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Market Data for June 2009
Today we published our monthly bulletin on Russian and Ukrainian cellular markets and our monthly estimates on number of accounts on Russian residential broadband market. You may find the data in MS Excel format in the Data Downloads section of the web-site. Please refer to the links below:
May 2009 Russian Residential Broadband Data
Today we released our estimates on Russian residential broadband market size.
Total number of residential broadband sibscribers in Russia is estimated at 9.44 mln. Comstar, Vimpelcom and Volgatelecom are the top players in the segment.
Top-10 Operators
| # | Operator | Apr-09 | May-09 |
| 1 | Comstar | 1,113,000 | 1,124,000 |
| 2 | Vimpelcom | 871,400 | 883,700 |
| 3 | Volgatelecom | 772,000 | 780,000 |
| 4 | Centertelecom | 760,000 | 770,000 |
| 5 | North-West Telecom | 675,600 | 694,650 |
| 6 | ER-Telecom | 655,000 | 682,000 |
| 7 | AKADO | 613,000 | 615,000 |
| 8 | Uralsvyazinform | 560,000 | 570,000 |
| 9 | Sibirtelecom | 423,000 | 433,500 |
| 10 | Southern Telecom Co | 395,000 | 402,000 |
We are specifically emphasize that the numbers reported are residential accounts. The number of corporate connections is not included into our estimates. This may cause some difference with figures reported by operators who tend to combine residential and enterprise customers.
Total number of residential broadband sibscribers in Russia is estimated at 9.14 mln. Comstar, Vimpelcom and Volgatelecom are the top players in the segment.
Please refer to our Data Downloads section to get the original release.
May 2009 cellular data estimates, Russia and Ukraine
AC&M released its estimates on cellular market of Russia and Ukraine as of May 2009. Highlights of the market development in May are:
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).
To download this information please visit Cellular directory of our Data Downloads section.
Please not that penetration figures are calculated based on official numbers of population released by state statitical institutions of Russia and Ukraine.
Should you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact us.
Cellular VAS data for the first quarter of 2009
AC&M releases data on market breakdown and share of value added services in revenues of Russian cellular operators as of first quarter of 2009.
MTS holds the top position with 30.6% of the market while MegaFon and Vimpelcom are catching in with 29.0% and 27.6% respectively.
MTS is the leader in content and messaging segments of the market. Megafon and Vimpelcom are leaders in mobile data.
Please refer to our VAS section in our Data Downloads section of the web-site for more information.
Cellular Statistics (April 2009) and Russian 2008 VAS data
AC&M released its estimates on Russian and Ukrainian cellular markets for April 2009.
We also released quarterly cellular VAS statistics for the fourth quarter of 2008 and annual 2008 and 2007 numbers.
To download this information please refer to our Data Downloads section.
Key points of 2009 April cellular market data are:
Russia
- Number of subscribers (valid SIM cards) increasedto 192.8 mln, up 2 mln from March 2009, 23.5 mln from April 2008;
- Penetration increased to 132.8% (up 1.4% from March 2009, 16.2% from April 2008);
- There were 192 and 171 SIM-cards in use per 100 population in Moscow and St.Petersburg respectively as of April 30, 2008.
Ukraine
- Number of subscribers (valid SIM cards) decreased to 55.2 mln, down 0.3 mln from March 2009, up 0.1 mln from April 2008);
- Penetration decreased to 119.7% (down 0.6% from March 2009, up 0.8% from April 2008).
Should you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact us.
Russian Residential Broadband Data
AC&M released today its estimates on number of Russian residential broadband connections as of March 2009.
We are specifically emphasize that the numbers reported are residential accounts only. Number of corporate connections is not included into our releases. This may cause some difference with figures reported by operators who tend to combine residential and enterprise customers.
Total number of residential broadband sibscribers in Russia is estimated at 9.14 mln. Comstar, Vimpelcom and Volgatelecom are the top players in the segment.
| Operator | Subscribers, March 2009 |
| Comstar | 1,120,000 |
| Vimpelcom | 849,700 |
| Volgatelecom | 825,000 |
| CenterTelecom | 750,000 |
| North-West Telecom | 660,000 |
This information is availble in our Data Downloads section.