Foreigners cool off with investments in the communications industry of the Russian Federation
Foreign investments in the telecommunications industry of the Russian Federation in the first quarter of 2006 compared to the same period in 2005 decreased by 54.2% to $ 338.9 million, the website of the Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications of the Russian Federation reported.
According to the Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications , revenues from the main activity in the telecommunications industry in January-March increased by 25.8% - up to 180.955 billion rubles, including traditional operators - by 14.9%, up to 69.525 billion rubles.
In the first quarter of 2006, 99.7 billion rubles was received from the population, which is 36.5% more than in the same period of 2005, including traditional operators - 31.7 billion, which is 16.6% more than a year earlier.