Moscow, Russia - March 23, 2006 - COMSTAR - United TeleSystems (Comstar UTS) today announced consolidated key operating data for its alternative and traditional segments as at December 31, 2005.
Comstar UTS had more than 444,000 residential subscribers in alternative segment as at December 31, 2005, of which the number of broadband subscribers increased by 143% year on year. The number of dial-up subscribers declined by 47% in 2005, which was in line with the general market trend of subscribers switching to broadband services. Comstar UTS has also announced the total number of pay-TV service subscribers for the first time. Pay-TV services were provided to subscribers with the commercial launch of StreamTV in September 2005. The pay-TV subscriber base grew strongly during the fourth quarter and had reached nearly 6,700 by the end of the year.
The corporate client base in the alternative fixed-line telecommunications segment grew to more than 31,000 subscribers as at December 31, 2005. The number capacity in the alternative fixed-line telecommunications segment was 628,000 numbers by the year end, whilst the number of ADSL and data transmission channels increased by 36% during the year. Local connections still account for the majority of the traffic. The ratio between the volume of local calls and international and inter-city connections (long-distance calling) was 6:1, which reflects the structure of both the corporate client and operator markets.
The total number capacity in the traditional fixed-line telecommunications segment was 4,637,383 numbers, of which over 3.5 million numbers were provided to residential subscribers and more than 728,000 numbers were provided to corporate subscribers. The company provided traditional fixed-line telecommunications services to 3,536,479 residential customers and more than 76,000 corporate customers as at December 31, 2005.
Alternative Fixed-Line Business
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As at December 31 |
As at September 30 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2004 |
2005 |
Number of subscribers |
525 566 |
478 666 |
475 959 |
399 626 |
466 481 |
Residential subscribers |
501 761 |
451 059 |
444 347 |
373 172 |
435 779 |
Broadband subscribers |
4 357 |
102 516 |
249 542 |
37 003 |
198 654 |
Dial-up subscribers |
493 154 |
343 691 |
182 350 |
331 655 |
232 004 |
Voice subscribers |
4 250 |
4 852 |
5 764 |
4 514 |
5 121 |
Pay -TV subscribers |
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6 691 |
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Corporate subscribers |
23 555 |
27 258 |
31 170 |
26 164 |
30 310 |
Operators |
250 |
349 |
442 |
290 |
392 |
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Active telephone lines |
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Corporate subscribers |
100 694 |
116 842 |
134 985 |
116 669 |
130 655 |
Operators |
100 691 |
102 445 |
112 038 |
102 156 |
106 111 |
Mobile operators |
303 571 |
303 574 |
325 572 |
303 573 |
323 571 |
Residential subscribers |
9 511 |
7 683 |
8 260 |
7 566 |
7 925 |
Total |
514 467 |
530 544 |
580 855 |
529 964 |
568 262 |
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Installed capacity / telephone lines |
548 600 |
588 600 |
628 600 |
548 600 |
628 600 |
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ADSL and data transmission channels |
20 403 |
19 701 |
26 814 |
17 784 |
24 092 |
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Traffic / minute |
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Operators |
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Local |
255 683 |
5 451 939 |
3 436 320 |
2 794 188 |
2 853 874 |
DLD / ILD |
210 510 |
312 683 |
573 091 |
411 255 |
456 532 |
Total |
466 192 |
5 764 622 |
4 009 411 |
3 205 443 |
3 310 406 |
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Traffic / minute |
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Corporate subscribers |
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Local |
366 011 |
617 423 |
1 305 352 |
573 446 |
888 944 |
DLD / ILD |
99 932 |
122 905 |
216 004 |
117 408 |
154 566 |
Total |
465 943 |
740 327 |
1 521 356 |
690 853 |
1 043 509 |
Traditional Fixed-Line Business
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As at December 31 |
As at September 30 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2004 |
2005 |
Number of current subscribers |
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Residential subscribers |
3 409 841 |
3 472 661 |
3 536 479 |
3 448 361 |
3 524 112 |
Corporate subscribers |
77 464 |
76 407 |
76 042 |
76 586 |
75 525 |
Operators |
204 |
222 |
213 |
208 |
198 |
Total |
3 487 509 |
3 549 290 |
3 612 734 |
3 525 155 |
3 599 835 |
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Active telephone lines |
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Residential subscribers |
3 409 841 |
3 472 661 |
3 536 479 |
3 448 361 |
3 524 112 |
Corporate subscribers |
717 950 |
723 611 |
728 329 |
722 181 |
725 689 |
Total |
4 127 791 |
4 196 272 |
4 264 808 |
4 170 542 |
4 249 801 |
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Installed capacity / telephone lines |
4 367 102 |
4 491 055 |
4 637 383 |
4 402 066 |
4 610 323 |
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Access nodes / lines rented |
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Corporate subscribers |
30 348 |
31 154 |
30 846 |
31 074 |
31 186 |
Operators |
131 576 |
170 736 |
182 049 |
144 393 |
182 996 |
Total |
161 924 |
201 890 |
212 895 |
175 467 |
214 182 |
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Interconnect / Operators |
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DLD / ILD (minutes) |
2 619 573 |
2 739 831 |
2 645 775 |
1 946 887 |
1 983 337 |
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