Mobile Internet market in Russia

Many owners of mobile phones use them not only for calls and SMS, but also to access the global network. Analytical company J'son & Partners released its report on the status of the mobile Internet market in Russia. A mobile Internet users J'son & Partners understands cellular subscribers using WAP / GPRS / EDGE to connect to the Internet, but the 2H of 2008 accounted for subscribers of 3G (UMTS). Thus, at the end of 2008 the number of mobile Internet users in Russia rose to 32.5 million The share of Moscow licensed area [MLZ] was 43%, while the St. Petersburg area of licensing [SPLZ] - 8%. The proportion of the remaining regions did not exceed 50%.

The total annual subscriber growth in 2008 amounted to 14.7 million [82%] compared to 2007. In 2007, growth in subscriber base grew by 68% compared to 2006.57% of mobile Internet subscribers residing in the Volga, Central and Southern Federal Districts. The share of North-West, Urals and Far Eastern districts falls. Revenues from mobile Internet for the year 2008 amounted to 657 million. That a 65% higher than last year's [258 million]..