Communications Service Revenues Rose 2.8% In Armenia In 2009

COMMUNICATIONS SERVICE REVENUES ROSE 2.8% IN ARMENIA IN 2009

Interfax
Feb 1 2010
Russia

Sales revenues from communications services in Armenia increased 2.8%
last year to 164.422 billion dram (roughly $437 million), the national
statistics service said.

Postal and telegraph service sales revenues contracted 41% to 2.

146 billion dram. But revenues from telecommunications services
increased 3.7% to 162.276 billion dram, including cellular
communications (down 2.3% to 105.767 billion dram), data-transfer and
Internet-access services (up 230% to 10.404 billion dram), radio and
television (up 43.7% to 4.776 billion dram).

The official exchange rate on February 1: 375.5 dram/$1.