Moscow, Russian Federation — March 09, 2005 — Mobile TeleSystems OJSC (“MTS” — NYSE: MBT), the largest mobile phone operator in Russia and the CIS, announces that its consolidated subscriber base reached 37.15 million users on February 28, 2005.
During February 2005, MTS’ consolidated subscriber base increased by 1.21 million subscribers, of which 1.02 million were added in Russia.
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Feb. 28, 2005 |
Jan. 31, 2005 |
Growth
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Growth
Subs |
Feb. 29, 2004 |
Growth
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Growth
Subs |
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| Total consolidated subscribers, end of period |
37.15 |
35.94 |
1.21 |
3.4% |
18.38 |
18.77 |
102.1% |
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| Russia |
28.92 |
27.90 |
1.02 |
3.7% |
14.73 |
14.19 |
96.3% |
| Moscow and the Moscow region |
7.95 |
7.80 |
0.15 |
1.9% |
5.20 |
2.75 |
52.9% |
| St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region |
1.90 |
1.88 |
0.02 |
1.1% |
1.23 |
0.67 |
54.3% |
| Rest of Russia |
19.07 |
18.22 |
0.85 |
4.7% |
8.30 |
10.77 |
129.8% |
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| Ukraine |
7.89 |
7.72 |
0.17 |
2.3% |
3.65 |
4.24 |
116.1% |
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| Uzbekistan |
0.34 |
0.32 |
0.02 |
4.1% |
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| MTS Belarus1 |
1.33 |
1.27 |
0.06 |
4.4% |
0.55 |
0.78 |
141.7% |
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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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For further information contact:
Mobile TeleSystems, Moscow
Andrey Braginski, Investor Relations
tel: +7 (095) 911-65-53
e-mail: ir@mts.ru |
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