Thursday, June 1 2017 18:09
Alina Hovhannisyan

Profit of Armenia`s communication sphere in January-April 2017 accelerated decline rate from 3.4% to 7.4% per annum

Profit of Armenia`s communication sphere in January-April 2017 accelerated decline rate from 3.4% to 7.4% per annum

ArmInfo. Profit of Armenia's  communication sphere in January- April 2017 accelerated decline rate  from 3.4% to 7.4% per annum. According to National Statistical  Service of Armenia. from the whole volume of the income, the lion  share was provided by the telecommunication sector - 94% or 43  billion AMD with annual decline by 8.8%.

According to the statistical data, only in April 2017, the total  income of the sector was 11.9 billion AMD, increasing by 0.9% per  annum. At the same time, the telecommunication sector provided 11.1  billion AMD showing annual decline by 6.5%.

As comparison, in January-April 2016, the income of the sector  amounted 49.4 billion AMD. From the total income, 47.1 billion AMD   is on telecommunication sector.


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