Cellular Data 2009

 Data on cellular markets of Russia and Ukraine, July 2009. Russian operators have almost 200 mln active SIM cards registered in their networks!

Highlights:

Russia

• Number of subscribers (valid SIM cards) increased to 196.6 mln, up 1.9 mln from May 2009, 23.7 mln from June 2008;
• Penetration  increased to 135%  (up 1.3% from May 2009, 16.3% from June 2008);
• There were 196 and 176 SIM cards in use per 100 population in Moscow and St.Petersburg respectively as of June 30, 2009.

Ukraine

• Number of subscribers (valid SIM cards) decreased to 54.8 mln, down 0.2 mln from May 2009, down 0.3 mln from June 2008);
• Penetration  decreased to 119.1%  (down 0.4% from May 2009, down 0.2% from June 2008).
• Please note that drop in subsbribers at Kyivstar is caused by the new, more strict accounting policy by the operator: they stopped counting subscribers who continued receiving promotional SMSs from Kyivstar after 3 months of inactivity.

May 2009 cellular subscriber data, Russia and Ukraine.

Russia:

• Number of subscribers (valid SIM cards) increased to 194.7 mln, up 1.9 mln from April 2009, 23.8 mln from May 2008;
• Penetration increased to 134.1% (up 1.3% from April 2009, 16.4% from May 2008);
• There were 195 and 174 SIM cards in use per 100 population in Moscow and St.Petersburg respectively as of May 31, 2009.

Ukraine

• Number of subscribers (valid SIM cards) decreased to 55.1 mln, down 0.1 mln from April 2009, down 0.05 mln from May 2008);
• Penetration decreased to 119.5% (down 0.1% from April 2009, up 0.5% from May 2008).

April 2009 cellular subscriber data, Russia and Ukraine

 March 2009 cellular subscriber data, Russia and Ukraine