IT growth 28% last year
Azerbaijan`s information technologies sector
registered a growth of 28.1% last year -- three times above the
world average, Minister of Communication and Information
Technologies Ali Abbasov has said.
Abbasov added that this development has been ongoing in the IT sector for five years, which has led to its growth by 4.4 times.
The minister indicated that one of the landmark events of last year was the installation of telephone lines to every home in the country. The mobile communication sector has expanded as well. There are currently 68 mobile telephone users per 100 people in the country.
A source from the ministry has said that the volume of revenues from the IT sector has risen 28% in comparison with the previous year to make up a total of 990.5 million manats ($ 1.22 billion).
A total of 140 million manats ($173 million) was invested in the IT sector in 2008.
Abbasov added that this development has been ongoing in the IT sector for five years, which has led to its growth by 4.4 times.
The minister indicated that one of the landmark events of last year was the installation of telephone lines to every home in the country. The mobile communication sector has expanded as well. There are currently 68 mobile telephone users per 100 people in the country.
A source from the ministry has said that the volume of revenues from the IT sector has risen 28% in comparison with the previous year to make up a total of 990.5 million manats ($ 1.22 billion).
A total of 140 million manats ($173 million) was invested in the IT sector in 2008.
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