Subscriber figures - 20/05/07

Claro (Brazil) had 24.6m mobile subscribers at the end of March, up 30%.

Indotel, the Dominican Republic telecom regulator, reported 5.8m fixed and mobile telephony lines in service, or a teledensity of 64%.

True (Thailand) had 8.1m mobile subscribers in 1Q07; 2.6m fixed line in Bangkok;

Digicel (pan-Latam operator) reports 4.7m subscribers and 23 GSM licenses at the end of March.

Africa: 200m mobile subscribers mark is passed.

Venezuela reached 20m mobile subscribers at the end of March, or a penetration of almost 72%.

BT currently has 1.4m VOIP customers.

Pakistan had 58.4m mobile users in April. The market is led by Mobilink with 25.2m users, followed by Ufone with 12.5m users.

China Mobile has added record 5.3m new users in China in April, bringing its total to 321m.

China Telecom added 300k new users in April.

Russia added 1.7m new mobile subscribers in April.