Cellular Data 2009

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.

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

AC&M Cellular estimates for November 2009

Russia

• Number of subscribers (valid SIM cards) increased to 207.9 mln, up 2.4 mln from November 2009, 20.1 mln from December 2008;
• Penetration increased to 143.2% (up 1.7% from November 2009, 13.8% from December 2008);
• There were 191 and 187 SIM cards in use per 100 population in Moscow and St.Petersburg respectively as of December 31, 2009.

Ukraine

• Number of subscribers (valid SIM cards) is 55.3 mln, up 0.3 mln from November 2009, down 0.5 mln from December 2008);
• Penetration increased to 120.6% (up 1.1% from November 2009, down 0.4% from December 2008).