Monday, June 13 2016 09:54
Alina Hovhannisyan

Revenues of communication sector of Armenia dropped by 3.4% to 49.4 bln AMD in Jan-Apr 2016

Revenues of communication sector of Armenia dropped by 3.4% to 49.4 bln AMD in Jan-Apr 2016

ArmInfo. In Jan-Apr 2016, revenues of the communication sector of Armenia dropped by 3.4% as compared with Jan-Apr 2015, and totaled 49.4 bln AMD. According to the National Statistical Service of Armenia, telecommunications secured the major part of the revenues - 95.4% or 47.1 bln AMD. 

In April 2016 alone, the total revenues of the communication sector amounted to 12.7 bln AMD, dropping 6.4% versus April 2015. The share of telecommunications made up 12 bln AMD (down 6.2% versus April 2015).
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