Azerbaijan, Baku / Trend / From January to August 2007, Azerbaijan has provided communications services worth AZN 441.5mln, or up 19.8% as compared to 2006, the State Statistics Committee reported.
Significant rise was observed in regions: the telecommunications services in the Absheron region rose 18.6%, Guba Khachmaz 28.7%, Shirvan 21.1%, Shaki-Zakatala 20.6%, Ganja-Gazakh 6.7%, Nakhchivan 33%, Lankaran 25.8%, and Aran 21.2%. The volume of telecommunications services rose by 24.6%.
The increase of the salaries in the State bodies made up 22.4% and private sector - 43.9%.