The Ministry of Finance says the telecommunication sector of the country has achieved a remarkable progress recently. 

It has shown a growth of 21 percent in the first six months of this year. 

The increase in mobile phones used has resulted this situation.

Total number of mobile phone subscriptions has exceeded 24 million during the first six months of this year. 

It is an increase of 5.6 percent in comparison to the same period of last year. The number of fixed lines during the period has gone up to 3 million. 

The use of internet and email have increased by 11.4 percent.