Mobile subscriber figures posted for September
RBC, 11.10.2006, Moscow 15:51:52.VimpelCom’s subscriber base (Beeline trade mark) grew by 0.85 percent to 52.381m people in September 2006 compared with August 2006, ACM-Consulting’s monthly analytical report says. In Russia, the number of subscribers climbed 0.32 percent to 47.651m, including 9.918m (up 0.74 percent) in Moscow and the Moscow region. In Kazakhstan the subscriber base expanded to 3.23m (2.9 percent), and to 938,674 people (up 19.48 percent) in Ukraine.
MTS boasted a 1.48 percent rise in its base in September, with the number reaching 70.479m people, including 11.005m in Moscow and the Moscow region. In Ukraine, the provider’s subscriber base reached 16.359m (up 2.6 percent), in Uzbekistan 1.093m people (up 9.3 percent), and in Turkmenistan 114,260 people (up 5.4 percent).
MegaFon saw a 2.2 percent rise, with its subscriber total reaching 28.187m in September, with 4.756 in Moscow and the Moscow region. Analysts estimated its base in Tajikistan at 117,000 people, up 10.3 percent from August. Tele2 increased its number of subscribers to 5.53m people, and Uralsvyazinform had 4.25m people, 0.49 percent above the August rate.
Source- http://www.rbcnews.com
MTS nearing 50 mln customers in Russia
Mobile operator Mobile TeleSystems (MTS) ended September with a consolidated customer base of 67.59 million customers, up from 50.36 million in September last year. In Russia, the company had 49.99 million customers, up 28.6 percent from 38.87 million in September last year. In the Moscow region the company had 11 million customers, up from 9.67 million in the same period in 2005. In the St Petersburg and Leningrad region, MTS saw its subscriber base hit 2.69 million, up 16.1 percent year-on-year.In Ukraine MTS’ customer base reached 16.36 million, up almost 50 percent from 10.94 in September 2005. In Uzbekistan MTS ended the month with 1.09 million customers, compared with 490,000 in 2005. The company had 140,000 customers in Turkmenistan, up 140.4 percent from last year’s 60,000 subscribers. MTS Belarus, in which MTS has a 49 percent stake, had 2.89 million customers, up 56.2 percent from 1.85 million in September 2005.
Source- http://www.telecompaper.com
MTS group sees net income fall on higher revenues
Russian mobile operator Mobile TeleSystems (MTS) saw its revenues go up 20.7 percent but net income fall 3 percent in the second quarter. Revenues went up to USD 1.49 billion, from USD 1.24 billion in the year-ago quarter. OIBDA stood at USD 730.3 million, compared with USD 651.6 million in Q2 2005. Net income, however, dropped to USD 294.7 million, from USD 303.9 million last year. The MTS group added 3.05 million new customers during the second quarter to reach a total of 64.10 million. The company’s cash expenditure on property, plant and equipment in the second quarter amounted to USD 372 million, of which approximately USD 243 million was invested in Russia, USD 112 million in Ukraine, USD 15 million in Uzbekistan and USD 2 million in Turkmenistan.
Source- http://www.telecompaper.com
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Russia MTS mobile giant buys 100% in Dutch Mobile TeleSystems
MOSCOW, September 1 (RIA Novosti) – Mobile TeleSystems (RTS: MTSS) has acquired 100% in the Dutch-based Mobile TeleSystems, Russia’s No.1 mobile operator said Friday.
The details of the deal, which was concluded Thursday, were not made available.
MTS, which posted a net profit of $529 million in the first half of 2006, also bought shares in Bermuda-based Mobile TeleSystems Bermuda Limited Wednesday, but no details were disclosed in that deal either.
MTS, whose shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange and on off-exchange markets in Europe, holds operating licenses in 87 regions in Russia, as well as in Belarus, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Ukraine.
AFK Sistema (RTS: AFKS), one of Russia’s largest diversified corporations, owns a 52.8% share of the company.
Source- http://en.rian.ru
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