Russian mobile phones market is on the tremendous rise as it was reported by the Federal Customs Service in the end of January. The handset import to Russia doubled in 2006 reaching the units volume of 31.17 million and the monetary volume of US$4.51 billion (which is the triple growth compared to the previous year). Newsworthy is the fact that an average price of an imported mobile phone increased by 45%.
The growth in import volume is partially attributed to the ongoing efforts of Russian authorities to eliminate illegal imports. The natural driver to that is the growing mobile telephony penetration in the country. As AC&M Consulting reported, the number of mobile subscribers rose by 20% and reached 152 mln in 2006. That means that the penetration rate is of 104% on the national basis. Two major cities of Russia - Moscow and St. Petersburg - reached the penetration ratios of 156% and 139% respectively.
Source: Prime-Tass
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