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Articles tagged with: Vimpelcom 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: mts, megafon, 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, megafon, mts, svyazinvest, volga-telecom, Russia
VimpelCom Gets GSM License Extension
Russia's vimpelcom has announced that its licenses for GSM 900/1800 mobile radio telephony communications in 50 regions of the Russian Federation have been extended by issuance of new licenses. The licenses have been extended pursuant to the Federal Law On Communications and on the basis of order of the Federal Service for Supervision over Mass Communications, Telecommunication and Protection of Cultural Heritage of December 6, 2007. more