KIEV, Oct. 26 - Sales of mobile phones in kind dropped 16% in January – September in Ukraine, to 5.75 million phones, AVentures Group reported.

In the monetary terms, the market fell by 4%, to $1.007 billion.

According to the research, the average price of the phones sold over the first nine months of 2007 was $175, which is 15% up year-on-year. The average price of phones was $159, and smartphones and communicators $317.