The UzACI head said that number of internet users made up 265.3 users per 1,000 habitants. He added that number of enterprises rendering data transfer service, including Internet, reached 903 and collective internet access points (Internet cafes) – 968.

Total speed of access to international information network reached 2820 Mbps, Hakim Muhitdinov added.

He said that ICT sector rendered services for 516 billion soums in the first quarter of 2011, including 310 billion soums to population. The growth rate made up 18.7% year-on-year.

Hakim Muhitdinov said that the investments and loans for US$64.12 million (110.1 billion soums) were utilized within investment programme for 2011. Over 7.2 billion soums were also used due to own resources of the enterprises.

The UzACI chief said that the level of digitalization of Uzbekistan made up 93.7%. He said that 10,914 educational establishments were connected to ZiyoNet network. He said that all information-library centers, 9403 schools, 131 lyceums, 1,204 colleges, 14 branches of Kamolot, 23 museums, 89 higher educational establishments and 35 scientific-research institutes were connected to ZiyoNet.

The work on modernization of postal communication, introduction of new services, rendered at postal points with use of ICT, is continuing. In the reporting period, the revenues from electronic mail service, hybrid postal services, internet services, electronic money transfers and other services reached 259.3 million soums.

Revenue from courier services, rendered to economic courts, tax bodies, banks and other enterprise, made up 574.3 million soums.

In the first quarter of 2011, fund of information-library centers grew by 2,000 samples of literature and their total number reached 4.936 million copies. Currently, electronic catalogues of information-library centers has about 497,000 bibliographic records.