VivaCell-MTS handled 4,283,556 SMS messages on December 31 before midnight, followed by other 3,260,562 on January 1, 2012.

Meanwhile, 18,131,557 calls were handled through the company network on December 31, 2011 before midnight, followed by 19,253,316 on January 1, 2012.

Thus, the number of short messages and calls on Dec. 31, 2011 and Jan. 1, 2012 totaled 7,544,118 and 37,384,873 respectively.

0.22 %. increase in number of calls has been recorded compared to the same period last year, VivaCell-MTS press service reported.