| |  The real number of mobile communication service subscribers grew 7.1 percent to 77.8m people in Russia in the first six months of 2007, Euroset's Vice President Vladimir Bogdanov said, citing the company's research data. The subscriber base stood at 160m (according to the number of SIM-cards sold), which is 4.5 percent greater than in the same period a year earlier.
Euroset's analysts project that the real number of mobile service subscribers will reach 82.3m people and the number of SIM-cards will increase to 169m by the year-end.
According to the research data, mobile communication service penetration will stand at 58 percent and 63 percent in 2007 and 2008, respectively.
"Alliance Media" News Agency, based on the story by RBC
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Number of mobile subscribers growing in Russia
