Telecommunication in Uzbekistan
Compared to the European Union, Uzbekistan is massively lagging behind in the development of telecommunications. Under the country code +998, there were a total of 36.93 m connections in 2019. Among them were 33.38 m million mobile phones, which corresponds to an average of 0.99 per person. In the EU, this figure is 1.2 mobile phones per person.In the expansion of broadband Internet connections, Uzbekistan is back. Around 52% of all residents have access to the Internet. Approximately 14% have their own fast Internet connection, which is at least faster than the previous ISDN (more than 2048 kbit/s).
With about 56,075 webhosts, Uzbekistan is below the world's average by population.
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Development of telephone and internet connections
With an average download speed of 36.85 Mbit/second for fixed-network broadband internet, Uzbekistan ranked 93rd in an international comparison. The upload rate was only 36.84 Mbit/second (50th place). The quality of the Internet, consisting of signal fluctuations (jitter) and latency, is very far ahead at 18th place.In mobile internet, i.e. on tablets and smartphones, Uzbekistan comes 128th with a download speed of 13.89 Mbit/second. The upload speed of around 8 Mbit was only enough for 123rd place.
The "Speedtest Global Index" published regularly by Ookla is based on several million individual measurements in Februar 2021 from 175 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 - 2019
Broadband internet in Uzbekistan 2003 - 2019
Landlines 1990 - 2019
Mobile phones 1990 - 2019
| Spreading in 2019 | Uzbekistan Total | Uzbekistan percent | EU Total | EU percent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Internet users | 17.56 m | 52.31 % | 382.31 m | 85.43 % |
| Broadband users | 4.60 m | 13.69 % | 158.30 m | 35.37 % |
| Landlines | 3.55 m | 10.58 % | 165.48 m | 36.98 % |
| Mobile cellulars | 33.38 m | 99.40 % | 542.60 m | 121.25 % |