34.2% |
|
Russia |
49.99 |
49.59 |
0.40 |
0.8% |
38.87 |
11.12 |
28.6% |
|
Moscow and the Moscow region |
11.01 |
10.94 |
0.07 |
0.6% |
9.67 |
1.34 |
13.8% |
|
St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region |
2.69 |
2.66 |
0.03 |
1.4% |
2.32 |
0.37 |
16.1% |
|
Rest of Russia |
36.29 |
36.00 |
0.29 |
0.8% |
26.88 |
9.41 |
35.0% |
|
Ukraine |
16.36 |
15.93 |
0.43 |
2.7% |
10.94 |
5.42 |
49.5% |
|
Uzbekistan |
1.09 |
1.00 |
0.09 |
9.4% |
0.49 |
0.60 |
123.2% |
|
Turkmenistan |
0.14 |
0.14 |
0.007 |
5.4% |
0.06 |
0.08 |
140.4% |
|
MTS Belarus[1] |
2.89 |
2.79 |
0.10 |
3.6% |
1.85 |
1.04 |
56.2% |
[1] MTS owns a 49% stake in Mobile TeleSystems LLC, a mobile operator in Belarus, which is not consolidated.
|
.jpg){kind=small}
