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2005 Cellular Subscriber Data, A Closer Look

January 23, 2005

To find out more about key developments of the Russian cellular market in 2005 please refer to our 2005 market round-up. The document provides data on 2005 subscriber base dynamics of largest Russian cellular operators with particular focus on their activities in Russia and Ukraine.

Excerpt:

2005 was another year of intensive subscriber growth for Russian cellular operators. As the regional expansion within the country is almost over, largest players turned abroad, particularly to neighboring CIS countries, capitalizing on growing popularity of mobile services in those markets. Although in some cases this move is still seen as staking the territory, most important CIS markets already play a visible role in intensifying competition between top Russian operators.

Thus, by the end of 2005 MTS had presence in Ukraine (UMC), Belarus, Uzbekistan (Uzdunrobita), Turkmenistan (Barash Communications) and Kyrgyzstan (Bitel) while Vimpelcom controlled KaR-Tel, 2nd-largest GSM operator in Kazakhstan, and had subsidiaries in Ukraine (WellCOM) and Tajikistan (Tacom). MegaFon, third-largest Russian operator, thus far has not been as active as its peers with presence outside Russia only in Tajikistan through TT-Mobile. However, MegaFon is expected to shortly launch service in Kyrgyzstan...

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