Plus still in leading position

2009-11-27

After the third quarter Plus remained the market leader in terms of the number of post- and pre-paid clients. However, the operator noted a significant decrease in its user base.
There were 41 million users of services of Plus, Era, Orange at the end of September. Plus is still in the lead, Orange retained second ranking with 413,000 clients less than Plus, and third came Era with 667,000 fewer SIM cards than Plus and 254,000 less than Orange. The fourth operator – Play did not disclose user base data.
Compared to the second quarter, Era attracted the most new clients (73,000), while Plus and Orange noted a decrease in the total number of users. The biggest drop was experienced by Plus with 313,000 users saying adieu.