The number of cell phone users in Russia grew 2 million on month to 173 million in June.
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Russia Has 173mn Mobile Subscribers
The number of cell phone users in Russia grew 2 million on month to 173 million in June, Reuters reported with reference to AC&M. On year growth reached 12.7 million.
According to AC&M, which estimate is considered the most accurate, the penetration of mobile communication widened by 1.4 percent points to 119.1 percent past month and added 8.7 percent points vs. the previous year.
Each 100 residents of Moscow and St. Petersburg had 171 and 153 SIM cards respectively in June. The force alignment was as follows: MTS covered 35.5 percent of the market (vs. 35.6 percent in May), VimpelCom had 24.6 percent (24.6 percent), MegaFon accounted for 22.4 percent (22.3 percent) and other operators had 17.5 percent on aggregate.
MegaFon was the May leader in number of new subscribers (31.9 percent), MTS posted 25.6 percent and VimpelCom had 22.3 percent.
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