Ulaanbaatar
Post and communications in statistics
EconomyUlaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ In the first quarter of this year, revenue from the post and communication industries reached MNT 169.1 billion, declining MNT 2.1 billion or 1.2% against the previous year.
Revenue from post and communication services for individuals reached MNT 119.6 billion in the first three months of this year, showing a decrease of MNT 10.9 billion or 8.4% against the previous year, and the amount of the revenue from individuals accounted for 70.7% in total income, declining 5.5 points.
In the period, the number of landline telephones reached 251.5 thousand units in the first quarter of 2016, increasing by 16.4 units or 7.0 nationwide. The increase of landline telephone users is mostly caused by an increasing number of users of triple service providers.
The number of cable TV users reached in the first quarter of 2016, increasing by 31.0 thousand or 8.9%.
In the period, the industry of postage service delivered 206.4 thousand documents and letters, 28.8 thousand units of parcel, and 1806.9 thousand units of periodical press. Compared to the same period of the previous year, the size of delivered documents and letters declined by 94.7 thousand or 31.5%, periodical press--by 430 thousand or 19.2%, whereas the size of delivered parcels increased by 2.6 thousand or 10.0%.
The number of cellular phone users reached 3464.2 thousand (duplicated counting) in the first quarter of 2016, declining by 59.3 thousand or 1.7% against the previous year.
