KIEV, Dec. 2 ??“ Mobile TeleSystems (MTS, Russia) President Vasiliy Sidorov said that Ukrainian Mobile Communications is ready for competition with new players of the Ukrainian market of mobile communications because it is far ahead in its development.

"We treat this absolutely calmly??¦ and believe it will be quite difficult to reach market leaders by quality: by the network quality, by the service quality, by the range of additional services for subscribers," he said during a video conference , referring to the intention of Russia??™s VympelCom, which purchased Ukrainian Radio Systems (URS) to occupy 10-15% of the Ukrainian mobile market.