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Alina Hovhannisyan

Armenia`s communications sector grew by 2.3% in 10 months

Armenia`s communications sector grew by 2.3% in 10 months

ArmInfo. Revenue from Armenia's communications sector for January-October 2025 slowed in year-on-year growth from 3.1% to 2.3%, totaling 141.4 billion drams.

According to data from the RA Statistics Committee, the  telecommunications sector accounts for the lion's share of total  revenue - 93.2%, or 131.7 billion drams, with year-on-year growth  decreasing from 4.1% to 2.7%.

Moreover, in October alone, total communications revenue decreased by  1.8% to 14.6 billion drams, with 13.5 billion drams (a 2.8%  month-on-month decline) coming from the telecommunications sector.

For comparison, in January-October 2024, Armenia's communications  revenue was 138 billion drams, with 128 billion coming from the  telecommunications sector.

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