Telecommunication in Uzbekistan
Compared to the United States, Uzbekistan is massively lagging behind in the development of telecommunications. Under the country code +998, there were a total of 36.94 million connections in 2020. Among them were 33.39 million mobile phones, which corresponds to an average of 0.98 per person. In the US, this figure is 1.1 mobile phones per person.With about 56,075 webhosts, Uzbekistan is below the world's average by population. At the end of 2020, 16,044 of these, or about 29 percent, were secured with SSL or comparable encryption.
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Development of telephone and internet connections
With an average download speed of 44.70 Mbit/second for fixed-network broadband internet, Uzbekistan ranked 88th in an international comparison. The upload rate was 44.92 Mbit/second (38th place).In mobile internet, i.e. on tablets and smartphones, Uzbekistan comes 116th with a download speed of 15.22 Mbit/second. The upload speed of around 8 Mbit was only enough for 120th place.
The Speedtest Global Index published regularly by Ookla is based on several million individual measurements in October 2022 from 180 countries.
The following diagrams show the development of the various telephone and Internet connections as a percentage of the country's population. Values above 100% mean that, on average, every inhabitant has more than one connection.
Access to the Internet in Uzbekistan from 1990 - 2020
Broadband internet in Uzbekistan 2003 - 2020
Uzbekistan is lagging behind in the expansion of broadband Internet connections. Around 71% of all residents have access to the Internet. Around 14% have their own fast Internet connection, which is at least faster than the former ISDN (more than 256 kbit/s). All fixed connections via DSL, cable or satellite were counted here, but not those connected to the Internet via mobile communications. Landlines 1990 - 2020
Mobile phones 1990 - 2020
| Distribution in 2020 | Uzbekistan Total | Uzbekistan percent | USA Total | USA percent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Internet users | 24.34 m | 71.10 % | 301.33 m | 90.90 % |
| Broadband users | 4.82 m | 14.08 % | 121.18 m | 36.55 % |
| Landlines | 3.55 m | 10.37 % | 101.53 m | 30.63 % |
| Mobile cellulars | 33.39 m | 97.53 % | 351.48 m | 106.03 % |
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