FTTB project was launched in Zarafshan in November 2008. About 6,500 ports were installed at hundreds houses in 8 months and 40 km of fiber-optic cables were laid, the release of Beeline said.

As of June 2009, the network is the largest local network on data transfer in Uzbekistan, which provides access to Internet with the speed of 10 megabit per second over fiber-optic connection.

Ivan Smolentsev, director-general of Buzton, commented: “Our project on constriction of local fiber-optic network in regional scale is unique example, demonstrating integrated opportunities of the operator. I am sure that finalization of integration with Unitel will speed up construction of the FTTB network in other cities of Uzbekistan.”

The network on data transfer allows users to access Internal and exchange traffic with connected entities for free. At the same time, FTTP allows to connect with fiber-optic cable, which does not demand on telephone line and does not require modem or other equipment.

Connection to FTTB network allows to connect to single computer group, located in various flats or cities for active information exchange, transfer of video, audio or other files from one computer to another, play games via LAN and others.