Figure of the day: How many billion rubles have Russian operators lost due to coronavirus?

Russian mobile operators lost 30 billion rubles due to coronavirus

The Content Review agency said,

how many billion rubles Russian operators lost due to coronavirus in the period from March to May 2020. The reasons for the losses were the closure of retail and a decrease in roaming.

Analysts have calculated that over the indicated three monthsThe pandemic has already cost mobile operators 30 billion rubles. At the end of the year, the revenue of Russian companies may decrease by 9-11%. If we convert this into money, we get 114–140 billion rubles.

This forecast looks less optimistic thanforecast of the Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications. Content Review believes that operator revenue will continue to decline amid falling purchasing power, and also due to the introduction of remote identification of subscribers when registering new SIM cards. This measure will reduce the possibility of selling additional services to new subscribers in salons. Roaming revenue will also be low at the end of the year, because even after the borders are opened, Russians will not be so active in leaving the country.

As for the existing amount of losses, 40%of which, it is due to restrictions in the work of retail, 30% - to losses from roaming, and the rest - to increase the capacity of networks, transferring employees to a remote location, providing free access to socially significant resources and customer support.