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26/01/2018
Number of mobile subscribers reach 22.8 million people in Uzbekistan
Number of mobile subscribers reach 22.8 million people in Uzbekistan
Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) --
Number of mobile subscribers in Uzbekistan made up 22.8 million people in 2017, which grew by 1.4 million compared to 2016, according to the statistics of the Ministry for Development of Information Technologies and Communications of Uzbekistan.
In 2017, more than 3,980 base stations were installed and their total number exceeded 22,170 units in the country.
According to Uzbek ICT Ministry, total number of Internet users in Uzbekistan in 2017 amounted to 20 million, which is 5.3 million more than in 2016.
The speed of Internet access increased from 65.7 Mbps in January 2017 to 104 Mbps in January 2018.
In 2017, more than 2 thousand km of fiber-optic communication lines were laid in Uzbekistan. The total length of fiber-optic communication lines reached 22.35 thousand km.
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