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Articles tagged with: Megafon and Volga
Russian Subscriber Growth - On the Brink of a Slowdown?
In the first quarter of 2009, the Russian market surpassed 190m customers and almost reached 135% penetration. The end-quarter total customer base of 190.65m was up by 22.81m year on year and the penetration rate of 134.8% was 16.6pp higher than the year-earlier figure. These are both strong gains, and they seem to indicate that growth is continuing unchecked. However, the quarterly figures suggest that Russia may be on the brink of a slowdown. more
Related Tags: vimpelcom, mts, tele2, svyazinvest, uralzvyazinform, -sibirtelecom, volga-telecom, Russia
Russia's Penetration Over 125% and No Sign of Stopping
The Russian market surpassed 125% penetration during Q3 to finish the quarter on 126.9%, but growth showed no sign of slowing: in fact, the annual growth figure of 14.5% was up 0.7pp compared to the prior twelve-month period. With 179.81m customers, Russia remained the fourth largest market in the world, around 87m behind the USA and 39m ahead of Brazil. more
Related Tags: arpu, mts, vimpelcom, svyazinvest, volga-telecom, Russia
Five Firms Short-listed for Russian 3G Rollout
Russia's megafon is reported to have short-listed five companies as suppliers for its US$1 billion 3G network rollout. Local tech publication, CNews names Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson, NEC, Nokia-Siemens and Huawei as the five companies which have been invited to submit formal tenders. more
Related Tags: mts, huawei, vimplecom, Russia
Russia's MegaFon user base reaches 5 mln in Volga area
MOSCOW, Sep 4 (Prime-Tass) -- The user base of Russia's third largest mobile operator megafon reached 5 million subscribers in the Volga area as of September 2, the press office of MSS-Povolzhye said Monday. MSS-Povolzhye operates megafon's network in the Volga area. more
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Russia?s MegaFon user base in Penza Region rises to 300,000"
MOSCOW, May 26 (Prime-Tass) -- The subscriber base of Russia's third largest mobile phone operator megafon in the Penza Region rose to 300,000 users as of Friday from 260,000 people as of October 31, 2005, megafon's subsidiary in the Volga Federal District MSS-Povolzhye said in a press release Friday. more
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Russia's MegaFon user base in Samara region up 4.5% year-to-date
MOSCOW, Mar 13 (Prime-Tass) -- The subscriber base of Russia?s third largest mobile operator megafon in the Samara Region increased 4.5% on the year to 1.15 million people as of now, MSS-Povolzhye said in a press release Monday. more
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MegaFon Extends Siemens Comms Order To EUR200 Million
MUNICH -(Dow Jones)- megafon, one of the top three mobile operators in Russia, has chosen the telecommunications group of Siemens AG, Siemens Communications, as supplier for the expansion of its GSM networks, Siemens said Wednesday. more
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