www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Russia’s subscriber base reaches 191 million at the end of March, up by 1.2 million from 190 million in February. It reports a mobile penetration of 131.4%.

Mobile TeleSystems (MTS) leads the market with 65.12 million subscribers and holds a market share of 31.6%.VimpelCom ended March with 49.35 million subscriber base, claiming market share of 25%. Followed to this is MegaFon, holds a market share of 22.6% with a subscriber base of 43.52 million. Other operators captured a combined 20.7% share.