BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

04/05/2008

Mobile subscribers in Belarus up 4.3% in Q1

MINSK. May 4 (Interfax) - The number of mobile communications subscribers in Belarus rose to 7.3 million in the first quarter, an increase of 4.3% from the beginning of the year, the Communications and Informatization Ministry told Interfax.

The Belarussian affiliate of Mobile TeleSystems (trademark MTS) saw its subscriber base increase 3.8% in the quarter to 3.495 million.

Belarusian Telecommunications Network (BeST) increased its subscriber bas by 3,000 users to 184,600, a gain of 1.65%.

BelSel (Diallog), which operates on the CDMA 2000 standard and provides mainly data transmission services but handles some voice traffic, increased its subscriber base to 100,000 as of April 1.

Mobile Digital Communications (VELCOM and PRIVET) increased its subscriber base 20.45% to 3.68 million.

The four companies represent all of Belarus' mobile communications providers.

The number of subscribers nationwide could reach 8 million in 2010, the ministry reported.

Source:

http://www.interfax.com/3/390216/news.aspx

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