Moscow's MGTS Says Fixed-to-mobile Traffic Down in Jul, Up in Aug"

MOSCOW, Aug 15 (Prime-Tass) -- The fixed-line-to-mobile telephone traffic of Russian fixed-line operator Moscow City Telephone Network, or MGTS, decreased in July and started growing again in August, Yekaterina Khaustova, spokeswoman for MGTS, said Tuesday.

In July the traffic from fixed-line phones fell 30% on the year, but in August it started growing as compared with July, Khaustova said without elaborating.

On July 1 the Calling Party Pays (CPP) principle was introduced in Russia with callers paying per minute for their calls from their fixed-line phones to mobile.

MGTS is the traditional fixed-line operator for the Russian capital, Moscow. It has about 4.2 million subscribers.

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Posted to the site on 15th August 2006