Number of mobile subscribers exceeded 3.3 million in Armenia in second quarter
09.10.2014,
13:37
Number of mobile subscribers in Armenia totaled 3,348,799 by the end of the second quarter 2014, by 29,868 more than in Q1, an Armenian information security expert Samvel Martirosyan says on his website referring to information from mobile companies.

YEREVAN, October 9. /ARKA/. Number of mobile subscribers in Armenia totaled 3,348,799 by the end of the second quarter 2014, by 29,868 more than in Q1, an Armenian information security expert Samvel Martirosyan says on his website referring to information from mobile companies.
Mobile penetration rate in the country is 120%.
According to the information released, number of VivaCell-MTS subscribers was 2,121,831 (increase of 19,354 in the quarter). Number of ArmenTel (trading as Beeline) subscribers increased by 19,573 to a total of 718,954. Number of Orange Armenia subscribers was 508,014 in the period (reduction of 9,059).
A total of 1.56 million cellular phones were connected to the Internet as of the end of the quarter.
According to the report, number of mobile Internet users keeps growing.
In particular, 1,005,504 VivaCell-MTS subscribers used mobile Internet in the second quarter, an increase of 2,493 compared to the quarter before. Number of ArmenTel subscribers using mobile Internet rose by 1,859 to 301,721 in the period. At the same time, Orange Armenia had 254,319 mobile Internet users, by 11,731 less than in Q1.
There are current three mobile operators on the Armenian communications market – ArmenTel (trading as Beeline, 100% subsidiary of Russian Vimpelcom), VivaCell-MTS (daughter company of Russian MTS) and Orange Armenia (daughter company of France’s Orange). On July 30, the operators established a union to introduce MNP service in the country. –0--