TASHKENT, March 29 Asia Pulse - The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) released a report on the state and prospects of internet development in Uzbekistan late last week. A presentation of the report: "Analysis of current state and perspectives of Internet development in Uzbekistan" will be held in the Communications and Information Agency of Uzbekistan in Tashkent.
The event will bring together the main players in the information and communications sector in Uzbekistan.
Modern world market development trends show that the introduction of innovation to the information and communication technology (ICT) sector, as well as their effective deployment, promotes further increases of effective management and technological processes in enterprises, creation of new and expansion of existing markets of goods and services in various sectors of the economy.
Telecommunication services are increasingly becoming intertwined with the Internet and accessibility of the Internet facilitates a more intensive exchange of information and knowledge among people, which leads to the formation of a knowledge based society. For this reason, the development of telecommunication services and the internet in particular, promotes the successful integration of Uzbekistan into the global socio-economic community and the enhancement of its living standards.
The UNDP Project provided assistance to the government of Uzbekistan in the formulation and implementation of ICT policy in cooperation with the Communications and Information Agency of Uzbekistan and the Scientific Engineering and Marketing Research Center "UNICON.UZ", prepared the report "Analysis of current state and perspectives of Internet development in Uzbekistan".
The report aims at presenting expert views on qualitative and quantitative indicators on the current state, main factors and perspectives on internet development in Uzbekistan.
The report used official statistical information from the State Committee on Statistics of the Republic of Uzbekistan, as well as results of interview with officials of regulatory bodies, expert opinions of market players on the current condition and prospects of internet development.
The report marks the positive tendency in the development of internet access and internet service provision and observes an increase in the number of internet users, an introduction of new services, development of national information resources and a reduction in internet access fees.
In particular, it was noted in the report that during 2009, the number of broadband internet users doubled and there were more than 69,000 users in Uzbekistan. The majority of the internet service providers interviewed (73 per cent) believe that a priority in the development of internet resources should be given to the expansion of educational and online learning resources.
The report also summarized major market players' opinions on existing developmental challenges and provided recommendations how to address them.
It is expected that more than 30 representatives from the government and private sectors will attend the presentation.
(UzReport) rb 29-03 1419
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