ICT sector revenues increased

Over the past nine months 86 new jobs have been created at the Ministry of Communications and Information Technologies of the Republic of Azerbaijan (MCIT). Besides, compared to the same period of last year the average salary of communication workers has grown by 11.5 percent to make up 326.9 manats. The average monthly salary in the telecommunication sector was 696.3 manats, and in the postal sector – 212.5 manats.

During the accounting period the volume of revenues generated by MCIT’s organizations and associations made up 273,4 million manats, which is 10.3 percent more than in the same period of the previous year. During the 9 months of 2012, organizations and associations subordinate to MCIT have paid 31.5 million manats to the state budget and 11.6 million manats to the State Social Protection Fund.    

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