ArmInfo. The top four telecom operators in Armenia paid 30.7 billion drams ($80.4 million) to the state budget in January-September 2025, a 10% year-on-year increase (compared to a 9.1% decline a year ago), as evidenced by data from the State Revenue Committee of the Republic of Armenia. Of this total, 8.3 billion drams came from direct taxes (including corporate income tax), and 14.2 billion drams from VAT. For the fourth year in a row, Viva Armenia CJSC (Viva trademark) is the leader among Armenian telecom operators, ranking 13th (compared to the 9th the previous year). The company contributed 14.3 billion drams to the state treasury in January-September 2025, with 4.6 billion drams from direct taxes (including profit and income tax) and 6.1 billion drams from VAT.
UCom is ranked 31st (compared to the 29th the previous year), after paying 7.6 billion drams to the state budget in taxes. Of this amount, 1.5 billion drams were direct taxes (including profit and income tax) and 3.9 billion drams were in VAT. Telecom Armenia (TEAM trademark) ranked 33rd among the largest taxpayers (compared to 32nd the previous year), having paid 7.5 billion drams in taxes to the state budget, including 1.6 billion in direct taxes and 3.5 billion in VAT.
GNC Alfa (OVIO trademark) improved their ranking from 252nd to 214th place, having paid over 1.5 billion drams in taxes to the state budget, with 541.6 million in direct taxes (including profit tax and income tax) and 588.3 million in VAT.
The share of the top four telecom operators in Armenia's total tax revenues among the top 1,000 taxpayers remained steady at 2.1% over the year.
Recall, in January-September 2024, four telecom operators paid 27.9 billion drams ($72.1 million) in taxes to the state budget, with 8.8 billion in direct taxes and 12.8 billion in VAT. (The dram/US dollar exchange rate as of September 30, 2025, was AMD 382.52/$1.)
