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15.05.2015

TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY OF ARMENIA IN 2014

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Samvel Martirosyan
Expert of the Information Centre of the Noravank Foundation

Telecommunications industry of Armenia continues its dynamic growth. Mobile communications develop vibrantly.

The number of mobile service subscribers in Armenia reached 3,424,236 in the fourth quarter of 2014, growing by 75,437 subscribers in a half-year period.1

The numbers of subscribers of each operator are as follows (annual growth shown in parenthesis, see Figure 1).

Vivacell – 2,145.466 (+23,635)

Beeline – 777,178 (+58,224)

Orange – 501,592 (-6 422)։



As for internet subscribers, their number in Armenia based on data from mobile networks operators and large internet providers is presented below (data of the fourth quarter of 2014 in and the growth since the fourth quarter of 2013).

Main data:

• Broadband internet subscribers: 246,389 (+23,169)

• Mobile broadband internet subscribers: 257,610 (+16,934)

• Subscribers internet access through cell phone: 1,622,717 (+78,225)։

Armentel

• Subscriptions: 150,356 (-9,452, an average subscriber uses 32,662 MB monthly, +7,932 MB),

• Mobile broadband internet subscribers: 44,128 (+10,962, accounts for broadband internet access subscriptions (except those who access through a cellular device), an average subscriber uses 8,098 MB monthly, +2,855 MB),

• Number of cell phones connected to internet: 314,938 (+18,657, subscribers of mobile data service through cell phones, an average subscriber uses 309 MB monthly (+101 MB)։

Vivacell

• Mobile broadband internet subscribers: 82,757 (- 18,107, an average subscriber uses 9,723 MB monthly, -361 MB).

• Number of cell phones connected to internet: 1,052,398 (+58,753).

Orange

• Mobile broadband internet subscribers: 130,725 (+24,079, an average subscriber uses 15,181 MB monthly, +1,968 MB),

• Number of cell phones connected to internet: 255,381 (+815, compared to the first quarter of 2014).

Rostelecom

• Subscriptions: 26,208 (+18,993, an average subscriber uses 66,116 MB monthly (- 17,006 MB).

Ucom

• Subscriptions: 65,602 (+12,011, an average subscriber uses 59,320 MB monthly (+5,148 MB).

Interactive

• Subscriptions: 3,847 (+1,501) .

Arminco

• Subscriptions: 376 (third quarter of 2014, +116, an average subscriber uses 21,448 MB monthly, -1,910 MB).

1 Data provided by mobile operators for 2014 Q4.


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