The number of subscribers of Tele2 in Moscow at the end of March 2016 has reached 2 million people. About this “Vedomosti” citing sources close to the company. By estimates of the edition, the share of the operator at the capital’s Telecom market reached 4.6%.
The interlocutor of the newspaper from among shareholders of the operator said that the number of subscribers slightly higher than 2.15 million According to sources, it is solely about the active subscribers, since Tele2 uses a three-month accounting system, edging out from the customer database, not using the services for more than three months.
At the end of 2015, according to the estimates of AC&M Consulting, in mobile networks of Moscow was registered 43,19 million active SIM cards. By this time, Tele2 has sold 1.3 million contracts, that is, accounting for 66.5% of all connections. If operators “the big three” (MTS, “MegaFon” and “VimpelCom”), the number of subscribers in Moscow since late December has not changed much, the share of Tele2 in March 2016 could amount to about 4.6%.
Launch of Tele2 in Moscow took place in October of 2015. For the first day the operator has connected more than 20,000 subscribers. Now such panic sales like in the first weeks after launch, not anymore. However, the rate of connection is stable and quite high, the source said. According to him, by the end of 2016, Tele2 can take 10% of the capital market.
The analyst of Gazprombank Sergey Vasin named the achievement of the 10% threshold to the minimum necessary for the development of mobile business in any region. This share allows you to align the balance in inter-operator payments.
In 2015, Tele2 has invested in it infrastructure and technological network development in Russia 39 billion. This is 214 per cent more than in 2014, say “Vedomosti”.
