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Mobile TeleSystems | July 8, 2005 |
MTS announces subscriber growth numbers for June 2005
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Moscow, Russian Federation — July 8, 2005 — Mobile TeleSystems OJSC (“MTS” — NYSE: MBT), the largest mobile phone operator in Russia and the CIS, announces that its consolidated subscriber base reached 44.07 million users on June 30, 2005.
During June 2005, MTS’ consolidated subscriber base increased by 1.71 million subscribers, of which 1.04 million were added in Russia.
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Subscribers (mln) |
Jun. 30, 2005 |
May 31, 2005 |
Growth
Subs |
Growth
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Jun. 30, 2004 |
Growth
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Growth
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Total consolidated subscribers, end of period |
44,07 |
42,36 |
1,71 |
4,0% |
22,78 |
21,29 |
93,4% |
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Russia |
34,09 |
33,04 |
1,05 |
3,2% |
18,14 |
15,95 |
87,9% |
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Moscow and the Moscow region |
8,82 |
8,62 |
0,20 |
2,3% |
6,12 |
2,70 |
44,2% |
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St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region |
2,08 |
2,06 |
0,02 |
0,9% |
1,46 |
0,62 |
42,5% |
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Rest of Russia |
23,18 |
22,36 |
0,82 |
3,7% |
10,56 |
12,62 |
119,5% |
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Ukraine |
9,52 |
8,93 |
0,59 |
6,6% |
4,63 |
4,89 |
105,6% |
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Uzbekistan |
0,40 |
0,39 |
0,01 |
3,3% |
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Turkmenistan |
0,06 |
— |
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MTS Belarus1 |
1,61 |
1,53 |
0,08 |
5,1% |
0,74 |
0,86 |
115,5% |
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