Azerbaijan , Baku, July 18 / Trend H.Valiyev /
The subscriber base of mobile operators in Azerbaijan as of January-June 2011 increased by 518 , 965 people, amounting to 9 .629 .000 subscribers, the report of the Azerbaijani Communications and IT Ministry reported.
Azerbaijan in terms of mobile penetration is ahead of the world average of 35 percent.
The world average index of mobile penetration hits 78 percent.
According to the statistics of the ministry, 105 mobile phones fall to every 100 people in Azerbaijan.
Mobile penetration in the regional countries is as follows: Georgia - 73.4 percent, Uzbekistan - 76.3 percent, Turkmenistan - 63.4 percent, Kyrgyzstan - 91.8 percent, Turkey - 84.9 percent, Iran - 91.3 percent.
As of late 2010, mobile communication services were used by 9.1 million 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 |
|
2010 |
9 . 100 . 000 |
Level of the mobile penetration
|
2003 |
12 .8 |
|
2004 |
17 .4 |
|
2005 |
26 .8 |
|
2006 |
39 .0 |
|
2007 |
52 .4 |
|
2008 |
75 .0 |
|
2009 |
86 .2 |
|
2010 |
100 |