Uztelecom, which is the largest telecommunications operator in Uzbekistan, will introduce new tariffs for international telephone calls provided through Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) beginning on October 20, according to the Uztelecom’s official website.
The price for one minute call to Central Asia’s nations will be raised to 1000 sum (1USD=8,045 Sum).
The current prices for one minute call are 500 sum for Kazakhstan, 620 sum for Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, and 700 sum for Turkmenistan.
The price for one minute call to Russia, Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine will be raised to 1,100 sum.
The current prices for one minute call are 480 sum for Russia and 700-800 sum for Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine.
Uztelecom notes that prices for international telephone calls to the CIS member nations have not been reviewed over the past two years.
Joint-Stock Company (JSC) Uztelecom is the largest telecommunications operator in Uzbekistan, serving the entirety of the country.
After its independence, Uzbekistan established several state-run communication enterprises in 1992. Later that year, all the enterprises were merged to form Uzbektelecom. In 1995, the Uzbek government began to denationalize Uzbekistan's communication services. This led to the formation of several communication companies, including Toshkenttaksofoni, Syrdarya Telecom, Uzbektelecom International, Buzton, and Chircom. In 1997, the Uzbek Ministry of Communications was renamed to the Post and Telecommunications Agency, which was the basis for the creation of an independent communications regulatory body. In 1997, the privatization of the nation's communication services continued, and several more communication companies were formed, including Mahalliy Telecom, Halqaro Telecom, Tashkent City Telephone Network, Tashkent Telecom, Andijan Telecom, and Namangan Telecom. In 2000, due to an edict of the Cabinet of Ministers of Uzbekistan, all of the communication companies were merged to form the JSC Uzbektelecom. In 2001, Uzbektelecom was restructured from a holding company into an operating company. In 2002, the company was prepared for privatization, completed its Information Memorandum, and began seeking potential investors.
In 2011, JSC Uzbektelecom JSC was renamed to Uztelecom. In 2012, the company increased its Uzbek network speeds to 40GB/s and reduced the price of Internet usage due to the construction of 1576 km of new fiber-optic cables.
