UCell’s subscriber growth has been strong during 2008 with the key drivers being the roll out of new network, introduction of new tariffs and increased number of services as well as coverage.

"This is a significant achievement. I am deeply grateful to all our subscribers for their trust and support", Mr. Oguz Memiguven, UCell’s General Director said. "Our company has rapidly grown by making prices affordable, introducing attractive tariffs, and developing new multimedia services. We will continue to please subscribers with more good offers".

UCell is continuing to invest heavily in extra capacity and coverage, as well as new services to gain competitive advantage in the market. The services based on GPRS/EDGE were launched on 20 August as a result of the network upgrade to provide more varieties of value-added data services, including high-speed Internet access and e-mail on the move. The number of UCell’s roaming countries is constantly growing and the number of partners in CAMEL roaming is increasing. MMS service is also in place.

UCell plans to continue enhancing its operation by adding new tariffs and services, as well as expanding the service area.

UCell management believes that mobile communication is a key means for people to communicate with each other and UCell is pleased to facilitate such communication, the company’s press release said.

Coscom (operating under UCell brand) is a part of Telia Sonera group of companies and is one of the leading mobile operators in Uzbekistan rendering mobile communication services in the country for more than 12 years. The company’s main direction of activity is development of modern mobile communication system in GSM 900/1800 standard.