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Karina Melikyan

Armenia`s communications sector stagnates - growth of revenues is  insignificant

Armenia`s communications sector stagnates - growth of revenues is  insignificant

ArmInfo.Revenues of the communications sector of Armenia for 2019 amounted to 147.2 billion drams, slowing y-o-y growth to stagnant 0.5% from 1% in 2018.  According to the RA Statistical Committee, the telecommunications  field, which dominates the communications sector (90%), provided  revenues of 132.5 billion drams, having reduced it by 2.9% per annum,  against the growth of 0.8% a year earlier.  According to statistics,  in December 2019 alone the total revenue of the communications sector  increased by 5.1% to 13 billion drams.

Moreover, the telecommunications segment provided revenue of 11.3  billion drams with a 3.9% growth in December. In y-o-y terms  (December 2019 versus December 2018), the revenue of the  communications sector decreased by 3.7%, while a decrease was also  recorded in the telecommunications segment - by 6.2%.  To note for  comparison, that in 2018 the revenue of the communications sector of  Armenia amounted to 146.7 billion drams, of which 93.2% or 136.7  billion drams accounted for the telecommunications.