Moscow, Russia – October 3, 2005 – Sistema (LSE: SSA), the largest private sector consumer services company in Russia and the CIS, announced today the operational results of its fixed-line telecommunications subsidiaries for the 6 months period ended 30 June, 2005. This report contains results for Comstar-United TeleSystems, MGTS, MTU-Intel and Golden Line.
Overall, our fixed-line telecommunication subsidiaries demonstrated solid growth in the first half of 2005. The highest growth rate has been seen in new subscribers for ADSL connection, where cumulative growth for MTU-Intel and Comstar United TeleSystems ADSL customers exceeded 68,700, which represents 60% growth from year-end 2004.
The total number of corporate customers across all four companies for the first 6 months of 2005 amounted to more than 97,000, and the total for dial-up customers increased to 361,000.
|
|
Comstar UTS (MTU-Inform, Comstar, Telmos) |
MGTS |
MTU-Intel |
Golden Line |
Total |
|
31.12.
2004 |
30.06.
2005 |
31.12.
2004 |
30.06.
2005 |
31.12.
2004 |
30.06.
2005 |
31.12.
2004 |
30.06.
2005 |
31.12.
2004 |
30.06.
2005 |
|
Total subscribers |
22 077 |
23 090 |
3 532 065 |
3 565 284 |
414 571 |
505 818 |
571 |
581 |
3 969 284 |
4 094 773 |
|
Corporate |
16 961 |
17 797 |
69 131 |
68 844 |
9 107 |
10 414 |
481 |
492 |
95 680 |
97 547 |
|
Operators |
264 |
279 |
361 |
362 |
- |
- |
85 |
85 |
710 |
726 |
|
Residential |
4 852 |
5 014 |
3 462573 |
3 496 078 |
405 464 |
495 404 |
5 |
4 |
3 872 894 |
3 996 500 |
|
Numbering capacity in use |
530 544 |
573 621 |
4 257 829 |
4 297 524 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
4 788 373 |
4 871 145 |
|
Dedicated lines |
4 121 |
5 074 |
150 680 |
160 482 |
4 700 |
5 234 |
3 944 |
4 181 |
163 444 |
174 971 |
|
Internet |
2 006 |
2 333 |
|
|
4 700 |
5 234 |
|
|
6 706 |
7 567 |
|
E1 and Data Transmission |
2 115 |
2 741 |
150 680 |
160 482 |
|
|
3 944 |
4 181 |
156 739 |
167 404 |
|
ADSL lines |
1 802 |
2 278 |
- |
- |
112 332 |
180 568 |
- |
- |
114 134 |
182 846 |
|
Corporate |
1 802 |
2 278 |
- |
- |
9 816 |
10 414 |
- |
- |
11 618 |
12 692 |
|
Residential ( incl. home networks) |
- |
- |
- |
- |
102 516 |
170 154 |
- |
- |
102 516 |
170 154 |
|
Dial-Up |
40 743 |
35 580 |
- |
- |
302 948 |
325 250 |
- |
- |
343 691 |
360 830 |
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