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Cellular Data Update, Russia and Ukraine

April 15, 2007

Russian cellular market added 1.6 mln new subscribers in March 2007. MegaFon is close to 20% market share in Russia. UMC and Kiyvstar net additions in April are close to 0.
Please download our monthly report below for detailed information on net additions and market shares.

Russia

Key points of Russian cellular market development in March 2007:

• Number of subscribers (valid SIM cards) reached 155 mln, up 1.6 mln from February 2007, 22.7 mln from March 2006;
• Penetration increased to 107% (up 1% from February 2007, 16% from March 2006);
• There were 161 and 140 SIM cards in use per 100 population in Moscow and St.Petersburg respectively as of March 31, 2007.

Ukraine

Number of subscribers (valid SIM cards) reached 51 mln (up 0.1 mln from February 2007, 18.2 mln from March 2006). Penetration increased to 108% (up 0.2% from February 2007, 38% from March 2006).

Mobile Subscribers Count Archive

Below you may download AC&M's cellular market updates for last 6 months in MS Excel format.

October 2006 November 2006 December 2006 January 2007 February 2007 March 2007

The number of subscribers mentioned in our reports effectively means number of valid SIM cards as reported by mobile operators according to their churn policy. Penetration figures are calculated based on official data reported by state statistics institutions of respective countries. All files are compressed (ZIP).