05 February 2004

1.73 mln new subscribers joined Russian mobile networks in January 2004 which is 0.69 mln more than in Jan-03. Moscow market grew by 248 thousand users, 39 thousand less than a year ago.

MTS remains the market leader with more than 18 mln subscribers werved by the company's networks across Russia, Ukraine and Belarus. Vimpelcom is about to step over 12 mln threshold in February. The company added 540 thousand of new subscribers in January.

Russian Mobile Subscribers

Mobile Subscribers	Jan 31, 2004	Dec 31, 2003
Russia	37,960,000	36,230,000
Penetration	26.1%	25.0%
Moscow	11,740,502	11,487,308
Penetration	69.1%	67.6%
St.Petersburg	3,656,389	3,526,336
Penetration	57.7%	55.6%

Russian Cellular Market Breakdown, Jan 2004

Russian Net Additions, January 2004

MTS have 14.07 mln users in Russia and almost 4 mln of subscribers abroad. Vimpelcom and MegaFon follow MTS with 11.9 mln and 6.7 mln users respectively. Uralsvyazinform moved up in the list of top Russian operators outperforming SMARTS association.

Top 10 Mobile Operators

#	Company	January 31, 2004	December 31, 2003
1	MTS	18,070,000	17,291,000
	Moscow	5,061,000	4,940,000
	Ukraine (UMC)	3,490,000	3,349,000
	Belarus	505,400	465,000
2	Vimpelcom	11,935,000	11,395,000
	Moscow	5,757,000	5,651,000
3	MegaFon	6,737,771	6,353,335
	Moscow	867,646	850,308
	Tajikistan	15,000	13,000
4	Uralsvyazinform	1,201,800	1,143,100
5	SMARTS Group	1,172,000	1,150,000
6	Sibirtelecom	536,000	507,000
7	N.Novgorod Cellular	396,870	368,321
8	Ekaterinburg Cellular Communications	237,475	230,112
9	Dal Telecom International	220,093	205,199
10	New Telephone Company	159,492	150,920

Moscow and St.Petersburg

Moscow License Area

In January MTS attracted more users than Vimpelcom for the first time in 7 months. Nevertheless, Vimpelcom maintains the lead in Moscow with market share of 49%.

Moscow Market Breakdown January 31, 2004

Net Additions in Moscow, January 2004

St.Petersburg and Leningrad Region

In St.Petersburg MegaFon leads both in net additions and market share. On its home market the company enlisted 44% of all new subs, which is more than combined additions of its main rivals, MTS and Vimpelcom. Please note that additions in Delta Telecom IMT-MC-450 network were not meaningful in January.

St. Petersburg Market Breakdown January 31, 2004

Net Additions in St.Petersburg January 2004

09 January 2004

January 9, 2004

AC&M releases a report on Russian cellular operators' performance in 2003. It includes a general overview of the Russian market and provides a brief outlook on regional markets including operations of Russian mobile communications companies in Ukraine and Belarus

You may download AC&M Russian Cellular Market Update, 2003 by clicking on a following link:
Adobe PDF file (~200 Kb).

08 January 2004

Russia has more than 36 mln cellular users by the end of 2003 which is a 100% growth Y-o-Y. Mobile services penetration in Moscow and St.Pete is on par with many Eastern European countries (67.6% and 55.6% respectively). Total penetration in the country is over 25%.

You may find more from our latest Russian Cellular Market Update, 2003. It includes subscriber growth numbers for the whole year 2003 and detailed figures on Moscow, St.Petersburg and regional markets. The report also covers Russian cellular operators' activities in Ukraine and Belarus.

Top 10 Mobile Operators

#	Company	December 31, 2003	November 30, 2003
1	MTS	17,291,000	15,783,000
	Moscow	4,940,000	4,709,052
	Ukraine (UMC)	3,349,000	2,810,000
	Belarus	465,000	405,000
2	Vimpelcom	11,395,000	10,498,000
	Moscow	5,651,000	5,420,000
3	MegaFon	6,353,335	5,817,225
	Moscow	850,308	803,554
	Tajikistan	13,000	10,000
4	SMARTS Group	1,150,000	1,080,000
5	Uralsvyazinform	1,143,100	1,066,400
6	Sibirtelecom	507,000	439,900
7	N.Novgorod Cellular	368,321	334,444
8	Ekaterinburg Cellular Communications	230,112	172,774
9	Dal Telecom International	205,199	175,632
10	New Telephone Company	150,920	136,534

Russian Cellular Market Breakdown, 2003

Russian Net Additions, December 2003

Russian Mobile Subscribers

Mobile Subscribers	Dec. 31, 2003	Nov. 30, 2003
Russia	36,230,000	33,520,000
Penetration	25.0%	23.1%
Moscow	11,487,308	10,987,606
Penetration	67.6%	64.7%
St.Petersburg	3,526,336	3,338,643
Penetration	55.6%	52.7%