Mobile Content Russia

The Russia mobile subscriber base has grown by 0.95% up to 166 mln 410 thousand (number of SIM cards) in February 2008 as compared to January 2008. The given data is provided by a monthly analytical account Advanced Communications & Media (AC&M), RBC reports. The mobile penetration level reached 114.6% as of February 29th 2008.

Vimpelcom's subscriber base (Beeline trademark) decreased by 0.3% to 52 mln 89 thousand (number of SIM cards) in February 2008. Vimpelcom's subscriber base in Russia totaled 43 mln 123 thousand, which is 0.1% decrease as compared to January 2008. The subscriber base in Moscow expanded by 0.01% to 8 mln 183 thousand. The subscriber base in Ukraine grew by 0.4%, in Armenia the index grew by 4.5% up to 473 thousand 336 users. Vimpelcom's subscriber base in Kazakhstan grew by 0.7% up to 4 mln 682 thousand.

MTS subscriber base grew by 0.3% in February 2008 up to 87 mln 781 thousand (number of SIM cards) as compared to January 2007. The Russian the given index reached 59 mln 72 thousand, which is 1.4% increase as compared to the previous month. The company's subscriber base in Moscow grew by 1.6% up to 13 mln 866 thousand users. MTS subscriber base in Ukraine reached 19 mln 672 thousand in February 2008, which is 1.3% decrease as compared to the previous month.

Megafon's subscriber base grew by 1.4% up to 36 mln 537 thousand (number of SIM cards) in February 2008 as compared to January 2008. In Russian the given index reached 36 mln 389 thousand subscribers, which is 1,3% increase as compared to January 2008. Megafon's subscriber base in Moscow increased by 0.7% up to 5.743 mln in February 2008. In Tajikistan the subscriber base grew by 2.8% up to 147.316 thousand users.
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Vimpelcom Group includes cellular companies operating in Russia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, and recently acquired companies in Georgia and Armenia. The Company operates under the 'Beeline' brand. The VimpelCom Group's license portfolio covers approximately 240 million people. Geographically it covers 78 regions of Russia with 136.5 million people, representing 94% of Russia's population as well as the entire territories of Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Georgia and Armenia. The company's net income and revenue for Q3 2006 was $268,4mln and $1,358mln respectively.
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MTS (Mobile TeleSystems) is the largest mobile phone operator in Russia and the CIS. Together with its subsidiaries, the Company services over 72.86 million subscribers. The regions of Russia, Belarus, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan, in which MTS and its associates and subsidiaries are licensed to provide GSM services, have a total population of more than 230 million. MTS completed its IPO and listed its Level III ADRs on the New York Stock Exchange in July 2000, under the symbol MBT. The Company's shares have been listed locally on MICEX since November 2003, under the symbol MTSI. The Company's GDRs are also traded in Europe. The free float of the Company's shares is approximately 46.7%. MTS is 52.8% majority-owned by Sistema, the largest private sector consumer services company in Russia and the CIS. The company's consolidated revenues in the first quarter of 2007 reached $1,741mln.
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Megafon is the first all-Russian mobile operator in GSM 900/1800 standard. The company was founded in May 2002 as a result of renaming and reorganization of Open Joint Stock Company В«North-West GSMВ» and integration under one brand with CJSC В«Sonic DuoВ» (Moscow), CJSC В«Mobicom-KavkazВ», CJSC В«Mobicom-CentreВ», CJSC В«Mobicom-NovosibirskВ», CJSC В«Mobicom-KhabarovskВ», CJSC В«Mobicom-KirovВ», OJSC В«MSS-PovolzhieВ», CJSC В«Volzhsky GSMВ» and CJSC В«Uralsky GSMВ». The company's total revenues in 2005 and 2006 were $1,7mln and $2,6mln respectively.