1992

1995

2000

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

Total mounted capacity of phone stations, mln. numbers

22.7

25.7

36.2

40.0

42.3

45.2

47.6

49.2

51.3

...

     of which:

   urban network

18.9

21.6

31.6

35.3

37.4

40.0

42.2

43.7

45.7

...

   rural network

3.8

4.1

4.5

4.7

4.9

5.2

5.4

5.5

5.6

...

Share of electronic stations capacity in total mounted capacity of automated phone stations, percent:

   urban network

-

13.0

35.3

45.4

51.9

59.1

64.2

69.0

73.8

...

   rural network

-

0.7

7.9

12.1

17.9

28.1

35.8

40.9

49.9...

...

Capacity of automated phone stations, thou. chanals:

   intercities

306.4

455.4

718.9

792.1

922.4

1140.8

1306.8

1647.7

2083.9

...

   international

...

23.5

102.5

115.4

114.8

121.2

138.7

204.8

335.2

...

Number of phone apparatus (incl. taxphones) of public phone network - total, mln. units

24.8

26.8

33.0

36.5

38.4

40.8

42.9

44.2

45.2

45.8

     including:

   urban network

21.3

23.3

29.1

32.2

33.9

35.9

37.8

38.9

39.8

40.4

   rural network

3.5

3.5

4.0

4.3

4.5

4.9

5.1

5.3

5.4

5.4

Share of main phone apparatus having connection with intercity automatic network in the total number of main phone apparatus, percentage:

   urban network

84

89

92

94

94

95

95

96

96

...

   rural network

27

38

79

89

92

96

97

98

98

...

Out of total number of phone apparatus of public network - number of home apparatuses - total, mln.units

16.2

18.7

25.0

27.6

29.1

30.9

32.5

33.2

33.8

34.0

     including:

   urban network

14.1

16.2

21.8

24.1

25.4

26.8

28.1

28.7

29.3

29.5

   rural network

2.1

2.5

3.2

3.5

3.7

4.1

4.4

4.5

4.5

4.5

Number phone apparatus (including taxphones) per 100 persons, units

16.7

18.1

22.6

25.2

26.6

28.4

30.0

31.1

31.8

32.3

Number of terminals of circular communication (per 100 persons), units

0.004

0.1

2.2

12.2

24.7

49.7

86.6

108.6

120.6

140.6