The total market volume of telecommunication sector in Bulgaria in 2012 decreased by 4.0% year-on-year. The number of companies that provided voice telephony services in 2012 was 25, two more than in 2011. The operating revenue of all companies amounted to BGN 2.6 bln in 2012. Our estimations for the operating revenue is to reach BGN 2.54 bln in 2013 and BGN 2.37 bln in 2014.
The penetration of fixed telephony services by population and household went down in 2012 by 7.0% compared to 2011.
The total revenue from mobile voice telephony services was BGN 1.524 bln in 2012, a drop by 12.1% compared to 2011. The reasons for this downturn were the unfavourable economic conditions and saturation of the traditional markets of voice services.