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Mobile TeleSystems | June 18, 2008 |
MTS announces subscriber growth numbers for May 2008
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Moscow, Russian Federation – Mobile TeleSystems OJSC (“MTS” – NYSE: MBT), the largest mobile phone operator in Russia and the CIS, announces that its consolidated subscriber base reached 86.30 million users on May 31, 2008.
During May 2008, MTS’ consolidated subscriber base increased by 0.62 million subscribers.
| Subscribers (mln) |
May 31, 2008 |
Apr 30, 2008 |
Growth
Subs |
Growth
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May 31, 2008 |
Growth
Subs |
Growth
% |
| Total consolidated subscribers, end of period |
86.30 |
85.68 |
0.62 |
0.7% |
74.64 |
11.66 |
15.6% |
| Russia |
60.86 |
60.45 |
0.41 |
0.7% |
52.15 |
8.71 |
16.7% |
Moscow and the
Moscow region |
14.03 |
13.97 |
0.06 |
0.4% |
11.76 |
2.27 |
19.3% |
| St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region |
2.9120 |
2.9116 |
0.0004 |
0.02% |
2.60 |
0.31 |
12.0% |
| Rest of Russia |
43.91 |
43.57 |
0.34 |
0.8% |
37.79 |
6.12 |
16.2% |
| Ukraine |
19.37 |
19.46 |
- 0.09 |
- 0.4% |
20.42 |
- 1.05 |
- 5.1% |
| Uzbekistan |
4.10 |
3.84 |
0.26 |
6.8% |
1.85 |
2.25 |
121.4% |
| Turkmenistan |
0.52 |
0.50 |
0.02 |
4.0% |
0.22 |
0.30 |
136.2% |
| Armenia |
1.46 |
1.44 |
0.02 |
1.3% |
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| MTS Belarus1 |
3.99 |
3.96 |
0.03 |
0.8% |
3.41 |
0.58 |
17.1% |
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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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