Number of mobile subscribers exceeds 3.3 million in Armenia, penetration at 120%

YEREVAN, June 16. /ARKA/. Armenia’s mobile operators say number of mobile subscribers in Armenia reached 3,318,931 as of the end of the first quarter, the mobile penetration rate in the country is 120%, information security expert Samvel Martirosyan says on his website.

According to the data, number of VivaCell-MTS mobile subscribers was 2,102,477 as of the end of the period. ArmenTel (branded as Beeline) had 699,381 mobile subscribers and Orange Armenia 517,073 subscribers.

Number of phones connected to mobile networks was 1.55 million at the end of Q1, according to the report.

According to the report, the number of mobile Internet users is growing.

In particular, number of VivaCell-MTS mobile Internet users rose by 9,366 to 1,003,011 in the first quarter, that of ArmenTel grew by 3,581 to 299,862. Number of Orange Armenia mobile subscribers getting connected to the Internet through their phones hiked by 11,484 to 266,050.

There are currently three operators in Armenia’s mobile market – ArmenTel (100% subsidiary of Russian VimpelCom), VivaCell-MTS (daughter company of Russian MTS) and Orange Armenia (subsidiary of French Orange). –0—

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16:03 06/16/2014