Velcom’s subscribers base rise by 10.9%

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: 10.9% increase in the mobile subscribers has been recorded by Belarusian mobile operator Mobile Digital Communications (Velcom) which closed out 2009 with 4.102 million users.

However, the market share of the company went down from 44.8% at end-2008 to 42.7% at the end of 2009. The loss incurred even after the rollout of 409 new base stations and the extension of services to 150 new settlements increasing the coverage to 99.4% last year.

Velcom hopes to launch the UMTS network commercially by 31 December 2010.