This Mobile Forecast on Russia Provides over 65 Operational and Financial Metrics for the Russia Wireless Market

Business Wire,  May 21, 2008  

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DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c92414) has announced the addition of the new IE Market Research Corp. report "2Q08 Russia Mobile Forecast, 2008 - 2010: MTS and VimpelCom to enjoy increasing ARPU levels in Russia's mobile operator space" to their offering.

This Mobile Forecast on Russia provides over 65 operational and financial metrics for the Russia wireless market. The report covers quarterly historical data starting in 4Q2003 and ending in 4Q2007. The report also provides four-year forecasts at the operator level going out to 2010. Operators covered for Russia include: MTS, VimpelCom, MegaFon, and Others. The publisher's Mobile Forecasts are updated quarterly and are available for one-time delivery or through regular updates.

Notable highlights of the 2Q08 Russia Mobile Forecast include:

* The largest wireless telecom market in Europe (by subscribers) in 2010 will continue to be Russia. The authors are now forecasting that Russia will have a subscriber base of 188.5 million (previously 186 million in the authors' 1Q08 forecast). Among them, 62.4 million will subscribe to MTS, and 56.6 million will subscribe to VimpelCom.

* The authors' are increasing their projections on wireless penetration in the Russia market. The authors' are now forecasting that the level of wireless penetration in Russia will increase from the authors' projected 128.3% in 2008 to 134.6% in 2010.

* While MTS will have EBITDA margin of 51%, the authors' models show VimpelCom to have profitability levels that are slightly lower with EBITDA margins of 50.7% in 2010.

* Market shares (by subscribers) of the largest three operators in Russia will remain roughly the same over the next several years. MTS, VimpelCom, and MegaFon will continue to have approximately 33%, 30% and 21% of total subscribers respectively from 2008 to 2010.

* ARPU's in Russia will continue to rise in the coming years. The authors forecast that the average ARPU level among operators will increase from US$ 10.85 in 2008 to US$ 13.75 in 2010. Among major operators, VimpelCom will receive the highest ARPU of US$ 15.05 per month in 2010.

Companies Covered in this Country Mobile Forecast:
MTS
VimpelCom
MegaFon
Others

Charts 1-68 Results & Forecasts for: CY04-CY10
Charts 69-136 Quarterly Results for: Dec 04 - Dec 07
--For MegaFon, only subscriber's data is available--

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