Mobile operators of Uzbekistan provided mobile internet services for 5.5 billion soums in 2008 against 1.2 billion soums in 2007.

The committee said there were about 1.3 million Internet users in December 2008 and major part of users live in Tashkent city and some other large cities of the country.

As of 1 January 2009, number of legal entities, providing data transfer services, including Internet service, made up 856. Number of internet cafes reached 872.

Number of companies, which have license to render data transfer services, including Internet (operators and providers, except Internet cafes) made up over 200, the committee said.

The analysis showed that legal entities rendered data transfer services, including Internet, for 31.1 billion soums in 2008 compared to 20.8 billion soums in 2007.