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 84.94 million users on March 31, 2008.
During March 2008, MTS’ consolidated subscriber base increased by 1.06 million subscribers.
| Subscribers (mln) |
Mar 31, 2008 |
Feb 29, 2008 |
Growth
Subs |
Growth
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Mar 31, 2007 |
Growth
Subs |
Growth
% |
| Total consolidated subscribers, end of period |
84.94 |
83.88 |
1.06 |
1.3% |
74.16 |
10.78 |
14.5% |
| Russia |
59.90 |
59.07 |
0.83 |
1.4% |
51.50 |
8.40 |
16.3% |
Moscow and the
Moscow region |
13.95 |
13.87 |
0.08 |
0.6% |
11.50 |
2.45 |
21.3% |
| St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region |
2.88 |
2.86 |
0.02 |
0.8% |
2.61 |
0.27 |
10.4% |
| Rest of Russia |
43.06 |
42.35 |
0.71 |
1.7% |
37.39 |
5.67 |
15.2% |
| Ukraine |
19.61 |
19.67 |
- 0.06 |
- 0.3% |
20.75 |
- 1.14 |
- 5.5% |
| Uzbekistan |
3.56 |
3.34 |
0.22 |
6.4% |
1.70 |
1.86 |
109.2% |
| Turkmenistan |
0.47 |
0.40 |
0.07 |
15.6% |
0.20 |
0.27 |
132.9% |
| Armenia |
1.42 |
1.39 |
0.03 |
1.7% |
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| MTS Belarus1 |
3.94 |
3.90 |
0.04 |
1.2% |
3.37 |
0.57 |
16.9% |
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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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