According to first deputy director general of the company H.Tajibayeva, today the Uzbek Post provides not only traditional services, but also accepts payments for communal services and offers money transfer services.

O’zbekiston Pochtasi has three subsidiary companies, including Xalqaro Pochtamt (international postal services), O’zbekiston Markasi (stamp production) and Remittance Control Center, UzA reported.

It also runs 14 regional branches, 177 district and city stations, and about 3,000 postal stations, most of which are located in remote areas.

In 2008, the Uzbek Post provided services worth 1.8 billion soums. Soft profit in the first quarter of 2009 made up 600 million soums.

Despite widespread use of the internet, the number of postal correspondence has not decreased, but, on the contrary, is increasing by 3-5% annually, Tajibayeva said.

Currently the company is introducing the system of hybrid money transfers across its stations. The system will allow sending money using the electronic method first and then using the traditional post to the remote villages.