Cell phone companies in Russia

Russia > Telecommunications

Russian Federation has 225.8 million subscribers in total, or a 156% penetration rate. (March 2012).

Rank Operator Technology Subscribers
(in millions)
Ownership
Mobile Network Operators
1 MTS GSM, GPRS, EDGE
UMTS, HSDPA, HSUPA, HSPA+
69.375 (March 2012) Sistema (50.8%)
2 MegaFon GSM, GPRS, EDGE
UMTS, HSDPA, HSUPA, HSPA+
LTE (test)
61.63 (March 2012) TeliaSonera 35.6%, AF Telecom Holding 50%, MegaFon Invesments Ltd. 14.4%
3 Beeline GSM, GPRS, EDGE
UMTS, HSDPA, HSUPA, HSPA+
55.62 (March 2012) VimpelCom (100%: Telenor (39.51%), Alfa Group (25%), Weather Investments II (18.28%), Bertofan Investments Ltd. (5.99%))
4 Tele2 GSM, GPRS, EDGE 20.94 (March 2012) Tele2
5 Rostelecom GSM, CDMA2000 1x, 450 MHz
CDMA2000 EV-DO Rev. A, 450 MHz
12.5 (March 2012) Svyazinvest
6 Sotovaja Svjaz MOTIV GSM, GPRS, EDGE 2.24 (March 2012)  ?
7 SMARTS GSM, GPRS, EDGE 1.92 (March 2012)  ?
8 SkyLink CDMA2000 1x, 450 MHz
CDMA2000 EV-DO Rev. A, 450 MHz
1.34 (March 2012) Svyazinvest, Rostelecom
9 Yota LTE 0.68 (2010) Scartel
Mobile Virtual Network Operators
10 Prosto dlya obscheniya (using MegaFon) GSM
11 Matrix Telecom (using MegaFon) GSM
12 Allo inkognito (using MegaFon & SkyLink) GSM, CDMA2000 1x, 450 MHz
13 MegaTel (using MegaFon) GSM
14 Gars Telecom (using MegaFon & SkyLink) GSM, CDMA2000 1x, 450 MHz
15 EuroNet (using SMARTS) GSM
16 A-Mobile (using MTS) GSM
17 Yo (using SMARTS) GSM
18 MTT.Mobile (using Synterra)) CDMA2000 1x, 450 MHz /// Multiregional Transit Telecom (MTT)
19 X5 Retail Group (using MTS) GSM

Source: Wikipedia

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