Azerbaijani mobile operator, Azercell Telecom, has a list of 10 biggest mobile operators in CIS, Trend reports citing IKS- Consulting.
Top 10 operation of CIS cellular communications for the number of subscribers are as follows:
|
в"- |
Operators |
Country |
Subscribers, in mln, as of 0110.2006 |
|
1 |
Kievstar |
Ukraine |
17,7 |
|
2 |
UMC (MTS) |
Ukraine |
16,5 |
|
3 |
Astelit |
Ukraine |
4,7 |
|
4 |
K`Cell |
Kazakhstan |
3,4 |
|
5 |
KarTel (Vimpelkom) |
Kazakhstan |
3,2 |
|
6 |
MTS Belarus |
Belarus |
2,9 |
|
7 |
Belkom |
Belarus |
2,5 |
|
8 |
Azercell |
Azerbaijan |
2,2 |
|
9 |
Uzdunrobita (MTC) |
Uzbekistan |
1,1 |
|
10 |
URS (Vimpelkom) |
Ukraine |
0,9 |
In the third quarter of 2006 the subscriber base of CIS mobile operators CIS rose as compared to previous quarter by 6% and made up 210mln subscribers.
|
в"- |
State |
Subscribers,
30.09.2006 (in mln) |
Penetration ratio |
|
1 |
Russia |
146,9 |
101% |
|
2 |
Ukraine |
39,9 |
84% |
|
3 |
Kazakhstan |
7,0 |
47% |
|
4 |
Belarus |
5,5 |
56% |
|
5 |
Azerbaijan |
2,7 |
33% |
|
6 |
Georgia |
1,9 |
43% |
|
7 |
Uzbekistan |
2,1 |
8% |
|
8 |
Moldova |
1,3 |
38% |
|
9 |
Armenia |
0,9 |
28% |
|
10 |
Kyrgyzstan |
0,9 |
18% |
|
11 |
Tajikistan |
0,7 |
10% |
|
12 |
Turkmenistan |
0,2 |
3% |