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Alina Hovhannisyan

Armenia`s communication sphere in the first half of 2018 took the  course for the ascent

Armenia`s communication sphere in the first half of 2018 took the  course for the ascent

ArmInfo. Revenues of communication sphere of Armenia in the first half of 2018 amounted to 70.6 billion drams, an increase of 0.3% in annual terms, against a  decline of 6.7% a year earlier. According to the National Statistical  Service of Armenia, the telecommunications sector accounted for the  lion's share from the total volume of revenues received - 94.1% or  66.5 billion drams, with annual growth of 0.9% (against the decline  of 7.7% a year earlier).  

According to statistical data, only for June 2018 the total revenue of the communication sector was 12.2  billion drams, an increase of 1%. At the same time, the  telecommunications sector provided revenue of 11.4 billion drams for  June, with annual growth of 1.2%.

As a comparison, we note that in the first half of 2017, the revenue  of Armenia's communication sector made up 70.2 billion drams. Of this  volume, 65.9 billion drams fell on the telecommunications sector.