Articles tagged with: Svyazinvest 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
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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
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INTERVIEW: Russia's Svyazinvest units may merge mobile assets
MOSCOW, Feb 2 (Prime-Tass) -- Executive directors of VolgaTelecom and Sibirtelecom, controlled by Russia's national telecom holding svyazinvest, may consider merging their mobile assets this year, Valery Yashin, CEO of svyazinvest, said in an interview with Prime-Tass this week. more
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CEO says Russia's Svyazinvest may merge two units' mobile assets
MOSCOW, Feb 1 (Prime-Tass) -- Top managers of VolgaTelecom and Sibirtelecom, both incorporated by Russia's national telecom holding svyazinvest, may consider merging their mobile assets this year, svyazinvest's CEO Valery Yashin said in an interview with Prime-Tass released Wednesday. more
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PRESS: Russia's Svyazinvest to buy mobile companies this year
MOSCOW, Jan 25 (Prime-Tass) -- Fixed-line subsidiaries of Russia's national telecom holding svyazinvest plan to acquire a number of mobile operators in the Volga and Siberian federal districts this year, svyazinvest's CEO Valery Yashin said in an interview with Kommersant business daily published Wednesday. more
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