www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Ukraine has reportedly added 354,000 subscribers in July, mostly added by Russia’s OAO Vimpel Communications (VIP) and Turkcell-controlled (TKC) Astelit. Ukraine ended July with 55.2 million active SIM cards, and penetration rose to 119.9% from 119.1% at the end of June.
VimpelCom added 122,000, taking the total base to 2.06 million subscribers. Astelit added 140,00 new subscribers.
On 08.20.09, In Mobile, By Editor
On 08.20.09, In Mobile, By Editor
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Conatel, the Venezuelan regulator, has reportedly unveiled that the country ended June’09 with 27.9 million mobile phone subscriptions. regulator’s figures suggest, total active mobile SIMs increased by 8% year-on-year, taking the mobile penetration above the 100% mark.
On 07.30.09, In Mobile, By Editor
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: According to the statistics revealed by Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the mobile penetration in China has reached 52.5% at the end of H1′09. The maximum net additions were reported in West and Central China. By the end of HQ’09, mobile phone penetration rate was 43.2% in central China and 43.8% in west China, both lower than the average level across the whole country.
Mobile phone penetration rate in east China reached 72%, higher than the country’s average level. However, newly-added mobile phone users in east China declined sharply, compared with the number in the same period of the previous year.
On 07.17.09, In Mobile, By Editor
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: According to a report, the number of Russian mobile phone subscriptions grown 1.9 million in June to 196.6 million. Mobile TeleSystems, took 46% of the new subscribers, grabbing most new subscribers for the second consecutive month.
Penetration, or the number of valid SIM cards for each 100 people, rose to 135.4% in June from 134.1% in May, report said.
Following is the breakdown of the largest operators’ subscriber details for Russia. The figures don’t include subscribers of MTS, Vimpel Communications and MegaFon elsewhere in the former Soviet Union.
Operator June May On Month
Kyivstar 22.224m 22.729m -505,000
MTS 17.781m 17.731m +50,000
Astelit 11.679m 11.570m +127,000
On 06.17.09, In Mobile, By Editor
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Russia has ended May with a mobile subscriber base of 194.7 million, rising by 1.9 million from April. The mobile penetration in the country grew to 134.1%, up from 132.8% in April.There were 195 and 174 SIM cards in use per 100 inhabitants in Moscow and St. Petersburg, respectively, at end-May.
It is further reported that the subscriber base of Ukraine dropped to 55.1 million, down by 0.1 million from April. Penetration decreased by 0.1% versus the previous month, to 119.5% at end-May.
On 06.16.09, In Mobile, By Editor
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Pannon, Vodafone and T-Mobile, mobile operators of Hungary have shed 78,663 subscribers in May, taking its total subscriber base to 11.91 million. The market share of Pannon was reportedly almost flat in comparison to 34.86% in April, while Vodafone’s market share dropped from 21.17% to 21.07%.
T-Mobile market share also plunged in May to 44.07 per cent, from 44.97% in April. Active subscription experiences drop from 44.97% (April) to 44.07% in May. Mobile penetration dropped from 119.6 in April to 118.9% at end-May.
On 06.15.09, In Mobile, By Editor
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: The mobile penetration in UAE is anticipated to reach 235% by end of 2009 and 251% by 2010-end, pointing towards market’s peak in terms of expansion.
According to earlier reports, the UAE mobile market ended 2008 with nearly 10 million mobile subscribers growing at an annual pace of 34.5%.
On 05.22.09, In Mobile, By Editor
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Brazil has added nearly 923,504 new mobile phones in April, taking the total active mobile lines to 154.5 million, up by 0.6 percent versus the year-earlier period. Of the total active lines, 126.1 million (81.60%) were prepaid and 28.43 million were postpaid. According to Anatel, market regulator, the mobile penetration in the country reached 80.98% at April end, up from 80.56% in March’09 and 66.84% in April’08.
On 05.20.09, In Mobile, By Editor
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: The Hungarian mobile operators Pannon, T-Mobile and Vodafone have in total lost nearly 120,930 subscribers in April, taking the total subscriber base to 11.99 million, NHH reported. Pannon’s market share rose from 34.70% in March to 34.86% in April, while Vodafone’s market share also grew from 21.15% to 21.17%. Whereas T-Mobile’s market share plunged to 43.97% from 44.15% in March. The active subscriber base dropped to 10.69 million, from 10.80 million in March. Mobile penetration fell from 120.8% in March to 119.6% at end-April.