Russian and the CIS mobile operator MTS reported that its subscriber base increased by 2.5 percent quarter-on-quarter to 99.94 million in the third quarter, an increase of 6.3 million from the year before. In Russia alone, the subscriber base jumped 2 percent quarter-on-quarter and 3.4 percent year-on-year to 73.14 million.
In Ukraine, the number of subscribers reached 22.41 million, up 11.5 percent year-on-year and 3.8 percent quarter-on-quarter. In Armenia, the number amounted to 2.38 million, up 1.2 percent year-on-year and 1.1 percent quarter-on-quarter.
In Turkmenistan, the subscriber base totaled 2.01 million, jumping 137.7 percent year-on-year and 0.13 percent quarter-on-quarter. The figure reached 5.33 million in Belarus, up 3.7 percent year-on-year and 1.3 percent quarter-on-quarter.
