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Feb
More Than 1 mn of New Users Enlisted by Mobile Operators in January
AC&M reports that total number of cellular subscribers in Russia is over 19 mln as of January 31, 2003. Despite the fact that January is traditionally perceived as a month of general slowdown in mobile sales, mobile operators harvested more than 1 million of new subscriptions in the first month of 2003. Vimpelcom finally announced that acquisition of Stavropol-based StavTeleSot is over. The deal adds almost 200,000 to the company's subs counter.
as of January 31, 2003
*StavTeleSot (~200,000) is consolidated starting January 2003
Top 10 Russian Cellular Operators
| # | Company | Subs |
| 1 | MTS | 7,050,000 |
| 2 | Vimpelcom* | 5,605,000 |
| 3 | Megafon | 3,235,750 |
| 4 | SMARTS Group | 570,000 |
| 5 | Uralsvyazinform | 471,600 |
| 6 | Taif-Telcom | 296,375 |
| 7 | N.Novgorod Cellular | 180,000 |
| 8 | Tatincom | 119,081 |
| 9 | Tomsk Cellular | 107,173 |
| 10 | Delta Telecom | 99,000 |
*StavTeleSot (~200,000) is consolidated starting January 2003
Russian Сellular Market Breakdown, January 2003
Moscow market
Vimpelcom remains a leader in Moscow with 3.870 mln subscribers while MTS narrows the gap with 3.245 mln. Megafon enlisted 48,600 new users in January bringing total number of its Moscow users to 361,000.
Net Additions in Moscow, January 2003
