J’Son & Partners management consultancy analyzed Russian cellular market. By the end of September 2004 mobile penetration in Russia reached 41,1% with 59,25 million mobile users. Moscow Licensed Area (MLA) is the leading region with a 87,9% penetration level. Gross additions in September 2004 accounted for 3,05 million subscribers as compared with August 2004. The overall number of subscribers increased with 5,4%.
Top 10 mobile operators in Russia
MTS 20.842.000 VimpelCom 19.516.000 MegaFon 11.459.353 Uralsvyazinform 1.832.200 SMARTS 1.590.000 N. Novgorod Cellular 523.000 Yeniseytelecom 409.703 Yekaterinburg-2000 326.713 Baykalwestcom 265.731 NTK 211.605