Telecom operators in Tajikistan earned over 1 billion somoni in a quarter

The revenues of telecommunications operators in Tajikistan in the first quarter of this year amounted to over 1 billion somoni ($92 million), reports the Communications Service under the government of the country. This is an increase of 6.2% or 58.9 million somoni compared to the same period in 2023.

The revenues of private operators exceeded 937.2 million somoni (about $86 million), which is 3.9% higher than the figure for the first quarter of 2023.

The revenues of the national telecommunications operator “Tajiktelecom,” the state unitary enterprise “Pochtai Tojik,” and structural subdivisions of the Communications Service increased by 57% to 63.6 million somoni from 40.6 million somoni in the first quarter of last year.

As of April 1 of this year, there were approximately 4.2 million internet users and 6.7 million active mobile subscribers in the republic.

In the updated April 2023 Speedtest Global Index ranking, Tajikistan ranks 140th out of 144 countries for mobile internet speed. For fixed broadband internet speed, Tajikistan ranks 129th out of 181 countries.

Kazakhstan ranks 66th and 99th respectively for these indicators, Uzbekistan ranks 88th and 89th, and Kyrgyzstan ranks 90th and 95th.

In the world ranking of countries by internet price (Worldwide mobile data pricing), Tajikistan ranks 142nd with an average price of $1.65 per 1GB. The lowest price in Central Asia is recorded in Kyrgyzstan ($0.11), which ranks 8th in the world for this indicator. Uzbekistan is in 22nd place ($0.30), and Kazakhstan is in 35th place ($0.41).