Last year, Russian operators will earn on 3G more than a hundred million dollars.

In 2009, operators MTS and VimpelCom "(trade mark" Beeline ") earned in the service networks of third generation mobile communication 80, and 90 million dollars respectively, the Kommersant daily with Referring to the report of analysts of "Alpha-bank".
Analysts believe that in 2009 revenues of MTS and Vympelcom "drops to 22 and 19 percent respectively. In doing so, the average expense per subscriber per month (ARPU) increased in the long term from the current 14.2 to 17 U.S. dollars.
The reason for the increase ARPU analysts call the growing popularity of services to 3G. For example, the average ARPU Russian users iPhone 3G is $ 65. It was expected that by the end of 2009 in Russia will use the 21.3 million devices, capable of working in networks of third generation mobile communication.
Also, analysts believe that by 2010 the number of users of 3G networks will rise to 26 million people. In the same year to sell 3G services to operators for the first time will earn more than the transfer of SMS-messages - 2,4 billion dollars against 2.2 billion dollars.
Representatives of the operators confirm that the users of iPhone 3G ARPU significantly above average, but exact numbers are not called. They also report that in regions where the network is running 3G, mobile internet consumption has increased several times.