11 July 2006
MOSCOW, RUSSIAN FEDERATION — JULY 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 64.10 MILLION USERS ON JUNE 30, 2006.
During June 2006, MTS’ consolidated subscriber base increased by 1.21 million subscribers, of which 0.88 million were added in Russia.
|
Subscribers (mln) |
June 30, 2006 |
May 31, 2006 |
Growth
Subs |
Growth
% |
June 30, 2005 |
Growth
Subs |
Growth
% |
|
Total consolidated subscribers, end of period |
64.10 |
62.89 |
1.21 |
1.9% |
44.07 |
20.03 |
45.5% |
|
Russia |
48.04 |
47.16 |
0.88 |
1.9% |
34.09 |
13.95 |
40.9% |
|
Moscow and the Moscow region |
10.64 |
10.46 |
0.18 |
1.7% |
8.82 |
1.82 |
20.6% |
|
St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region |
2.59 |
2.53 |
0.08 |
2.4% |
2.08 |
0.51 |
24.4% |
|
Rest of Russia |
34.82 |
34.17 |
0.65 |
1.9% |
23.18 |
11.64 |
50.2% |
|
Ukraine |
15.11 |
14.85 |
0.26 |
1.8% |
9.52 |
5.59 |
58.7% |
|
Uzbekistan |
0.82 |
0.77 |
0.05 |
7.5% |
0.40 |
0.42 |
105.7% |
|
Turkmenistan |
0.12 |
0.12 |
0.004 |
3.6% |
0.06 |
0.06 |
103.2% |
|
MTS Belarus1 |
2.58 |
2.50 |
0.08 |
3.5% |
1.61 |
0.97 |
60.5% |
|
1
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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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