Subscriber figures - 16/12/06

43% of Irish households have an internet connection, of which 42% are ADSL and 39% use dial-up connections.

Orascom Telecom has surpassed the 50m subscriber mark.

India exceeds now 100m GSM subscribers.

Ukraine' subscriber base reached 44m as of November 30.

MTS (Russia) reports a mobile customer base of 70m as of Nov. 30, up 1.1m on Oct. 31.

Cosmote Romania (Romania) has registered 1m subscribers in its first year of operation.