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ICT Russia dataKey data on IT and telecommunications market in Russia, 2004-2008
The value of the telecommunications services market in Russia in 2008 increased by 18% year-on-year to €32.2bn. The largest part of the telecommunications market in Russia since 2004 is represented by the mobile sector. Furthermore, the mobile market grew in 2008 almost as fast as the very dynamically expanding data transmission sector; respectively, the growth rates reached 26.5% for the mobile and 30.5% for the data transmission sector. Contrarily, the dynamics were slightly slower in the fixed-line sector - in 2008 it gained 15.5%. As a consequence, the gap between mobile and fixed-line markets, both in terms of value and number of users, is increasing. Similarly as in other Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries, the overall profitability of the Russian telecommunications sector is mostly dependent on the high profits generated by the mobile telephony. However, Russia actually remains the only CEE country where the fixed-line market continues to grow. Penetration of the fixed-line telephony sector is quite stable - in 2008, statistically at a ratio of almost 33 lines per 100 inhabitants (in comparison to 32 in 2007). The situation on the mobile market is more dynamic - the penetration as measured by the number if SIM cards rose from 121% in 2007 to more than 131% in 2008. By comparison, in 2006 this ratio was only 106.7%. In fact, the actual number of mobile users can be much lower - we estimate it to be about 70%. In 2008, Internet penetration reached 25%, which means that there are almost 33 million internet users in Russia. It is remarkable that despite the relatively low level of penetration (in comparison with other CEE countries), the dynamics of growth of new users since 2004 have fallen from 65% to 16% in 2008. The total value of the IT market in Russia in 2008 increased by 9.3% to €14.78bn. Among the particular segments, the biggest share of the IT market (approx. 60%) belongs to hardware. Concurrently, the IT services market reached the fastest dynamics: 18.3% over 2008, although it decreased by 9% in comparison to 2007. At least it has to be mentioned, that the IT software market reported in 2008 a growth rate of 17.9%. The government remains the major customer on the Russian IT market, accounting for 25% of total IT spending. More information about Russian IT and telecommunications market can be found in PMR reports: To learn more about PMR market reports covering other markets in Central and Eastern Europe:
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