Moscow, Russian Federation — April 07, 2005 — Mobile TeleSystems OJSC (“MTS” — NYSE: MBT), the largest mobile phone operator in Russia and the CIS, announces that its consolidated subscriber base reached 38.69 million users on March 31, 2005.
During March 2005, MTS’ consolidated subscriber base increased by 1.54 million subscribers, of which 1.33 million were added in Russia.
Subscribers (mln) |
Mar. 31, 2005 |
Feb. 28, 2005 |
Growth Subs |
Growth % |
Mar. 31, 2004 |
Growth Subs |
Growth % |
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Total consolidated subscribers, end of period |
38.69 |
37.15 |
1.54 |
4.1% |
19.19 |
19.50 |
101.6% |
Russia |
30.25 |
28.92 |
1.33 |
4.6% |
15.35 |
14.90 |
97.1% |
Moscow and the Moscow region |
8.11 |
7.95 |
0.16 |
2.0% |
5.39 |
2.72 |
50.5% |
St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region |
1.94 |
1.90 |
0.04 |
1.9% |
1.29 |
0.65 |
50.4% |
Rest of Russia |
20.20 |
19.07 |
1.13 |
6.0% |
8.67 |
11.53 |
133.0% |
Ukraine |
8.08 |
7.89 |
0.19 |
2.4% |
3.85 |
4.23 |
109.9% |
Uzbekistan |
0.35 |
0.34 |
0.01 |
4.4% |
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MTS Belarus1 |
1.40 |
1.33 |
0.07 |
5.1% |
0.59 |
0.81 |
135.6% |
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MTS owns a 49% stake in Mobile TeleSystems LLC, a mobile operator in Belarus, which is not consolidated. |
For further information contact:
Mobile TeleSystems, Moscow Andrey Braginski, Investor Relations tel: +7 (095) 911-65-53 e-mail: ir@mts.ru |
Mobile TeleSystems OJSC (“MTS”) is the largest mobile phone operator in Russia and the CIS. Together with its subsidiaries, the Company services over 38.7 million subscribers. The regions of Russia, as well as Belarus, Ukraine and Uzbekistan, in which MTS and its subsidiaries are licensed to provide GSM services, have a total population of approximately 225.8 million. Since June 2000, MTS’ Level 3 ADRs have been listed on the New York Stock Exchange with the ticker symbol MBT. Additional information about MTS can be found on MTS’ website at www.mtsgsm.com. |
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