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More Than 1 mn of New Users Enlisted by Mobile Operators in January
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
Russian Internet Data, Jan 2003
Source: Yandex
Cellular Market Update 2002
Penetration of mobile services in Russia is over 12%
Total number of Russian cellular subscribers is 18.001 mln as of year-end 2002.
Top 10 Russian Cellular Operators
| # | Company | Subs |
| 1 | MTS* | 6,690,000 |
| 2 | Vimpelcom** | 5,155,000 |
| 3 | Megafon | 2,939,608 |
| 4 | SMARTS Group | 545,000 |
| 5 | Uralsvyazinform | 445,087 |
| 6 | Taif-Telcom | 267,061 |
| 7 | Stavtelesot | 193,265 |
| 8 | N.Novgorod Cellular | 171,500 |
| 9 | Tatincom | 117,333 |
| 10 | Tomsk Cellular | 101,050 |
* Including Belarus subscribers (42,500)
** Including Kaliningrad-based Extel GSM (110,000)
Russian Сellular Market Breakdown, December 2002
You may find out more about 2002 results by downloading AC&M Russian Cellular Market Update, December 2002.
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MTS Has Over 6 mln Users
Top 10 Russian Cellular Operators
| # | Company | Subs |
| 1 | MTS | 6,060,000 |
| 2 | Vimpelcom* | 4,585,000 |
| 3 | Megafon | 2,679,995 |
| 4 | SMARTS Group | 501,665 |
| 5 | Uralsvyazinform** | 375,000 |
| 6 | Taif-Telcom | 238,257 |
| 7 | Stavtelesot | 171,466 |
| 8 | N.Novgorod Cellular | 145,000 |
| 9 | Tatincom | 112,436 |
| 10 | Extel | 103,397 |
* including Beeline Samara (114,800)
** consolidated Uralsvyazinform, South-Urals Cellular Phone, Ermak RMS, Uralwestcom
Russian Сellular Market Breakdown, November 2002
Moscow market
November was a successful month for MegaFon - it earned 20% of net additions in the region, for the first time since launching its services in Russian capital a year ago. The growth was mainly achieved thanks to aggressive marketing campaign and properly positioned new line of tariffs.
Vimpelcom keeps a leading position with 3,450 thsd users. It added 130,000 to its subscriber base in November. MTS attracted 85,000 reaching 2,775,000 while MegaFon now have over 195,000 subscribers in Moscow (56,400 growth).
Net Additions in Moscow, November 2002
Russian Internet Data, November 2002
According to data provided to AC&M by Yandex, number of unique hosts in .RU domain exceeded 504 thousand as of December 1, 2002. The chart below represents dynamics of the growth.
Source: Yandex