Moscow, Russian Federation — April 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 61.05 million users on March 31, 2006.
During March 2006, MTS’ consolidated subscriber base increased by 0.74 million subscribers, of which 0.39 million were added in Russia.
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Subscribers (mln) |
Mar. 31, 2006 |
Feb. 28, 2006 |
Growth
Subs |
Growth
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Mar. 31, 2005 |
Growth
Subs |
Growth
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Total consolidated subscribers, end of period |
61.05 |
60.31 |
0.74 |
1.2% |
38.69 |
22.36 |
57.8% |
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Russia |
45.84 |
45.45 |
0.39 |
0.9% |
30.25 |
15.59 |
51.5% |
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Moscow and the Moscow region |
10.25 |
10.18 |
0.07 |
0.7% |
8.11 |
2.14 |
26.4% |
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St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region |
2.54 |
2.53 |
0.01 |
0.3% |
1.94 |
0.60 |
30.7% |
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Rest of Russia |
33.05 |
32.74 |
0.31 |
0.9% |
20.20 |
12.85 |
63.6% |
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Ukraine |
14.46 |
14.17 |
0.29 |
2.0% |
8.08 |
6.38 |
78.9% |
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Uzbekistan |
0.67 |
0.60 |
0.05 |
7.5% |
0.35 |
0.32 |
90.8% |
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Turkmenistan |
0.09 |
0.07 |
0.02 |
22.0% |
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MTS Belarus1 |
2.34 |
2.25 |
0.09 |
3.8% |
1.40 |
0.94 |
67.5% |
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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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