Tashkent, Uzbekistan, April 1
By Demir Azizov - Trend:
The level of mobile communication penetration in Uzbekistan stands at 64.3 percent, according to the InfoCom.uz magazine.
The number of mobile service users in Uzbekistan in early 2014 was 19.6 million out of a 30.5 million population of Uzbekistan, the magazine said.
Cellular services in Uzbekistan are rendered by four operators: Beeline (Unitel LLC) - GSM standard, Ucell (FE COSCOM LLC) - GSM standard, Perfectum Mobile (Rubicon Wireless Communication) - CDMA standard and Uzmobile (branch of JSC Uzbektelecom) - CDMA-450 standard.
Beeline is the largest cellular operator in Uzbekistan in terms of the number of subscribers standing at over 10.5 million. Beeline is a subsidiary of the Russian VimpelCom OJSC Company in Uzbekistan and has a market share of 53.6 percent.
The subscriber base of the COSCOM mobile operator which is Scandinavian TeliaSonera's subsidiary in Uzbekistan, operating under the Ucell trademark, is 8.5 million, or 43.4 percent of the country's mobile users market.
It is expected that the mobile subscriber numbers will increase and the market shares of the Uzbek mobile operators will be redistributed with regard to the Uzbek president's decree 'On measures to organise the activity of the national mobile operator' adopted in February, the magazine said.
Translated by E.A.
Edited by S.M.
