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Mobile TeleSystems | August 19, 2008 |
MTS announces subscriber growth numbers for July 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 87.26 million users on July 31, 2008.
During July 2008, MTS’ consolidated subscriber base increased by 0.32 million subscribers with 0.48 million added in Russia.
| Subscribers (mln) |
Jul 31, 2008 |
Jun 30, 2008 |
Growth
Subs |
Growth
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Jul 31, 2007 |
Growth
Subs |
Growth
% |
| Total consolidated subscribers, end of period |
87.26 |
86.94 |
0.32 |
0.4% |
74.99 |
12.27 |
16.4% |
| Russia |
61.86 |
61.38 |
0.48 |
0.8% |
52.87 |
8.99 |
17.0% |
Moscow and the
Moscow region |
14.14 |
14.11 |
0.03 |
0.2% |
12.16 |
1.98 |
16.3% |
| St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region |
3.01 |
2.96 |
0.05 |
1.5% |
2.66 |
0.35 |
13.1% |
| Rest of Russia |
44.71 |
44.31 |
0.40 |
0.9% |
38.05 |
6.66 |
17.5% |
| Ukraine |
18.60 |
19.13 |
−0.53 |
−2.8% |
19.83 |
−1.23 |
−6.2% |
| Uzbekistan |
4.61 |
4.37 |
0.24 |
5.5% |
2.03 |
2.58 |
127.0% |
| Turkmenistan |
0.64 |
0.57 |
0.07 |
12.1% |
0.25 |
0.39 |
157.7% |
| Armenia |
1.56 |
1.49 |
0.07 |
4.4% |
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| MTS Belarus1 |
4.07 |
4.03 |
0.04 |
1.1% |
3.55 |
0.52 |
14.7% |
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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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