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MTS Steps Over 10 mln Threshold
May 15, 2003
Russian cellular sector expanded by 1.125 mln new users in April 2003. The growth is mainly fueled by the further proliferation of services on regional markets.
MTS celebrated its 10,000,000 subscriber during Svyaz-Expocomm'03 annual communications exhibition held in Moscow. This milestone (achieved mainly thanks to recent acquisitions and aggressive regional expansion) positions MTS on par with leading European operators.
Top 10 Cellular Operators
| Company | April 30, 2003 | March 31, 2003 | ||
| Total | Moscow | Total | Moscow | |
| MTS* | 10,215,000 | 3,750,000 | 9,510,000 | 3,545,000 |
| Vimpelcom | 6,580,000 | 4,090,000 | 6,170,000 | 3,940,000 |
| MegaFon** | 3,820,199 | 403,170 | 3,635,940 | 387,706 |
| SMARTS Group | 703,900 | 671,850 | ||
| Uralsvyazinform | 601,800 | 551,400 | ||
| N.Novgorod Cellular | 212,700 | 201,630 | ||
| Tomsk Cellular Communications | 135,278 | 123,630 | ||
| Ekaterinburg Cellular | 126,700 | 114,700 | ||
| Tatincom | 124,868 | 122,864 | ||
| SibChallenge | 113,875 | 102,700 | ||
*including UMC of Ukraine (1.86 mln) and Belarus subscribers (105,000)
** including 6,238 in TT-Mobile (Tajikistan)
Russian Cellular Market Breakdown, April 2003
The chart above includes only Russian subscribers, all CIS networks were excluded from calculations.
Moscow Market
Vimpelcom retains leading positions on Moscow market with approximately 50% market share.
Although MegaFon and Vimpelcom managed to win back ~6% of net additions from MTS in April, MTS' share in new subscriptions remains dominant as the company slowly catches up with Vimpelcom in the Moscow License Area.
MegaFon's Moscow sales are recovering from March problems but the company attracted twice less new subs compared to its January figures.
Moscow Net Additions in April 2003
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