Russia

MOSCOW, Feb 28 (Prime-Tass) -- The subscriber base of Russia?s regional mobile operator Yeniseitelecom has increased to 1 million users as of now from 970,000 users as of February 1, the company said in a press release Tuesday.

As of October 27, 2005, Yeniseitelecom's subscriber base stood at 800,000 users, the company said earlier.

Yeniseitelecom plans to restyle its brand and call itself ETK, or ETC, an abbreviation of Yeniseitelecom, the company's General Director Sergei Ivanov said, as quoted in the press release.

Yeniseitelecom provides mobile services in GSM-900/1800 and IMT-MC-450 standards. Yeniseitelecom is a wholly owned subsidiary of Sibirtelecom, Russia?s fixed-line operator for the Siberian Federal District.

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Posted to the site on 28th February 2006