BAKU, Azerbaijan, Dec. 7
By Sadraddin Aghjayev – Trend:
As of January 1, 2020, the number of main telephone sets in Azerbaijan’s Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic reached 73,137, which is 1.55 percent more compared to the same period of last year, Trend reports with reference to the Azerbaijani State Statistics Committee.
As a result of the improvement of the material well-being of the population and the conditions created in the field of information technologies, as of January 1, 2020, there were about 132,400 computers in households, enterprises, and organizations of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, which is by 1.66 percent more than in the same period of 2019.
The number of computer users reached 352,600 people while the number of internet users, including mobile phones, reached 391,500 people in 2019, which shows an increase by twofold compared to 2010.
"The rapid development of information and communication technologies in the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic has created the basis for dynamic growth in the cost of services in this sphere,” the State Statistics Committee said. “Thus, the cost of information and communication services from January through October 2020 amounted to 47.3 million manat ($27.8 million), which is by 4.25 percent more than in the same period of 2019."
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