customer base growth in 4 countries of the Balkan region
The customer base growth of the respective companies during the second quarter of 2003 was:
Operator COSMOTE (Greece) AMC (Albania ) Globul (Bulgaria)
Prepaid net new additions 201,034 22,616 60,754
Contract net new additions 14,068 329 15,321
Total net new additions 215,102 22,945 76,075
Total Prepaid 2,277,207 547,548 370,418
Total Contract 1,579,358 13,180 267,666
Total Customer base 3,856,565 560,728 638,084
Y-o-Y Total Customer base growth 20% 56% 119%
The majority of total net new additions in the Greek market were prepaid customers, sustaining the existing trend already established in the last two years . However, it is worth noting that the majority of contract net new additions were new corporate customers, an indication of the dynamics of the respective market segment.
Furthermore, despite Cosmofon's very recent launch in F.Y.R.O.Macedonia, the company has attracted the outstanding number of more than 20,000 customers in less than 3 weeks of operations.