{"version":"1","article":{"id":"azerbaijan-ict-services-january-august-2026","slug":"azerbaijan-ict-services-january-august-2026","language":"en","url":"https://haberpaper.com/en/news/azerbaijan-ict-services-january-august-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/azerbaijan-ict-services-january-august-2026?lang=en","title":"Azerbaijan information and communication services grow 10.7% in real terms","summary":"Software development and consultancy rose 39.4%, the fastest-growing category in the committee’s breakdown.","category":"business","region":"world","topics":["statistics"],"published_at":"2026-10-10T18:32:52+03:00","modified_at":"2026-10-10T18:32:52+03:00","publication_basis":"publication-record","event_period":"2026-08","event_period_basis":"event-or-reference-period","sources":[{"name":"The State Statistical Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan","url":"https://www.stat.gov.az/news/index.php?id=6924&lang=en","publishedAt":"2026-09-11","checkedAt":"2026-10-10"}],"translations":[{"language":"tr","url":"https://haberpaper.com/tr/news/azerbaijan-ict-services-january-august-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/azerbaijan-ict-services-january-august-2026?lang=tr"},{"language":"en","url":"https://haberpaper.com/en/news/azerbaijan-ict-services-january-august-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/azerbaijan-ict-services-january-august-2026?lang=en"},{"language":"ar","url":"https://haberpaper.com/ar/news/azerbaijan-ict-services-january-august-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/azerbaijan-ict-services-january-august-2026?lang=ar"},{"language":"fr","url":"https://haberpaper.com/fr/news/azerbaijan-ict-services-january-august-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/azerbaijan-ict-services-january-august-2026?lang=fr"},{"language":"es","url":"https://haberpaper.com/es/news/azerbaijan-ict-services-january-august-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/azerbaijan-ict-services-january-august-2026?lang=es"}],"data_types":[],"data":null,"data_compilations":[],"data_downloads":[],"content":{"paragraphs":["Information and communication enterprises in Azerbaijan provided services worth 2,748.1 million manats in January-August 2026, a 10.7% real increase from a year earlier, the State Statistical Committee reported on September 11. Mobile telephone services accounted for 868.0 million manats, or 31.6% of the total, while internet services accounted for 455.0 million manats, or 16.6%.","Software development and related consultancy reached 435.0 million manats, information services 318.0 million, and other information and communication services 672.1 million. Real year-on-year growth was 39.4% for software and consultancy, 21.3% for internet, 13.4% for information services, 2.4% for mobile telephone services and 4.6% for other services. These rates compare growth across service categories; the release provides no additional user, pricing or investment data that would establish the causes of the increase."],"key_points":[],"sections":[]},"text":"Software development and consultancy rose 39.4%, the fastest-growing category in the committee’s breakdown.\n\nInformation and communication enterprises in Azerbaijan provided services worth 2,748.1 million manats in January-August 2026, a 10.7% real increase from a year earlier, the State Statistical Committee reported on September 11. Mobile telephone services accounted for 868.0 million manats, or 31.6% of the total, while internet services accounted for 455.0 million manats, or 16.6%.\n\nSoftware development and related consultancy reached 435.0 million manats, information services 318.0 million, and other information and communication services 672.1 million. Real year-on-year growth was 39.4% for software and consultancy, 21.3% for internet, 13.4% for information services, 2.4% for mobile telephone services and 4.6% for other services. These rates compare growth across service categories; the release provides no additional user, pricing or investment data that would establish the causes of the increase.","corrections":[],"editorial_illustration":{"kind":"symbolic-editorial-illustration","documentary":false,"scope":"section","asset_id":"business","url":"https://haberpaper.com/assets/illustrations/business-1536.webp","width":1536,"height":1024,"alt":"Symbolic industrial workshop with machinery, a warehouse and a crane.","language":"en"},"section_illustration":{"kind":"symbolic-editorial-illustration","documentary":false,"scope":"section","asset_id":"business","url":"https://haberpaper.com/assets/illustrations/business-1536.webp","width":1536,"height":1024,"alt":"Symbolic industrial workshop with machinery, a warehouse and a crane.","language":"en"}}}