Moscow, Russian Federation — October 10, 2005 — Mobile TeleSystems OJSC (“MTS” — NYSE: MBT), the largest mobile phone operator in Russia and the CIS, announces that its consolidated subscriber base reached 50.36 million users on September 30, 2005.
During September 2005, MTS’ consolidated subscriber base increased by 2.03 million subscribers, of which 1.57 million were added in Russia.
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Subscribers (mln) |
Sept. 30, 2005 |
Aug. 31, 2005 |
Growth Subs |
Growth % |
Sept. 30, 2004 |
Growth Subs |
Growth % |
|
Total consolidated subscribers, end of period |
50.36 |
48.33 |
2.03 |
4.2% |
26.63 |
23.73 |
89.1% |
|
Russia |
38.87 |
37.30 |
1.57 |
4.2% |
20.84 |
18.03 |
86.5% |
|
Moscow and the Moscow region |
9.67 |
9.37 |
0.30 |
3.2% |
6.70 |
2.97 |
44.4% |
|
St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region |
2.32 |
2.24 |
0.08 |
3.2% |
1.61 |
0.71 |
43.8% |
|
Rest of Russia |
26.88 |
25.68 |
1.20 |
4.7% |
12.54 |
14.34 |
114.4% |
|
Ukraine |
10.94 |
10.52 |
0.42 |
4.0% |
5.53 |
5.41 |
97.9% |
|
Uzbekistan |
0.49 |
0.46 |
0.03 |
6.8% |
0.26 |
0.23 |
87.3% |
|
Turkmenistan |
0.06 |
0.06 |
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— |
— |
— |
— |
|
MTS Belarus1 |
1.85 |
1.78 |
0.07 |
3.9% |
0.97 |
0.88 |
90.4% |
1MTS owns a 49% stake in Mobile TeleSystems LLC, a mobile operator in Belarus, which is not consolidated.
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