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Price decrease in information and communication
From the second quarter to the third quarter of 2009 the prices of telecommunication services fell by 1.0 per cent. The price decrease in data consultant services was 0.4 per cent in the same period.
The prices of data consultant services decreased by 1.4 per cent, and the prices of telecommunication services decreased by 7.5 per cent from the third quarter of 2008 to the third quarter of 2009.
Industry | Price index 3rd quarter 2009 | Changes from previous quarter. Per cent | Changes from same quarter in the previous year. Per cent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Telecommunication services | 87.0 | -1.0 | -7.5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Computer consultancy services | 109.7 | -0.4 | -1.4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New publication routine for price indices for servicesFrom the first quarter of 2009, the price indices for services are published according to the new classification of activities (SIC2007).The earlier separate publications of price indices for telecommunication services and for data consultant services have been amalgamated in one publication since then. A new reference period for the price indices for services was introduced in the 1st quarter of 2009, and is now set to 2006=100, according to Eurostat’s regulations. The index for data consultant services has been adjusted in all the tables. |
The statistics is published with Producer price indices for services.
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