12 800 000 CALLS WITHIN A WEEK
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[12:26 pm] 16 January, 2008
Subscribers of ArmenTel Telecommunication Company made 12 800
000 telephone calls at the beginning of January. In comparison
with the previous year data, the calls have increased by 2 000
000. Surprisingly, subscribers show little interest to Short Message
Service (SMS) although their number has reached from 2 700 000 to 3
300 000.
Approximately 489 037 people sent Christmas SMS quotes and Christmas
text messages to their relatives, friends and acquaintances. And yet,
short messages still yield to traditional telephone calls.
Unlike Armenia, CIS countries prefer SMS congratulations. Their number
abruptly goes up on Christmas night.