Russia is the world's leader in the development of cell communications

Tuesday, November 12, 2019

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Russia is the world's leader in the development of cell communications, Leonid Reiman, Russian Minister of Information Technologies and Communications, told the State Duma on Wednesday. Three to four million cell phones are sold in Russia every month, he said. The minister forecasts that there will be some 100 million subscribers of cell communications by the end of this year. The official noted that the number of subscribers of cell communications reached 82 million people as of March 1, whereas in late 1999 - early 2000 the figure was less than a million and the possession of a cell phone was believed to be typical of a nouveau riche. According to Reiman, cellular communications will continue developing fast in Russia and meet European standards. He specified that according to statistics, for every hundred people there are 67 cell phones in the US, whereas about a hundred cell phones in Europe. He believes that Russia will approach the European standards in 2006. There are already over a hundred cell phones for every hundred people in Moscow and St. Petersburg now, he added. The minister also noted that after the market is saturated, there will be a short setback until new promising communication services are introduced

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