Talk:Russia/@comment-46.251.19.29-20170901195830/@comment-24682153-20170902092857

Well, MegaFon has 77 million, MTS 80 million subscribers in 2016. So the difference in user numbers is not too big. Often the "best" network in the country, is the most expensive. This generates the most revenue, but creates the chance for a no.2 network to have more users at better prices. In Germany for instance the no.3 (and worst) network has the most subscribers, but the lowest ARPU (average revenue per user) at the same time.

We can think of changing the sequence of the article as this is no "ranking". History and user numbers suggest to start with MTS, quality and coverage with MegaFon. The biggest winner in user numbers right now is Tele2 that builds up very rapidly a 4th network in the country.