The increase was facilitated by COVID-19 pandemic and self-isolation regime. The duration of calls using mobile phones has increased in Russia after last year’s decrease. This is evident from the materials published by the Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation (MinComSvyaz). According to the estimates of the Ministry, in the first quarter of 2020 subscribers talked for 111.5 billion minutes, which is 3 billion minutes more than in the same period of 2019.

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