Azerbaijan, Baku, Oct. 27 /Trend, H.Veliyev/
The subscriber base of mobile operators in Azerbaijan in January-September increased by 842,880 people, amounting to 8.6 million subscribers, the Ministry of Communications and Information Technologies of Azerbaijan reported.
According to the statistics of the Ministry, by the end of 2009 mobile communication services were used by 7,757,120 subscribers.
Number of mobile communication subscribers
2003 |
1 057 100 |
2004 |
1 456 500 |
2005 |
2 242 000 |
2006 |
3 323 500 |
2007 |
4 519 000 |
2008 |
6 548 000 |
2009 |
7 757 120 |
According to the agency, as of October 1 this year, mobile penetration in Azerbaijan reached 94.7 percent. This figure is as of Jan. 1 was 86.2 percent.
Mobile penetration level
2003 |
12,8 |
2004 |
17,4 |
2005 |
26,8 |
2006 |
39,0 |
2007 |
52,4 |
2008 |
75,0 |
2009 |
86,2 |
73.7 percent of the income received by the telecommunications sector over the nine months fell on mobile operators, an increase of 34 percent compared to the same period of last year.